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blog: How to reach every choir member without repeating yourself

[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...

blog: Why choirs shouldn’t sing pop songs

[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...

blog: Is community singing dead?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many people look back to the good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and sing for hours, or join in a good sing-song down the local pub. &n...

blog: Music lives in flawed humans and not on the page

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I met a painter a while back and he asked me if I was an artist. I told him that I didn’t paint, but that I worked with music. He then asked: “...

blog: one unkind word can put you off singing for ever – how to protect yourself

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There have been plenty of UK television programmes over the years which have involved solo singing auditions such as The Voice and X Factor. Comments...

blog: How many breaks should you have on a singing course?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People pay good money to come on a singing course and want to sing as much as they can.     But everyone needs a break. How do you fin...

The Kenyan Boys Choir
group: The Kenyan Boys Choir

A choral ensemble of talented boys drawn from High schools and Colleges around Kenya. The choir is dedicated to moulDing a world-class choral outfit that offers a platform for Kenyan Boys to nurture their natural talents in Music, dance, and drama while i...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">A choral ensemble of talented boys drawn from High schools and Colleges around Kenya. The choir is dedicated to moulDing a world-class choral outfit that offers a platform for Kenyan Boys to nurture their natural talents in Music, dance, and drama while imparting life principles of discipline, hard work perseverance, persistence and determination. In order to shape a youth citizenry that is responsible and of impeccable integrity for effective leadership in the society, the choir advocates for the attainment of quality education for its members. Education is elementary in the augmentation of any individual towards being a responsible and an empowered member of the society; a fact that the Kenyan Boys Choir believes in and strives to inculcate.  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

blog: Why ‘singing for fun’ doesn’t mean low standards and poor performances

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other weekend 50 singers performed in public to a large, appreciative audience. We performed eight songs in four part harmony, most in foreign languag...

blog: Choir leaders: who’ll replace you when you’re gone?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will come a time when you will leave your choir and need someone else to take over.     Who will you hand over to...

blog: Sing on the High Seas on the BRAVO cruise of performing arts October 16 - 23, 2024

Play It Forward is honoured to be delivering the inaugural community choir project on the magnificent BRAVO cruise of performing arts on October 16 - 23, 2024! PERFORM ALonGSIDE AUSTRALIA'S FINEST TALENT! If your choir is intere...