[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that people should simply jump in and join a...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teac...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I had a friend who moved to a new town and set up a new choir, blissfully ignorant of the 100+ community chorus that already existed there. phot...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Even though I’ve been teaching for almost 30 years, I still get affected by that glum-looking face in the third row. ... and it's no...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] My main skill is as a teacher of songs to those who don’t read music. Photo by elfsternberg Other choir leaders have different s...
La Chorale CasaSawt sous la direction de son chef de chœur Adnane Matrone, chante lors de sa participation au dixième Symposium Mondial de chant choral à Séoul en 2014. "Alaiki Mini Salam" est un chant arrangé par Adnane Matrone
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me. cont...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...
[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...
[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...
