Dorian Edwards has over 40 years of experience in teaching, playing and performing music.  Choirs are a particular passion of his.  In a recent magazine article he wrote:  “I believe if you can speak you can sing.  Before anyone says “Well you have not heard me sing yet”, let me say that I hear that almost every time I speak to people about joining a choir, but in the last 40 years I have met only 2 or 3 people who could not carry a tune in a bucket, so there is no excuse for giving it a go.  It’s the ultimate in team working and a great social activity”.

In 2002 Dorian suffered a serious brain injury and he maintains that his recovery was greatly enhanced by his music and his choir leading activities.  As he says;  “I would not have the level of functionality now enjoy had it not been for music and the genuine benefits it can bring. I can therefore, really endorse the benefits of choral singing, apart from the fact that it is the most fun you can have for ‘flumpance….”