[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...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I was a student, I’d Sit in lectures scribbling Down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most people there, I understood...
Firstly, I'll take this opportunity to introduce myself. I'm a good musician, and a reasonable singer. I Sit in the back corner of the choir and sing second bass, trying to sing so low that I can make the plastic chairs vibrate. Now, I say I'm a good musi...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] After the long summer break, I used to arrive really early at the first choir session, Sit by the door, and worry that nobody would come back. ...
A demo/medley taken from our "Vocalix goes Vintage" program: All Aboard (arr.Jay Althouse) Don't Get Around Much Anymore (arr.Mark Brymer) Sing, sing,sing (Arr. Ph.Kern) Route 66 (arr. K.Shaw) Don't Sit under the Apple tree (arr.A.Billingsley) We'll... more
Limerick and music by Harold Owen sung by the dwsChorale I know a young fellow named Hatch Who was fond of the music of "Batch" He said it's not fussy Like Brahms or Debussy Sit Down and I'll play you a snatch
