[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] the fact is that pretty much anyone can lead a choir. Some do it better than others and some do it worse, but it’s not rocket science. However,...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] How do you know if a choir session or singing workshop or performance has been a success? photo by shadowkilla_tk And if it has gone badly, how does that...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] If you’re like me, you’re always tempted to add harmonies to the simplest of melodies, whether it’s singing along with others or arranging a...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I’ve been rather under the weather lately. I’m not after sympathy, but I did want to write about how we struggle with ou...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? Constantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concer...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I find it hard to believe, but I started my choir WorldSong way back in October 1997. In 2007, we planned several events to celebrate our 10th anniversary...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I’ve been creating some new singing workshops for next year. Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse Recently I wrote about how to create...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...
Although we only became the City of Truro Male Choir in 2003, we can trace our singing forefathers back to two local village choirs formed in the 1940s. these were Chacewater & District Male Choir and Carnon Vale Male Choir. We aim to be the most ent... more
Based in Swadlincote, nestled at the southern tip of Derbyshire, England, Gresley takes its name from the Parish of Church Gresley nearby, where the choir was born in 1904. the choir has over 50 members and fulfills about 20 engagements a year performin... more