[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I run singing workshops all over the place (why not book me and try one?).   Photo by C. Moses   At some places the workshops are full and...

 [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Back in 2012 The Guardian started a project called Six Songs of Me that asks which songs matter most to each of us on a personal level (the pro...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Many choirs use written notation to learn and perform songs. Over time singers can come to depend on having the dots in front of them.   pho...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some choirs don’t perform at all (see choirs that don’t perform). But most choirs, at some point, will want to share their hard work with...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about why you shouldn’t be too quick to dismiss songs that aren’t in English. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) This week ...

Psalm 70 (Revised Standard Version, with doxology) Musical setting for mixed choir (SAATB) by David W Solomons All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   How do mixed choirs and single-sex choirs differ, if at all?   Victoria choir, Uganda by Adamesmith   I was partly inspired to write this ...

This version of A Clare Benediction by John Rutter was performed by Reflections mixed choir in Truro Cathedral on Saturday 9 November 2013. Reflections is a mixed, four-part harmony choir based in Southeast Cornwall. Photography by Alan Smith. Sound by Ke...  moreThis version of A Clare Benediction by John Rutter was performed by Reflections mixed choir in Truro Cathedral on Saturday 9 November 2013. Reflections is a mixed, four-part harmony choir based in Southeast Cornwall. Photography by Alan Smith. Sound by Ken Trethewey.  

 [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some time ago I tried a new idea (for me any way) for helping people to learn songs.   Photo by Ramesh Lalwani   I decided to associa...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Staring at a blank page waiting for the muse to strike. Slumped in a chair waiting to feel energised enough to go jogging. Feeling down and the last ...