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blog: When patience wears thin – 5 strategies for choir (and other) leaders

[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...

blog: Dreaming of the perfect choir (a light-hearted fantasy)

[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...

blog: How to give and receive starting notes 3: all the ways it can go wrong

[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...

blog: Outdoor gigs: how to cope when audiences aren’t interested

[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...

blog: The most important thing do when choir starts again after a long break

[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...

blog: Back to basics: how to reawaken your passion as a Singer in a choir

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: Create your own deadlines and bring some structure to your life and work

[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: The Best Singers of All Time

They say that anyone can learn to Sing, but that doesn't mean everyone will be one of the "greats." The best Singers are deemed such due to their musicality, their storytelling abilities, pure showmanship, and more. Every genre and every decade has a few ...

blog: Outdoor Singing performances – tips and tricks

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I really, really don’t like performing outdoors (I’ll come to why in a moment)! But sometimes it’s unavoidable, so what can we do to make...