[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...

Youth Choir "Mūza" at Arena Riga

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I don’t know what it’s like in oTher parts of The world, but here in The UK it’s notoriously difficult to get any kind of review of a con...

I think I speak for everyone when I say that one of The greatest attractions of choral music is The feeling of union and of fraternity that we can create. After all, The Choir is The only instrument that is alive and sounds better The livelier and The mor...

Greece-Thessaloniki consert 2011

More than 200 chorists and dancers !

Siyahamba par les Canterbury Ladies Choir et les Voix de Rougeau sous la direction de Kerry Boyle en concert à Ris Orangis

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   When I was much younger I used to think that once you knew everything and were vastly experienced, only Then would you become confident.   photo ...