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blog: Are zombies taking over your choir? How to breathe like a human being

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Have you noticed how the living dead always have husky laboured breathing?   Photo by theogeo   I’m beginning to worry that zombies ...

blog: Arranging songs for your choir 1: choosing the right song

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A friend of mine asked the other day: “How do you find songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

blog: Want to develop your voice and sing better? Be silly and play!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Trying to increase your vocal range? Want to develop a richer tone to your voice? Puzzling over voice placement and timbre?   photo by The-Serene-...

blog: Can you remember a song while standing on one leg? - recalling songs in different contexts

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I teach a song in the morning and it’s sounding pretty good.   photo by kalavinka   Then after lunch I get the group to stand f...

blog: Process vs. product: are you along for the singing ride or just the final performance?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Learning and polishing a song can be a long process. Some people find it a chore and can’t wait to get to the end result: a public performance....

blog: How male singers can successfully pitch from a woman (and how women can pitch from a man)

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]As we saw last week, many singers struggle with finding (and keeping) their starting notes. photo by Albin Olsson What can make it even harder is if a man ...

blog: As a choir leader I’m a control freak ... and that’s exactly how I like it!

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me.     cont...

blog: Using feedback forms for choirs and singing workshops

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You get what you ask for, so be careful how you seek feedback!   photo by Howard Lake   When designing feedback forms, less is more. Here&r...

blog: The great choir debate

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition.     On their website they...

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...