[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   If I get 30 singers on one of my weekend workshops someone will say “Gosh, what a large group!” whilst another says “Quite low numb...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church choirs, Natural Voice choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assume that singers who att...

[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...

If you are looking for a tuneful large-scale choral work to perform with your choir  - you might like to consider a new SATB arrangement by John Whittaker of Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of The Four Seasons' (duration 50 minutes) - which was original...

[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...