[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote that you shouldn’t believe everything you read when it comes to researching songs.     Photo by Ashley ...

[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...

[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...