With much valued assistance from the Tea Time choir and the Morning Chorus. Brilliant version of this song performed on 19th July 2013 at St John's Church, Gloucester on a stonking hot day (30 degrees plus)
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I don’t like rehearsing. I’d much rather turn up on the day, trust the singers I’m working with and just busk it. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] “Hark the herald angels sing”. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s “Merry Christma...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Time to look forward to the coming year. with thanks to my lovely assistant Susie Mendelsson Look back first to realise all the big mis...
"Hodie Christus Natus est" Coro de Cámara Reyes Bartlet Grupo instrumental José Híjar Polo, Director Ricardo Rodríguez, Textos y escena Javier Ruiz y Juan Carlos Martín, Creación visual Victor Lentini, Iluminación Iglesia de San Francisco, 13 de ... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There was an article by Alex Petridis in The Guardian a few years back in which he claimed that: “singing out of tune can convey emotions tha...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Sometimes we’re asked to lead a rehearsal or run a singing workshop or perform a song and we do our job very well. But afterwards we don’t feel...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It always amazes me how surprised people are that a group of strangers can sing harmony together in just a few minutes. It’s not necessary to k...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some years ago I did some voice-only arrangements of Queen songs for a weekend workshop. I ended up listening to a lot of Queen recordings! ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It’s usually the case that professional singers have had some sort of training in a particular singing technique. photo by Kevin Cea...