[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Somebody asked me the other day if I do workshops on songs from the Musicals. I don't like Musical theatre, so the answer was a resounding “No&rdquo...
[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...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I teach songs without using any kind of Musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...
I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new Musical skills for a long time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...
Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning to, you can get a song or a jingle stuck in your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On the other hand, when you are actively trying to learn a poem, lyric, or a...
Formed in April 2020 as a result of COVID-19, the group started to continue the passion we all share in music.