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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing lessons or not in order to sing. I pointed out that there are several skills that... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that people should simply jump in and join a choir before they ever consider individual singing lessons. I po... read more
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Greetings, I am happy to present you with my composition for SSAATB and cello solo and would be interested in your impressions on it. "Whom My Soul Loveth" was composed on the hebrew Biblical text of Song of Songs 3, 1 and commissioned in 2009 by Kammerchor Aachen in Germany. I... read more
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This post originally appeared on www.HelpingYouHarmonise.com One of the foundational concepts in Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is the distinction between production and production capacity.* Production is getting stuff done – generating whatever outputs a par... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I often get enquiries from people looking for one-to-one singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them. I recommend that they join a choir instead. But some people feel t... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs. Photo by Ashley Dace This week I’d like to give you two concrete e... read more
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This is the first of a series that originally appeared on Helping You Harmonise. One of the interesting things that happens when amateur musicians build themselves a training infrastructure is that they bring an incredible breadth of skills and knowledge from different walks of professional life and appl... read more
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An uplifting and light-hearted evening of ‘Music from Stage and Screen’ was performed to a full house at Bridgnorth Baptist Church last weekend by Bridgnorth Choral Society and special guests Oldbury Wells School Vocal Group 'Encore'. Musical Director Derek Westwood commented that ‘the concert went su... read more
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[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I was in the middle of planning a workshop and was checking through a few songs to make sure I had the correct lyrics, source, meaning, background, etc. I came across a few that I couldn&r... read more
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] What is it with blokes and singing? In most open-access adult workshops that I run, only 10% of the participants are men (and it seems to be getting less all the time). Many male voice choirs have an aging membership... read more
