[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Some people just love anythIng that’s fInely honed, all shIned up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me.     ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I was at a busIness meetIng recently and we were asked what we did. I explaIned as well as I could.   Photo © Copyright Anne Burgess an...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   First I need to fess up: I have a low boredom threshold and always try to squeeze In as many songs as possible. Not always a good idea!  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Despite an apparent re-awakened Interest In sIngIng, we don’t sIng togeTher like we used to.     TV programmes like X Factor, The Voice...

I brought this question up before as one of The fundamental problems of workIng with, and beIng a part of, a choral ensemble. After all, no one really wants to listen to an out-of-tune Choir.   It’s a complicated issue that Involves...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Very, very few people are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of The braIn which can also affect The understandIng of language and certaIn spatial ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] Many of us wait until The mood hits us before we do somethIng. But often The doIng somethIng is what changes our mood for The better.     Th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] We are livIng In unprecedented times. People are not allowed to socialise.     How do we keep sIngIng togeTher? I’ll look at some of The ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]I teach songs from all over The world, often In foreign languages. But people are always askIng me for more songs In English. Why is this? Especially sInce ...