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blog: 8 reasons why I don’t go to live concerts

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Music and singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or singers to appreciate their music. So why bother going...

Journey by mrp grand choir
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Isang Gabi Ng Pasasalamat (A Farewell Concert)

blog: How to have fun AND rehearse for your next concert

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about Choirs that choose not to perform. None of the Choirs or singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups.   ...

blog: Sing like you speak – the ‘folk’ voice, or how to sing like a Bulgarian

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve always known that I’m more interested in traditional songs, but I’ve only just realised that it’s the vocal quality that I&rs...

blog: Music notation: what is it good for and do we need it to sing?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining Choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

blog: Why we're crowdfunding to support new composers

Last week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a Choir. Our project is about giving new and emergin...

blog: Joint Performance of David Bowie - Come and join us!

  The legends will merge into a common Choir With the approach of spring, we feel easiness, and our voice sounds more beautiful and more pleasant! So why not make this spring brighter and make yourself known at the ...

blog: Perfect presents for choral singers

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]It’s that time of year again when you still have time to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...

blog: Singing is for life, not just for Christmas

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Hark the herald angels sing. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s Merry Christmas everybody. White Chr...

blog: The pleasures of the untrained voice

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In 2010 artist Susan Philipsz won the Turner Prize  for "a sound piece consisting of her own frail beautiful voice singing a Scottish lament over the ...