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blog: See Rome and die?

It is an old saying - which actually refers to Naples… But Rome is really worth seeing, because it's one of the most beautiful cities in the world and you can join us to Sing - could you imagine anything more satisfying than this?    Yo...

blog: Tuning up - where do start notes come from?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes ...

blog: What the job of choir leader involves

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the Singers, the...

blog: Why are there always too many altos in my choir?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   At the start of term we have an equal number of Singers in each part, but by the end of term, there are always too many altos (or sopranos or tenors &ndash...

blog: How to make a song your own

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.       Bl...

blog: Singing the wrong note is not the end of the world

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re Singing something different from you? &n...

blog: Is how you label yourself as a Singer holding you back?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] We all have an image of the type of Singer (or musical director or choir) that we think we are. There are things that we can do and things that we can&rsqu...

blog: How to increase your enjoyment of Singing in the choir in the coming year

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote a post a while ago called Ask not what your choir can do for you – ask what can you do for your choir. The more you put in, the more you get ...

blog: Helping new choir members learn the old songs

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   When a choir has been going for a long time and you want to revive some of your old repertoire, you will find that a lot of the newer members won’t ...

blog: Name that tune! – earworms, musical memory and other strange phenomena

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes I only have to hear two notes of a song and I know what it is.   Photo by bishib70   Often I join in with someone Singing a song...