[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long i...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper.     This week I want to look a...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve suddenly realised I don’t know what to call myself any more. I used to be a ‘Choirmaster’ (a term I got from Gareth Malone and...

Looking for a sunny, happy song for your concert?  This unaccompanied SATB setting of The Peanut Vendor will light up your Choir and have audiences sitting on the edge of their seats!  Here's a computer playback to give you an idea.  The sh...

with the kind permission of the site owner I just wanted to pop a couple of Paragraphs from the latest edition of 'The survival of your Choir' book, this book has been around since 2002 and received excellent reviews from Choirs and the music press, reall...

Subscribe now: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=funnyordie A group of scrappy little orphans lament their lot in life and the thing that brought them all together - that their parents all died on Black Friday. Get more Funny Or Di...  moreSubscribe now: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=funnyordie A group of scrappy little orphans lament their lot in life and the thing that brought them all together - that their parents all died on Black Friday. Get more Funny Or Die ------------------------------- Like FOD on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/funnyordie Follow FOD on Twitter: https://twitter.com/funnyordie Follow FOD on Tumblr: http://funnyordie.tumblr.com/ Follow FOD on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+funnyordie Follow FOD on Instagram: http://instagram.com/funnyordie See the original at: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5cc8c102c4/black-friday-orphans-the-musical  less

Hullabaloo Community Quire invites you to join us for our Autumn Term, which starts on 7th September 2015. Everyone welcome, no previous musical experience necessary. Please see our website for more information: www.hullabalooquire.org Also vis...  moreHullabaloo Community Quire invites you to join us for our Autumn Term, which starts on 7th September 2015. Everyone welcome, no previous musical experience necessary. Please see our website for more information: www.hullabalooquire.org Also visit the website of our amazing Musical Director Kirsty Martin www.kirstymartin.co.uk  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   If I get 30 singers on one of my weekend workshops someone will say “Gosh, what a large group!” whilst another says “Quite low numb...

Award-winning app that sight reads choral music straight from a photo! PlayScore 2 also plays back images and PDF scores. Amazing playback accuracy. Export to any score editor. Adjust volume, instrument and transposition for each staff. Change te...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church Choirs, Natural Voice Choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assume that singers who att...