[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I teach a song by ear in less than an hour at a workshop. Everyone picks it up really quickly and then they sing it brilliantly. We’ve been working ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]The world can be a scary and upsetting place. When I wrote this back in 2016, here in the UK we were witnessing political infighting, uncertain futures, auster...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]Just because a song is in a foreign language, you still need to respect its origins. Sami family by Morten Oddvik There is a huge amount of misinformation ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound comes out. photo by chaosmunkey But we often allow our heads (an...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogames She has obviously had a bad exp...
Choriosity - the a cappella pop choir in the YMCA in Ulm, Germany! We are a non-professional choir of young people and we love the challenges of great a cappella music :) We sing a version of Eye of the tiger (not really;) a cappella, but we loved the re... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at how singers choose where to stand in their section (Don’t stand too close to me! – finding the right place to stand in y...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] “In our choir we’re not allowed to use words in concerts.” Photo by Kaptain Kobold Great idea. In principle. But how...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The Natural Voice Network (NVN) has done a great deal to dispel the myth that you have to be able to read music to be in a choir. photo by...
