[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The other weekend 50 singers performed in public to a large, appreciative audience. We performed eight songs in four part harmony, most in foreign languag...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will come a time when you will leave your choir and need someone else to take over. Who will you hand over to...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes ...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the...
The link goes to an SATB version, but I have sung a lower transposition here. The video contains the words and an English translation
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] At the start of term we have an equal number of singers in each part, but by the end of term, there are always too many altos (or sopranos or tenors &ndash...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Bl...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You know those people who sing all the time — when they’re cooking, hoovering, gardening, whatever? Well, I’m not one of them. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I often get asked this at workshops after people have struggled to get their tongues around a few foreign songs. I point out that ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re singing something different from you? &n...
