[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] As I wrote recently (It’s summer – where have all the choir gone??!!), patchy attendance at regular choir sessions can be very frustrating. &n...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m usually the last one to notice, but often when I’m teaching one section of the choir, there’s chit chat from the rest of the Singers....

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly run weekend workshops with up to 40 Singers.     Photo by Dennis Mojado   Sometimes I include name games to get to kn...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself?     When a choir first starts performing in...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is a time of blissful ignorance before you hear a song for the first time.   Later on, there comes a time when you know the song thoroughly, y...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that time again here in the UK: Choir of the Year 2012 auditions are under way.     Quite often choir members come up to me t...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is one vital ingredient to being a good Singer.   Photo by Peter Smile   It’s not innate talent or vocal range or ability...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   The OK Chorale have just started back after a long Christmas break. This term we’re working towards our annual spring concert. I need to plan a...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I looked at What is unique about Singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of Singing together can be duplicated online and...

The story of “Venezia in Musica” started in 2003! In 2025 this will be the 22nd occasion with meeting music to Sing together in concerts beside the palaces, romantic buildings, lagoons and gondolas of Venice. Discover the tiny, charming city o...