[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...
Antonin Dvorak / Otmar Macha: Songs My MoTher Taught Me (from Gipsy Songs) - live recording October 7, 2012 - Holy Spirit CaThedral, Hradec Kralove The Czech Boys Choir, Jakub Martinec - artistic director & conductor Cancioneta Praha, Lukas Jindrich ... more
If you’re a singer on your way to a voice lesson, rehearsal, or audition, it’s always good to do a bit of warming up in The car, because There are few things more annoying to music directors than singers wasting Time complaining that They&rsqu...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir] I lived in Coventry in The Midlands of The UK for almost 13 years (gosh, doesn’t Time fly!), although I’m originally from South London. In 2010...
Just 1 click away you will find out when quarantines started, where The word came from, which composer lost his family due to The plague, a short history of Partridge Island and only 6 minutes of your Time #covid19 #quarantine #selfisolation #monteverd... more
The Fourth Choir (temporary name) will focus on performing great choral works - long and short, new and old, familiar and forgotten - and aim to sing at The highest competition standards and be semi-professional in a few years Time. We think that with al...
The Time has come again to unite singers from all over The world, regardless of country, age, gender or genre, in The universal tradition of choral music. Our partner choir association Associação Cultural da Beira Interior is once again, for...
When I first visited Riva del Garda, it was The middle of autumn; and to my amazement, it felt like it was all The four seasons at The same Time. The scent of still blooming flowery bushes reminded me of spring; The trees with ripe peaches and oranges rec...
You may be teaching yourself how to sing (by reading books and watching videos online) or taking singing lessons to improve your voice. As a beginner singer, you need a lot of real Time feedback and guidance. I still remember tak...
The late Ella Fitzgerald, who was known as one of The best female vocalists of her Time, was once quoted as saying: “The only thing better than singing is more singing.” In The USA alone, more than 28.5 million people regularly sing in one of ...
