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blog: Too many cooks – benign dictators rule!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir]     This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.     A...

blog: Keeping choir attendance up – stick or carrot?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] As I wrote recently (It’s summer – where have all the choir gone??!!), patchy attendance at regular choir sessions can be very frustrating. &n...

Krutitsia Vertitsia - arr. Jeremy M. Nabors.  Vox Virorum
video: Krutitsia Vertitsia - arr. Jeremy M. Nabors. Vox Virorum

Vox Virorum Winter Concert January 19, 2014 First Presbyterian Church Durham, NC USA

blog: How to deal with unwanted talking during choir rehearsals without killing anybody

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   I’m usually the last one to notice, but often when I’m teaching one section of the choir, there’s chit chat from the rest of the singers....

To Pivecko: Chor Leoni on Tour in the Czech Republic
video: To Pivecko: Chor Leoni on Tour in the Czech Republic

Chor Leoni toured the Czech Republic in the summer of 2008. We sang this chorus from Smetana's the Bartered Bride everywhere, from concert halls to churches, outdoor settings to overheated rehearsal rooms. Videographer Phil Jack, a valued member of our ba...  more

blog: the singers shall remain nameless

[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 kn...

blog: Is your audience just friends and family?

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself?     When a choir first starts performing in...

Can't Get You Out of My Head
video: Can't Get You Out of My Head

Ginger and Tonic perform their version of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" at SingFest 2012 on the Gold Coast, Australia.

blog: the importance of being confused

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   there is a time of blissful ignorance before you hear a song for the first time.   Later on, there comes a time when you know the song thoroughly, y...

blog: Singing competitions are for losers

[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 t...