[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I find it hard to believe, but I started my choir WorldSong way back in October 1997. In 2007, we planned several events to celebrate our 10th anniversary...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve been creating some new Singing workshops for next year. Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse Recently I wrote about how to create...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the Singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...
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...
In support of Cafe 8 & The Nesbitt Centre June 2017
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I watched a TV documentary the other day called How a choir works with Gareth Malone. Photo by TheCamerons At one point he talked about...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I reckon I’m a fairly experienced teacher and workshop leader. I’ve been teaching in one form or another for almost 35 years. &n...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Men and women’s voices are different. Obvious really, but it’s something many Singers find it difficult to come to terms wit...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I had a girlfriend who believed that we are all capable of anything if we just put enough effort in. Photo by _foam She believed that ...
