[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There were two articles in the UK national press a few years ago, one bemoaning the fact that we don’t sing ChriStmas carols together as much as we u...

[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 ...