[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...

[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 ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog from the Front of the Choir]   There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they Can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...

(adapted from a post in The Stairwell Carollers Choir Blog) David Rain, tenor:  How on earth  do you hear everyone, including our mistakes, while singing along at full throttle?   Pierre: I'm not sure, but you're definitely right...

Besides Caorle and Venice, if you a member of our Venetian singing team, you surely visit this little pearl of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. In this little town you Can find places you might not have expected there: the Duomo di Sacile, developed on the...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog from the Front of the Choir] The world Can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine How a single person Can make a difference. Ch...

[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...

[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...