Dominic Stichbury

Location

London & South East

Specialisms

I specialise in male voice community singing with extensive experience working with mixed voices

Additional information

Dom has been encouraging people to sing together in village halls, offices, prisons, schools, festivals and building new communities through this life changing activity since 2009.  Collaborations and education projects include Wilderness Festival, The Good Life Experience, Southbank Centre, Wigmore Hall, The Orpheus Centre, Spitalifields Music, Port Eliot Festival, Huutajat (Finnish Shouting Men’s Choir), Beating Time. Choir With No Name. He believes it is possible for us all to explore our innate musicality and expressivity using our voice.

As well as running inclusive singing workshops & choirs he is a musical director, singer, songwriter & arranger. Founder & artistic director of London male singing troupes Chaps Choir & Bellow Fellows he is also one half of vocal duo Ben & Dom and a member of Oaken, a quartet of singers & choir leaders. He performs with the Australian based Spooky Men’s Chorale and spent a decade singing with the London Vocal Project.

In 2013 he founded Chaps Choir in an attempt to get more men singing and to challenge the traditional male choir presentation. Chaps Choir has toured the UK, sung on prime time TV and collaborated with recording artists, videographers & raised money for mental health charities. The choir’s live shows, diverse repertoire, recordings and videos have been recognised around the world in offering an alternative example of the male choir presentation and encouraging men to use their voice for positive expression.

As an MD & arranger he has collaborated with artists as diverse as Tom Odell, Omar, The Magic Lantern, Joe Stilgoe, Hattie Webb,  Daylight Music & Samantha Whates. He has over 13 years experience working with contemporary vocal ensembles as a director & singer. Commercial collaborations include sessions for Felt Music, Mr Pape, & Adelphoi Music.

My choirs

Bellow Fellows
Description

Bellow Fellows meets regularly on Tuesday evenings in central London. There are no auditions and everything is taught by ear. We sing a variety of music, from well known pop to shanties, work songs & everything in-between. The choir is a welcoming inclusive group that is on a mission get more men singing.

A common story from new singers is their fear of coming along to the first session, but then how glad they were to bite the bullet by turning up. Many of us haven’t sung since we were at school; the good news is that no experience is required to turn up and you do not need to be able to read music. Everything is taught by ear in an inclusive and encouraging way.

Session times

Tuesdays 7.00-8.45pm

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