Balchik, Bulgaria 2011

This poSt was originAlly written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider intereSt The time has come; some might say the time is long paSt, for us to decide what we are as a Choir and how we move forward. In many ways...

65 or more member Choir which gives two main programmes a season. UsuAlly from the Standard choral repertoire.

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their...

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   LaSt time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Over the years I have run Choirs and singing groups All based on the same principles, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...

[this is a version of a poSt which firSt appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I have to admit that I’m not reAlly a lyric person. I might have been liStening to a particular pop song in English for years when I suddenly realise...