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blog: Too many cooks – benign dictators rule!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]     This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question.     A...

blog: Keeping choir attendance up – stick or carrot?

[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...

Build Me Up Buttercup
video: Build Me Up Buttercup

In support of Cafe 8 & The Nesbitt Centre June 2017

blog: How to deal with unwanted talking during choir rehearsals without killing anybody

[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....

blog: The Singers shall remain nameless

[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...

blog: Is your audience just friends and family?

[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...

blog: The importance of being confused

[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...

blog: “Lake Garda never fails to En... Chant you”

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...

blog: All roads lead to Rome in 2023 as well

Be inspired by a vibrant atmosphere of friendship everybody is thrilled to share the passion for music and Singing together! Take the opportunity to Sing in beautiful venues and churches at that lovely place!meeting music is looking forward to meet you an...

blog: Singing competitions are for losers

[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...