[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 ...

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]   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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The rehearsal begins and the Altos looks around in panic: “Where’s Carol?” Carol is a strong, confident singer, but she’s not here thi...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   One place I work at, they call my workshops ‘singers weekends’.     Somebody once told me they couldn’t come on one ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   There is something different and special about a residential learning experience.   photo by Martyn Gorman   A whole day of singing i...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many of us are wary of attending singing workshops or choirs when we feel that people will be a lot more experienced than us. This is particularly t...

If you’ve already heard the HSS choir belt out their a capella version of I Wanna Be Sedated by the Ramones or the Blue Ribbon Glee Club putting a whole new spin on Wreckless Eric’s (I’d Go the) Whole Wide World, then the idea ...