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blog: Can you ‘be in the moment’ yet plan for the future?

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: How to recruit a new leader for your choir

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: How much should you polish a song before moving onto the next one?

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: Calm down dear, it's only a song!

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a workshop recently, and somebody grabbed me in the break and said: “I can’t believe how patient you are with us!”. &n...

blog: When audiences applaud – or not

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are times when it’s not been appropriate for an audience to clap. Funerals and weddings are the obvious ones.   photo by Linda Thomas ...

blog: Finding a niche for ‘world music’ choirs

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly get emails out of the blue from various Singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...

blog: Why our Singing voices have different accents

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many English pop groups in the 60s started off by emulating their cousins from across the pond and sang with an American accent. Cliff Richard still does! ...

blog: Is it time to widen your musical horizons?

[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: Not done it for a while? Can you still do it? – the worries of Singers and choir leaders

[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: Strategies for coping with too many Singers in your choir

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...