[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 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 across th...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other weekend 50 Singers performed in public to a large, appreciative audience. We performed eight songs in four part harmony, most in foreign languag...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will come a time when you will leave your choir and need someone else to take over.     Who will you hand over to...

Are you a fan of astronomy? Or architecture? Or music? Or good food? Or meeting people from other countries? If you replied “yes” to any of the questions above, then your place is at   the 13th Per Musicam Ad Astra International Cope...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes ...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the Singers, the...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   At the start of term we have an equal number of Singers in each part, but by the end of term, there are always too many altos (or sopranos or tenors &ndash...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared 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.       Bl...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re Singing something different from you? &n...