IT was great to see new faces and welcome our new Friends, president and vice-presidents at the Elgar Chorale's summer get-together. Truly an evening of wine, women and Song - there were even a few gentlemen and a mouthwatering feast laid o...
[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] I caught a scene from the movie Spartacus the other day. The character played by Tony Curtis was asked to perform a Song. He then proceeded to speak ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many people have no idea how a Song is learnt by ear. They assume that written music is a must. But don’t forget that people have been singing (and l...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while ago I wrote about an artist who thought that music resides in the musical notation and a musician's job is to realise that notation perfectly. &nb...
A brilliant moment from our concert in Stirling's Tolbooth Theatre. :-) 5/5/15
"Vincent" by @Don McLean Solo: Brain Joubert Arrangement by Gavin Wild Performed by the Cape Town Youth Choir as part of STBB's 121 year birthday celebrations Conducted by Leon Starker NOTICE: All Covid-19 regulations were followed in the making o... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I used to lead a women’s singing group. We tried a Bob Marley Song once. One of the singers used to say: “If it sounds like the Women’s In...
To put a good program together is not easy and sometimes it seems hard to find the perfect Song. With this short recommendation we would like to assist you in this. Nancy Telfer has composed more than three hundred works for orchestra and solo instru...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many people look back to the good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and sing for hours, or join in a good sing-Song down the local pub. &n...
