[the views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community Choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   there are quite a few Choirs out there made up entirely of blind singers. there are also many famous individual blind singers (Stevie Wonder, andrea Bocell...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   and I mean English … not Irish or Welsh or Scottish. How is it possible to have an unplanned, spontaneous and genuine gathering of people who sing t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   This post is one of a series of occasional Questions and Answers that I do on my own blog. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. &...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   there is (apparently) a proverb from Zimbabwe  that says: “If you can walk, then you can dance. If you can talk, then you can sing.” &nb...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Choirs are not meeting at the moment so lots of you have gone online to sing. Given that it will be just you singing at a screen, what can you do to get the ...

From our 2010 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by six extras (college students from ATU and OBU).

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   the way an audience responds can affect our performance. In the absence of feedback, our most negative thoughts can raise their ugly heads.   Bor...

In this way has happened on the 14th In... Canto sul Garda International Choir Festival & Competition too. This year more than 450 singers came from 10 countries to share their Musical knowledge and sing together in one of the most beautiful parts of Ital...