Hallo hallo and welcome….

I am a singer, songwriter, composer, harmoniser, producer, choral arranger, trainer, long time community choir leader/trainer educational advisor….

I have had songs I have written and recorded played on BBC Radio 6

I was an undiscovered obscure singer-songwriter for 12 years  before I taught secondary music for 12 years in Inner London.  Now I sing  record compose arrange acapella have no time for punctuation and all  – I  have  run  singing workshops in  many places including prisons, hospitals, forests, schools, universities and am still an obscure undiscovered singer-songwriter.. also running  choirs for 4 -18 yrs and have been running singing workshops internationally for 20 years. I have been running acapella community choirs, and arranging acapella arrangements for 15 years. Published 4 acapella/community harmony singing volumes. Have taught 5000 people a song in the Royal Albert Hall on two occasions . I use Logic and Sibelius Final cut and make my own videos. Believe strongly in the power of community singing and its healing and connecting potential.

I have 2  MAJOR  loves..  my choirs and my  band and then lots of other loves running close behind . Have a look at my London Choirs  page for more details.

Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images

Here is a photo of us performing at the Wellcome Foundation with a storytelling show and a gig Camden Market.

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I am in a musical collective/band. We have released three albums and are embarking on our second set of live dates, the first ones in 2016 with 300 singers Bruce Knapp on extra guitars and 5 members of the Tredegar Town Band ( brass band extraordinaire).  We are  called 3 Bucket Jones

Here is out latest video

and you can hear our music and buy it  bandcamp, (bandcamp is the better place)  iTunes, spotify etc etc and are very much on our way to finishing album number 3. Here is a video of us live singing the song about the lighthouse…available as a 4 part  acapella song on choircommunity.net

and a homemade video of one of our recent  singles which The Tubthumpers are learning as a 5 part acapella arrangement as we speak!

I recently wrote a song for the NUT which I taught and conducted. Based loosely on a public domain melody used by Woody Guthrie.

I am a member of the Natural Voice Practitioners Network. Their philosophy is my philosophy.  I run  training days for local Education Authorities and Music Services, training teachers to become a lot more confident about singing, and community choir training days, for people wanting to raise their skills in leading a community choir.

I  run whole day  acapella harmony singing workshops and singing festivals for adults, students and families all over the country and Ireland. Just ask.

I also ran vocal workshops for the Gravel Theatre company’s production of NIMBY and for the amazing ‘Two Worlds of Charlie F’ organised by Masterclass at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. click here…..Charlie F and am up for collaborating on almost anything if it rocks my boat.

My dearest friend Mr SS. and I have written 2 musicals for year 6 classes (10-11 year olds) which are all on backing tracks and lingering in a cupboard somewhere. 

I arrange lots of songs mostly for Acapella SATB and have quite a back catalogue  which you can always ask me for,  and the first THREE books have been published by  SING POP A CAPELLA, and have finished the newly published  Voiceworks edition ”Voiceworks Community” for Oxford University Press..(available from a bookshop near you!) Picture of Val Regan, one of the composers, also a member of the 3 bucket jones songwriting collective and I)

Many  of the songs are sung by choirs on on youtube on my gitika partington page. Also on that page there are several funny pop videos I made for nieces and nephews with  best mate Mr SS. Rabbit in Your Rucksack has become  little culty with 48,000 hits .

AT the end of 2011 I  completed the crazy wordpress ‘blog- a- day- for 2011’ and now just post occasionally. Just finishing editing ‘This Room Sings’ a new book of  wonderful acapella warm up songs all composed by members of the Natural Voice Network . I am also arranging acapella for a new website choir community.net which will growing an evolving from its launch on 01/01/18 onwards https://www.choircommunity.net

Gulp and I like to cook…..

Qualifications

MA Choral Education, ( University of Surrey, Roehampton)

BA Performance Arts (drama) ( Middlesex University)

Estill voice training levels 1-3 ( The VOice Explained)

Advanced post-grad certificate in jazz vocals and arranging (Guildhall)

LGSM Jazz ( Guildhall)

PGSE secondary music ( middlesex)

I have a new Donations page where you can help me finance  time to compose and arrange .

Please try out my other website for my song writing 3 BUCKET JONES