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blog: How To teach (and Learn) a song by ear 1

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used To having a score in their...

blog: Boost Confidence by Sharpening Your Musical Memory

  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...

blog: Singers, don’t be afraid To make mistakes – it’s the only way To Learn

[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...

blog: Barcarolle Choir Workshop: "The Drama of the Song"

Want To improve Your skills? Want To Learn about singing? All this while having fun? Then this workshop is for You!   At St Stephen's Church Gloucester Road SW7 4RL, KensingTon, LondonBoth groups (Belters and Divas) will work on two or three piec...

blog: Why my singers don’t use recorded parts To Learn songs

[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...

blog: MixMyPart.com Now CompLetely FREE!!!

Hello everyone, I've developed MixMyPart.com which is an online application To help singers Learn their harmony parts and practice from home.  Teachers, Choir DirecTors, and Music DirecTors can prepare their own recordings for use in our multitrac...

blog: Choirs Without a ConducTor

Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately.  Not that I have been idol- there is so much To blog about but 24 hours in a day a full time job and more music than I can ever Learn To play means there  isn't enough time!   In the l...

blog: Do You care what songs You Learn in a workshop?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve been creating some new singing workshops for next year.   Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse   Recently I wrote about how To create...

blog: Helping new choir members Learn the old songs

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When a choir has been Going for a long time and You want To revive some of Your old reperToire, You will find that a lot of the newer members won’t ...

blog: We’ve come To sing, not To Learn!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People come To my singing workshops because they love To sing.   PhoTo by Rex Pe   But first they have To spend time Learning songs. &nbs...