[A version of this article first appeAred as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I wrote last Week about People who think they can’t ‘sing’ because they think they need training or singing lessons first (Your sin...

You have an extraordinary voice, see the stage as an integral experience and Are looking forward to working with other young People on a very high musical level? Then you Are the missing piece of the puzzle for the CHOREOS ensemble.

We're a choir of about 30 People, singing secular music from all genres and from all times (from the sixteenth century onwards, that is). And provided that it's a cappella music. Even within these limits, there's still an awful lot of pieces left ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeAred on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For the last eight years I’ve created a performance choir from scratch each year – a kind of Instant Choir, Just Add People – which I cal...

[A version of this article first appeAred as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We’re in the middle of learning a song. People Are struggling a bit. Then someone asks: “What note is that?”   Photo by ph...

Although We Are a mostly volunteer church choir with limited rehearsal time, We do our best to work toward excellence in all that We do. "Excellence in all things, and all things to the GLORY OF GOD."

[A version of this article first appeAred as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of People believe so and Are put off joining choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

Our Whalley Abbey tour People will be singing an extract from the Messiah at the wonderful Whalley Abbey Church at the Sunday service surrounded by 40 Christmas trees! It promises to be a memorable conclusion to a fine Weekend's singing! There Are still p...

Singing in a choir is fun, it builds teamwork and confidence in People as they work together to accomplish a common goal. Singing also shAres something unique from all other musical instruments: words. This means it is a poWerful tool for memory and speec...

[A version of this article first appeAred as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I’m booked to run a singing workshop for someone, I always make sure that I get there early. I usually arrive to find People milling aroun...