[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

Youth Choir "Mūza" at Arena Riga

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t know what it’s like in other parts of the world, but here in the UK it’s notoriously difficult to get any kind of review of a con...

Greece-Thessaloniki consert 2011

More than 200 chorists and dancers !

Siyahamba par les Canterbury Ladies Choir et les Voix de Rougeau sous la direction de Kerry Boyle en concert à Ris Orangis

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I was much younger I used to think that once you knew everything and were vastly experienced, only then would you become confident.   photo ...

This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is long past, for us to decide what we are as a Choir and how we move forward. In many ways...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Over the years I have run Choirs and singing groups all based on the same principles, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...