[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...

Jungle Drum, as performed by the Drakensberg Boys Choir on Wednesday 9 March. Composed by Emilíana Torrini

Da Nobis Pacem, Domine - Composed by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. As Performed by the Drakensberg Boys Choir on Wednesday 20 April 2011.

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...