[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I had a girlfriend who believed that we are all capable of anything if we just put enough effort in. Photo by _foam She believed that ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing together is one of the most egalitarian experiences we can have. Photo by wynlok It doesn’t matter how much you earn, wh...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] [NB this post is about UK copyright laws. AlThough the situation will be similar in other countries, the various copyright and performing rights agencies a...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about how you can use the long choir break to get better at what you do. photo by troy One way is to attend sin...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...
Click here if you love beautiful music: http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJTzmvomYXI Like me on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dan-Wright-multitracks/309402602408932 So all of the quartets from my various... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A few years ago conductor Kenneth Woods posted an item on his blog, A View from the Podium, about the problems of having to repeat oneself constantly in re...
[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...