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blog: The most important thing do when choir starts again after a long break

[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: Back to basics: how to reawaken your passion as a singer in a choir

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

blog: Create your own deadlines and bring some structure to your life and work

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

The Songmen
group: The Songmen

Since 2008 we've built an enviable reputation as one of the country’s finest and most versatile a cappella groups. We possess a wealth of experience from the worlds of classical, sacred and popular music and balance our Love for the old renaissance master...  more

blog: Why I started a choir

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I Love to sing harmony. In fact, that’s pretty much the only time I sing!     WorldSong choir, Coventry   But to do that you ne...

blog: To Talk or Not to Talk. Aye, There's the Rub.

Oh I know.  I am really stretching your patience mixing those lines in the title.  I just couldn't help it.  You see, I Love to talk.  I don't even need an audience.  I can talk until the wallpaper curls. I do remember many y...

blog: Focusing on the one frown in a sea of smiling faces

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Everything in the concert is going brilliantly. The choir is firing on all cylinders. The audience are lapping it up, even your lame banter between Songs....

blog: Trying to please all the people all the time

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I found myself last week arranging a bunch of Songs to teach at the weekend. As usual, I’d left it far too late and was feeling rushed.   &nb...

blog: Singing in a choir: meditation for those who can’t sit still

[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: What is harmony singing (and why we need to be careful when using jargon)?

[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...