[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Over the years I have run choirs and singing groups all based on the same principles, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I have to admit that I’m not really a lyric person. I might have been listening to a particular pop song in English for years when I suddenly realise...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last weekend I ran a singing workshop for 40 strangers. As always everyone worked well together (no prima donnas!) and we produced a wonderful sound at the...
Reading Phoenix Choir perform Bogoroditse Devo, a setting of text taken from the Russian Orthodox All-Night vigil ceremony. The words are a prayer to Mary, Theotokos Virgin, rejoice, (or: Rejoice, O Virgin Theotokos) Mary full of grace, The Lord is ... more
It’s pretty amazing how we pigeon-hole people’s talents and skills. All of us do it, most of the time unknowingly. Our new temporary musical Director, for the adults Choir I play piano for, has some amazing warm ups and he loves takin...
This post was orginally published on Embro Thistle Singers blog. When I was 15, I took singing lessons from the nuns at "The Pines". These ladies were well respected for the results they achieved in musical training. Our performance group o...
Miserere miseris - from the Dublin Troper, c. 1360, arranged Michael McGlynn - The Waldorf Students Choir, conductor: László Bencze. Recorded on 20. 06. 2015. on The Night of Museums in the Hungarian National Gallery Budapest
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The Sing Up programme for schools was set up by the UK government in January 2007 and was funded by them until April 2012. Their aim is to “give ever...
