[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about Choirs that choose not to perform. None of the Choirs or singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve always known that I’m more interested in traditional songs, but I’ve only just realised that it’s the vocal quality that I&rs...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining Choirs, or even singing at all, as a result. &n...
Last week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a Choir. Our project is about giving new and emergin...
The legends will merge into a common Choir With the approach of spring, we feel easiness, and our voice sounds more beautiful and more pleasant! So why not make this spring brighter and make yourself known at the ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In 2010 artist Susan Philipsz won the Turner Prize for "a sound piece consisting of her own frail beautiful voice singing a Scottish lament over the ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I’m booked to run a singing workshop for someone, I always make sure that I get there early. I usually arrive to find people milling aroun...
Hi - has anyone got access to a set of orchestra parts for Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time'? My Choir is doing this at the end of April, 2018, but the orchetsra music is proving difficult to obtain.We're very happy to pay a reasonable hire charge plu...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sarcastic remarks from X Factor judges. Teachers telling kids to “stand at the back and just mime”. Being made to stand up and sing solo to get...