[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Summer has finally arrived in the UK. We’ve been praying for sunshine for so long, but now it’s just a little TOO hot!   Photo b...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I often get enquiries from people looking for one-to-one singing lessons. I tell them that unfortunately I don’t offer them.     I...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Those of you who read this blog regularly know that I believe that everyone can sing. If you want to know more, you can read “Everyone can sing...

Jane Hamilton has penned this fantastic arrangement of our national anthem. Best version EVER!!

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Not being a regular concert-goer myself, I often wonder why people make the effort to go to concerts.     'A Choral Voyage' concert by d...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Once upon a time it was fairly easy to work out how much your labour was worth.     You would toil in the fields all day and at the end ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Of course it depends on how complex the song is and how many verses there are.   Photo by Frodo Babbs   But how long does it take to ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   There are choirs for gay men, choirs for women, choirs for socialists, choirs for hire, choirs for weddings and choirs for the deaf. There are Welsh ch...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   One of the many bees in my bonnet is the photographs of choirs.     Photo by sludgeulper   I have yet to see a photo of any reasonabl...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I love my job. I get to stand in front of a bunch of singers and hear wonderful harmonies washing over me.     Antony Gormley's Field for the...