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blog: Starting a new choir: my story and what I have learned

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Having written about starting your own community choir, in 2011 I put my money where my mouth is and started a brand new singing group – my first in...

blog: Don’t peak too soon – effective rehearsal planning for your next concert

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The OK Chorale have just started back after a long Christmas break. This term we’re working towards our annual spring concert. I need to plan a...

blog: Can auditioned choirs still be ‘community’ choirs?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Nat started his choir four years ago. He has slowly built the numbers up to a fairly stable 35 or so, but thinks it’s time for a change.   &n...

blog: Tips for beginning composers by Santiago Veros

This is a post with tips for beginning composers. Before being a full-time choral composer, I'm a fan of choral music. I want to constantly discover new things. So, I'm going to write down what I wish I had known when I started in this profe...

blog: Should your choir perform live? – arguments for and against

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I started my most recent community choir The OK Chorale back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing choir.     Brig...

blog: What would you do differently if you were starting your choir today?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I have learnt a great deal since I started my first choir in 1997. WorldSong in Coventry, June 2000 If I were starting a choir again today I may well do t...

blog: Venezia in Musica 2018 – SING! at San Marco

The story of “Venezia in Musica” started in 2003! Sing! In concerts beside the palaces, romantic buildings, lagoons and gondolas of Venice. Find you safe in competition at the clean and tiny charm of the city of Caorle to only name some of the...

blog: Men and singing: 15 myths debunked

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I started a discussion on my blog about Why men won’t sing.     time for another song by willposh   At around t...

blog: How to recruit singers to truly reflect your local community?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...

blog: Beginners choir or established choir: time to re-evaluate?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I started my first ever choir, WorldSong, it was an open-access beginner’s choir and anyone who wanted to sing could join.   &nbs...