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blog: 7 ways to hold onto your choir members: why retention is more important than recruitment

[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...

blog: Beyond the usual suspects – how to get choir members to volunteer for supporting roles

[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...

blog: How to give and receive starting notes 2: receiving your note accurately

[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...

blog: Putting your house in order or how to clear up after a busy choir season

[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...

blog: I have a Dream

„…I want to make a trip. With my choir friends. Seeing famous cities and sights. Also having sun, beach and sea. Meeting new folks from all around and Sing with them. I want to stroll around a Mediterranean old town in the evenings hearing mu...

blog: Some cheery news !

Amidst the current gloom, it cheered us up no end to receive this review from @RSCM Magazine this month for 'Six Anthems for Mixed Voices' - there are some lovely recordings on our Youtube Channel of some of them. In particular, 'If my lips could Sing' an...

blog: Singing is about listening, not looking

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are quite a few choirs out there made up entirely of blind Singers. There are also many famous individual blind Singers (Stevie Wonder, AnDrea Bocell...

blog: What is YOUR choir horror story?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I wrote a post called Over-rehearsed or under-prepared: which is better? One of the comments got me thinking about things that have gone wrong...

blog: Why a choir can never be truly democratic

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Ever asked your choir members how they think things are going? Is there a large committee helping to run your choir? If so, you’ve realised that a ch...

Holy, Holy is what the angels sing
video: Holy, Holy is what the angels Sing

A live Performance at the Seventh day Adventist (Pioneer) Church, Babcock University. July 17, 2017.