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blog: What is unique about singing together?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing together in a group is something special. It is a very different experience from singing on your own. But what exactly is it that we get from singing...

blog: Attention: Singers, Songwriters, and Music lovers!

New on the music scene is a community of creative songwriters, singers, and musicians, sharing what we all love-MUSIC. VocalMatch provides a free spotlight for singers and songwriters to share their talents worldwide.   Singers-Download the feature...

blog: Being in a choir FAQs - Part 3

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...

blog: Never tell someone they can’t sing – it is brutal, damaging and untrue

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Most of the people who come to my singing workshops are in their 50s and pretty much all of them have a story to tell about the time someone told the...

That Choir
group: That Choir

Now in its 3rd year, That Choir combines a high level of performance with a deep love of the choral art as one of Toronto’s newest choral groups. That Choir was formed in the spring of 2008 by Craig Pike and 14 of his actor friends who wanted to create an...  more

blog: Does your singing voice reveal the real you?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We’ve all seen it: a timid, slouched, nervous person approaches the microphone. We expect disaster. They open their mouth and the most amazing, beauti...

blog: Why feedback is important when teaching and learning songs

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a one-day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...

blog: Where is a culture’s music tradition to be found?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I spent two weeks travelling through the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I was really looking forward to hearing plenty of tr...

blog: Copying music – how to stay on the right side of the law

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I get regular emails from people asking questions about songs and copyright. I’m certainly no expert, but I have written a few articles that you migh...

blog: The curse of confusion: why thinking is bad for singing

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I teach a song by ear in less than an hour at a workshop. Everyone picks it up really quickly and then they sing it brilliantly. We’ve been working ...