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[15 May 09]
Lourdes Pilgrimage 2009
On
Saturday 23rd May, several hundred pilgrims
from the Archdiocese of Birmingham will
set off to Lourdes, under the leadership
of Bishop Philip Pargeter and Bishop David
McGough. It
promises, as ever, to be a wonderful, faith-filled
adventure.
As
has been the custom in recent years, the
music for the pilgirmage litrugies will
be led by Jo Boyce, Mike Stanley, Andrew
Ross and a team of able volunteers.
A
new Mass setting - Mass of St Bernadette,
has been written especially for this
year's pilgrimage, which has as its pastoral
theme The Path of Bernadatte.
Pilgrims
wanting have a preview of the new settings
- which uses the text as set in the forthcoming
new translation of the Roman Missal
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here to launch the Lourdes Music player.
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window)
listen:
Mass of St Bernadette
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[15 May 09]
Rejoice 'n' Sing Audio CDs - OUT SOON!
It's
been a while coming, but this Summer will
at last see the release of the Rejoice
'n' Sing Audio CD Collection!
Hooray!
This
long-awaited 4 CD set includes recordings
of all the songs in the recently
released Rejoice
'n' Sing Digital Songbook. Many
of them are the original recordings from
the much-missed and oft-requested albums,
Imagine A World and Again I Say
Rejoice! (Alleluia! I hear you mutter
under your breath...)
To
delight you even further, if you order both
the Digital Songbook and the forthcoming
Audic CD Collection you'll save £5.00!!
So what are you waiting for?
shop:
order online now
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[23 April 09]
Age to Age Spring Concerts
Spring has spurng and while we are basking
in the joy of the Resurrection and the light
of warmer longer evenings, the ever-busy
duo of Boyce & Stanley are preparing
for the Spring leg of their Age to Age
pilgrimage.
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09 MAY, 7:30pm |
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Our Lady's
WELWYN G'DEN CITY |
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St Francis'
Church KENILWORTH |
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27 JUN, 7:30pm |
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St Edmund's
School DOVER |
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28 JUN, 6:00pm |
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All Saints
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TICKETS: £7.50.00 (£5.00
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[23 Apr 09]
Walk With Me - Easter Podcasts
Following
on from the Lenten
series, the current, FREE Eastertide podcast
series features prayer and reflections led
by Lord David Alton, Bishop Malcolm
McMahon, OP and Charles Whitehead
As
we journey toward the feast of Pentecost,
this current podcast series and Walk With
Me programme
is an invitation to surrender once more
to the power of the Holy Spirit so that
we can be more attentive and responsive
to the Word of God that is spoken to each
of us.
more:
Walk With Me podcasts
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[06 Jan 09]
Radio 4 Sunday Worship
If
you are a "morning" person, you
may be awake early enough on Sunday 11 January,
to catch BBC Radio 4's Sunday Worship broadcast
at 8:10am.
The
Eucharistic celebration for the Feast of
the Baptism of The Lord will broadcast
live from St Thomas More RC Church in Coventry.
Music will be led by our own Jo Boyce and
Mike Stanley, alongside the musicians and
singers of the Parish.
If
your eyelids aren't accustomed to being
open at 8 o'clock on a Sunday morning (and
who can blame you?!), you can always "listen
again" via the BBC
website.
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[16 Oct 08]
Good Morning Aled!
Boyce
& Stanley are now regular favourites
of BBC Radio 2's Good Morning Sunday show
with Aled Jones.
They
made the jaunt down to the London Studios
on Sunday 12th October, to chat about their
current tour, new album, Age
to Age II- the Journey Continues,
and share a live rendintion of When I
Survey The Wondrous Cross. Only the
brave few offer to sing live at that time
in the morning!
Listen: AGE
TO AGE PODCAST SERIES:
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[15 Oct 08]
150 Years + 150 Voices
The
current leg of the Age to Age pilgrimage
got off to a fine start in Plymouth on Saturday
4th October. The concert was the final part
of a fantatsic youth day entitled 150
Voices, organised by Plymouth's Diocesan
Department for Formation as part of
the ongoing celebration of the 150th Anniversary
of Plymouth Cathedral.
More than 40 young people joined Boyce
and Stanley on stage to add their voices
to the songs of Age to Age. It was
a perfect way to end a day
that had encourged the youth to find their
own voice and expression while remaining
faithful to the truth and tradition of the
Church.
