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  • What do we mean by 'community choir'?

    Added April 5, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 7204 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Apparently singing is the UK’s second most popular activity after sport.     Photo by Shaunette Babb   According to The Guardian from December 2006:   “there are more than 25,000 choirs and over half a mil... read more

  • The great choir debate

    Added March 29, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 5028 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition.     On their website they held The Great Choir Debate, a series of questions about choirs and singing. Some of them were... read more

  • There are plenty of good reasons to sing

    Added March 22, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 4596 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few weeks back I wrote about why people might not join choirs or attend singing workshops: 10 reasons why people don’t join choirs (but love to sing) and Why we don’t sing even though it makes us feel good.   I thought i... read more

  • How much do you value your time and work?

    Added March 15, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1684 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Once upon a time it was fairly easy to work out how much your labour was worth.     You would toil in the fields all day and at the end of it have enough to keep body and soul together for that one day.   The next day you&rs... read more

  • How much do you charge?

    Added March 8, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 4187 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was collecting money at a workshop recently (something I nearly always forget as I always get so carried away with the singing!) and somebody mentioned that they thought I wasn’t charging enough.     He cited another worksh... read more

  • Why aren't there more mixed age-group choirs?

    Added March 1, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 5474 views - 8 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are choirs for gay men, choirs for women, choirs for socialists, choirs for hire, choirs for weddings and choirs for the deaf. There are Welsh choirs, youth choirs, gospel choirs, Bulgarian choirs, barbershop choirs, school choirs, church c... read more
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  • 10 reasons why people don’t join choirs (but love to sing)

    Added February 23, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 59543 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I know quite a few people who love to sing with others, but somehow don’t ever get around to joining a choir or attending a singing workshop.     Photo by toel-uru   They know they will enjoy it, singing is very import... read more

  • Why we don’t sing, even though it makes us feel good

    Added February 9, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 4913 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “I love singing, but I haven’t sung for years and I really miss it.”     So why haven’t you joined a choir or come to a singing workshop?   missing singing At the end of a workshop a woman came up to... read more

  • Singing competitions are for losers

    Added February 2, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 1513 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that time again here in the UK: Choir of the Year 2012 auditions are under way.     Quite often choir members come up to me to ask why we don’t enter. I tell them that’s it’s just not something I’... read more

  • The singers shall remain nameless

    Added January 26, 2012 by Chris Rowbury - 999 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly run weekend workshops with up to 40 singers.     Photo by Dennis Mojado   Sometimes I include name games to get to know people, but I never, ever end up remembering the names!     weekends are differ... read more