When you already belong to a community, have you ever thought that perhaps you know eveyone you need to know and there is no need to know more people? Or you believe you need to meet many more people in order to have access to either fun activities, network more, have more friends or access specific information? What if looking to the people yo... read more

Marsilio Ficino (1433-1498), Florentine philosopher wrote a wonderful sentence: “Music is nothing more than a Decoration of Silence”. What a wonderful statement.  Shall we take it to the choir?   Undoubtedly silence is in many ways a pre condition for music making. In silence we concentrate, in silence we can really listen.... read more

    There is something to choir conducting that is shared by every team professional and that I would want to talk about: we have to deal with groups, we want our groups to be able to work as a team and we sometimes have to deal with conflict. I was asked today what would I do if I had to perform one piece with my choir in a concert, a... read more

    Since I have been conducting choirs in UK, there is something that I found intriguing. That is the fact that some people gave me, amongst other kinds of positive and most interesting feedback, comments about “surprising” and “unusual” pedagogy. They were referring to touch.   I remember that around whe... read more

Is singing good for stress? Yes, it can actually stress you out a bit... By rushing to rehearsals, trying to park the car and not finding a space, or getting stuck in public transport at peak times (I really wish there were more morning choirs) By loosing your sheet music, or having it disorganized or arranged in a complicated way. (Unless y... read more