The
150th Anniversary of the Cathedral of St
Mary and St Boniface is not so much a celebration
of a building as it is a celebration of
a people. A pilgrim people, whose songs
of faith echo down the generations.
The
journey continues...
"I just wanted
to say thank you for what was an absolutely
fantastic week at our parish and a breath-taking
concert in Plymouth. Thanks to the happiness
your music brought, our parish is starting
a youth music group that will provide the
music at Mass at least once a month, possibly
more."
[JAMES]
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[28 Sep 08]
Age to Age II + The Journey Continues
NEW
ALBUM, OUT NOW!
The
much talked about follow-up to Boyce &
Stanley's 10th anniversary album, "Age
to Age + The Journey Continues"
has at last hit the streets and is causing
a bit of a stir. Not least because the duo
are trying to figure out how to get back
the iPod nano they gave to the Pope last
year so that they can update it for him.
Age To Age II + The Journey Continues,
features more well-know and well-loved classics
including Come Back To Me (Hosea), Eagles
Wings, a reworking of the much-loved Boyce
& Stanley classic, Song to The Trinity and
much more.
info: www.agetoage.co.uk
info: pressrelease
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[16 Jun 08]
Good Morning Pilgrims
Fresh
(or not so!) from their week's pilgrimage
in Lourdes leading the music for the Archdiocese
of Birmingham's annual pilgrimage, Boyce
& Stanley appeared live on Good
Morning Sunday to share their memories
and reflections.
Mike summed up the experience in the following
reflection which he read on air:
"I came across a quote earlier
this week, it said: 'Young people have bad
manners, contempt for authority; they show
disrespect for their elders and love gossip.
They contradict their parents and tyrannize
their teachers'. You might think that it
came from one of our national newspapers,
but actually it's a quote from a Greek philosopher,
Socrates writing in the 5th century BC.
It seems then, young people have always
attracted a bad press.
In reality we have a very different
picture. During this past week thousands
of pilgrims from the United Kingdom and
Ireland have been in Lourdes on Pilgrimage.
Almost half of those travelling with the
Birmingham Archdiocese were young people,
who gave up a week of their holiday to do
something different. And of those receiving
a special award for service in Lourdes,
80% of them were young people.
They pushed wheelchairs and trolley's
- they made tea for those in hospital. They
cared for those less fortunate than themselves
in so many practical ways, and they prayed.
Each day during services and masses,
during night prayers in the hospital, they
prayed with and for those who a week ago
they had never met and who are now etched
on their hearts and in their minds.
And how proud we can be of them. The
kindness, love and generosity of these teenagers
and young people won't be on the front pages
of tomorrow's press, but for the many pilgrims
in Lourdes for whom they have been the heroes
and celebrities of this past week, they
will certainly have made their headlines."
AGE TO AGE
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[16 May 08]
Age to Age - US Release
Friends
and fans across the proverbial pond, will
be pleased to learn that Boyce &
Stanley's latest album, Age to Age
has just been release in the USA by
World
Library Publications (WLP)
WLP
are the exclusive North-American distributors
of the studio albums of Boyce & Stanley
and other works published by
CJM Music.
If
you are based in the USA, or other parts
of North America, click here
to order Age to Age online now.
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[25 Apr 08]
Uncanny Resemblance...
Meet Australian pop stars Guy Sebastian
and Paulini. Is it just us, or do
this pair bare a more than passing resemblance
to our own singing double act, Boyce &
Stanley?
Guy Sebastian came to prominence as the
winner of the first Australian Idol in 2003.
Since then, he has released three top five
albums and seven top 20 singles, including
three number one hits
Paulini's rich, angelic voice belies her
tender age and she is no stranger to the
top position in the Australian ARIA charts.
The Australian songsters have come
together to record Receive
The Power - the theme song for this
Summer's World Youth Day.
If you're coming to see Boyce &
Stanley at either of their forthcoming
gigs in May (see below) you'll hear our
lookey-likey duo perform their own interpretation
of this uplifting invocation of the Holy
Spirit. Not only will it be Pentecost weekend,
but many of the young people involved and
attending both concerts are busy preparing
and fundraising for their own pilgrimage
to Sydney for World
Youth Day.
Sadly, we won't ALL be going to Sydney
in July, but the world youth day pilgrimage
is but another stop on a much bigger pilgrimage
that we all share - from age to age and
from one generation to the next.
