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Services at small funerals: what are the rules?

29/3/2019

 
small green flowers. Small number of people for a funeral
When it comes to deciding what to include in the service for a small funeral, there really are no hard and fast rules. The last few funerals I've sung at have shown exactly that point.

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Big space or small space - we adapt

23/10/2018

 
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One of the skills you learn at music college as a student of singing is to suit your voice to the music, and that includes volume. Singing a song with piano is obviously different to singing an aria with orchestra, for example. However, it;'s only experience that teaches you the art of self-regulating and adjusting your voice to different spaces as well. And it's not always about the size of the space either.

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A very special moment: singing at the graveside

14/9/2018

 
Graveside singing
​There's something very special and particularly moving about singing at the graveside. It also seems to be a growing trend; we’ve sung at 5 gravesides this year alone, and with more enquiries in the pipeline too.

Without sounding too grand about it, singing at the final resting place for the person we’ve learned about during the funeral service feels like an honour. We’ve been with the family through the process of choosing funeral music, singing under an open sky (whatever the weather) feels like a natural end to our involvement. 

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Is there any consistency in funerals?

21/8/2018

 
Individual pumpkins
​Throughout the years we've been singing for funerals, no pattern for bookings has appeared. However, this year, one has emerged - bookings for Fridays and mostly the middle Friday of the month. We're not sure why this might be. Do more people:

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Celebrating a milestone

17/10/2017

 
fireworks celebrating funeral singers
We've been delving into the files and realised a milestone has passed. We've sung at over 200 funerals.

What's amazing is the breakdown of where and what type of funeral we've sung for. Here's the stats:

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Dein is mein ganzes herz (You are my heart's delight)

21/3/2017

 
Hearts on a candle go-round
Whilst in the car today, I was musing on what a terrific job I have. I know funerals are not what many people like to think about, but I really see the value of the enjoyment I give, and that I get out of singing at them. Today is a good point in case.

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The art of casket carrying

12/10/2016

 
Pallbearers carrying a white coffin
From our vantage point at the front of a church, our singers never cease to marvel at the skill, care and dignity of the unsung heroes at a funeral, the pallbearers. 

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Yesterday 100 years ago, WW1 officially commenced (to be over by Christmas)

12/8/2014

 
3 Beefeaters and a poppy
As I sat last night watching the memorial services from Belgium and Westminster Abbey, it set me thinking about how right it is that we mark this occasion suitably. The next 4 years will bring many memorial events to the forefront of life in the 21st century.

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In Memorium Giving

18/9/2012

 
British money to donate In memoriam
It's very rare that our two worlds of opera and singing at funerals come together, but an excellent article in Arts Professional by John Grain on In Memorial giving highlights the huge potential this form of gifting has for any arts charity or organisation (or church, come to that).

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Self-organised funerals: yes, you can do it yourself

10/8/2012

 
husband an wife pictures on seats with funeral flowers
Families may not realise that they can arrange their own non-religious funeral services at a crematorium, without a celebrant. We have attended two such funerals, and must confess we have mixed feeling about their merits.

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The Funerals They Are a-Changin'

29/1/2011

 
Girl with light for funeral remembrance
The Co-operative Funeralcare group have just published a study of funeral customs in the UK, and it echoes what we here at Singers for Funerals have found too, from our own experiences of singing at all types of funerals and cremation services.

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