This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog.  There is a really fun explanation of the 4 basic choir sections as seen by a young person.  I don't know where the original document came from or I would give proper credi...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In my recent post How to sing – the definitive guide, I pointed out that lots of people Google “How to sing” instead of just getting on a...

Choirs and Singers from all around the world. Welcome to the capital of music, Salzburg! meeting music proudly announce its new series of choral festival in 2017.   Salzburg International Choral Celebration & Competition will be held in June 14-19...

[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....

We just published a new article on audiation over at EasyEarTraining.com, and I wanted to see if the Singers and choir directors here at ChoirPlace are using these kinds of exercises in your choirs?     What is 'audiation'? There are differe...

There are few things that have as powerful an impact on our ensembles as the standing formations of the Singers. This will directly impact the speed at which the ensemble learns new repertoire and polishes the same. Standing formation impacts balance, the...

Atmospheric choral music often includes at least four harmony parts, sometimes many more. For the average village or community choir this can be a challenge to say the least, especially when many of the Singers have limited experience or are non-music rea...

Aequalis Foundation and the International Choral Composition Competition (CICCAG) assisted by IFCM was join the celebration of World Choral Day(december 2018) that commemorated the Centennial of the Armistice of World War I. Singers from all over the wo...

Choral Holidays is a small company that specialises in taking groups of amateur Singers to beautiful locations and forming them into choirs. Last year we took a group to the beautiful location of Milton Abbey in Dorset, and also to Florence, where we sta...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, trust the Singers I’m working with and just busk it.      ...