Very new group full of hard working Singers

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

How does a W.A. Mozart’s majestic Requiem sound when sung by hundreds of Singers? Find out at our next festival Laurea Mundi Budapest!   One of the most powerful things is when many people are singing together as one. This is what our Festiv...

This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog.  Isn't it the truth?  Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy.  What is it that is holding you back?  Have you thought that maybe YOU should be the director of t...

Khreschatyk Academic Chamber Choir/Khreschatyk Сhoir, conductor Pavlo Struts, staged by Natalia Begma, video Viktor Bondarenko, March 18, 2019.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I went to a workshop run by the amazing Su Hart who has spent around 25 years working with the Baka people of Central Africa. Living in the ra...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Choirs are not meeting at the moment so lots of you have gone online to sing. Given that it will be just you singing at a screen, what can you do to get the ...

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