[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...

[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 ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member.     choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila   This week I ...

[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.   ...

[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, ...

[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! ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] We all know that joining a choir is a good thing to do. But it might not suit everyone. photo by Dave Pearce   Here are five reasons why it mig...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It turns out that the devil might not have the best tunes after all.     Although I run a secular choir (I don’t have a religiou...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   You work on a song in choir week after week, but slowly things seem to get worse. You worry about getting the words right, you can’t seem to re...