"You will
receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses"
ACTS 1:8
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[18 APR 08]
Rejoice 'n' Sing Digital Songbook
This new CD-Rom contains ALL the songs
and acclamations from BOTH volumes of the
popular - but now out of print - Rejoice
'n' Sing music books.
In this age of computer technology and
environmental awareness, rather than simply
reprint the music books, we have put the
music on this CD-Rom in PDF format. Simply
insert the disc into your computer and you
can print music as needed. "Wow!"
I hear you say.
shop:
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[15 APR 08]
We've been on Songs of Praise
Our intrepid singing duo, Boyce &
Stanley and their handsome band featured
on BBC Songs of Praise back on Sunday 30
March.
What do you mean you didn't see
it?! Fear not, we've have highlights of
the performance right here, recorded live
at St Anne's Cathedral in Leeds.
watch:
Boyce & Stanley on Songs of Praise
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[18 Feb 08]
Welcome Baby
Stanley the Third
Mike and his wife Yvonne are delighted
to welcome their third son into the family
Stanley.
Luke Anthony Stanley was born on
Tuesday 12 Feb at 10:50am, weighing a very
healthy 8lb 1oz. Luke's parents, and his
"big brothers" are over-joyed
with the new addition to the clan.
At just six days old, Luke attended his
first ever Boyce & Stanley concert
and slept all the way through it. Is that
a good sign?
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[04 Nov 07]
Welcome Baby
Scott
As if there isn't enough excitement in
"cjm world" our small but perfectly-formed
team is even smaller at the moment. Our
events co-ordinator, Anne Appleton, is on
maternity leave until April.
Anne and her husband Jez welcomed bouncing
baby boy Scott into the world on Sunday
4th November.
The family are doing well and looking forward
to their first Christmas with their new
bundle of joy. Our love and prayers are
with them all.
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[25 Sept 07]
An iPod for the Pope
'Boyce & Stanley's brand new
album Age
to Age hit the streets on 15 September
and it's already causing a bit of a stir
locally and internationally... Partly because
the duo has taken the unprecedented step
of sending the album to His Holiness, Pope
Benedict XVI on a personally engraved iPod
nano.
As well as recent features in the Catholic
Press, news of the Papal iPod has been the
talk of BBC Radio 2, BBC Midlands Today,
Times Online and many an Internet chat forum.
Not surprisingly, at a time when there
is much discussion about what style of music
is appropriate within the liturgy, opinion
is divided. Even less surprisingly, the
traditionalists are the most vocal in their
critique of the album.
But Mike's 4 year old son is going around
the house singing Salve Regina (so
what if he's making up his own words, he
is only 4!) Primary school teachers
are telling us that they can't wait to teach
Sweet Heart of Jesus to the children
(calypso disco and all).
A whole new generation is ready to claim
these songs as their own because, for the
first time, they are hearing them in a genre
they can relate to. That's good enough for
us.
more:
read the full iPod story
google:
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[24 Sept 07]
Age to Age - The Brand New Album!
What began as a 10th anniversary celebration
and a memorial to the life of a dear friend,
has grown into a milestone project celebrating
more than three generations of song and
faith.
This collection features new arrangements
of many of the well-loved, classic Catholic
hymns that are etched onto the lips and
hearts of churchgoers of all ages.
Many of these songs have - until now -
only been heard with the sounds of organ
and choir. These beloved favorites are skillfully
reinterpreted here with modern instruments,
faultless musicianship and the unmistakable
sound of the Boyce & Stanley
vocal partnership.
Archbishop Vincent Nichols describes the
project as "a wonderful bridging of
generations which does so much to support
the life of prayer and the devotional life
of Catholic faith". It is all that
and much more.
shop:
order the album online
more
info: Age to Age mini
website
watch:
Album launch featured on BBC Midlands Today
read:
Studio Diary - the making of the album
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[12 April 07]
New Instrumental Album
Every Secret Longing is a collection
of instrumental piano meditations inspired
by the songs of Boyce & Stanley.
Performed and arranged by Andrew Ross and
Aidan Pepper, some of the pieces are instantly
recognisable as the songs that inspired
them, while others take on a new life under
the gifted fingers of the pianist.
This collection is ideal for use in all
sorts of settings: reconciliation services,
quite times of prayer and meditations and
- dare we say it - even dinner parties!
shop: Every Secret Longing,
CD
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