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blog: Outdoor gigs: how to cope when audiences aren’t interested

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

blog: The most important thing do when choir starts again after a long break

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

blog: Back to basics: how to reawaken your passion as a singer in a choir

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions ac...

blog: Create your own deadlines and bring some structure to your life and work

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions ac...

Shenandoah (arr. James Erb)
video: Shenandoah (arr. James Erb)

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Will Dawes (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, May 2019 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleChoir Conductor: h...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Will Dawes (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, May 2019 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Twitter: http://twitter.com/SomervilleChoir Conductor: http://www.willdawes.co.uk  

blog: Focusing on the one frown in a sea of smiling faces

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Everything in the concert is going brilliantly. The choir is firing on all cylinders. The audience are lapping it up, even your lame banter between Songs....

blog: Trying to please all the people all the time

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I found myself last week arranging a bunch of Songs to teach at the weekend. As usual, I’d left it far too late and was feeling rushed.   &nb...

blog: Singing in a choir: meditation for those who can’t sit still

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

blog: What is harmony singing (and why we need to be careful when using jargon)?

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...

blog: What to do when teaching a new song goes horribly wrong

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of Songs from traditions across th...