[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing Lessons or not i...
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[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having t...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member. choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila This week I ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] After the long summer break, I used to arrive really early at the first choir session, sit by the door, and worry that nobody would come back. ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I regularly get emails out of the blue from various singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It turns out that the devil might not have the best tunes after all. Although I run a secular choir (I don’t have a religiou...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] You work on a song in choir week after week, but slowly things seem to get worse. You worry about getting the words right, you can’t seem to re...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]I’ve been praised many times by the singers I work with for being so patient. Which makes me wonder: what’s the alternative?I must admit that I ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] We all know that joining a choir is a good thing to do. But it might not suit everyone. photo by Dave Pearce Here are five reasons why it mig...
