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blog: What songs matter to you the most?

 [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...

blog: How to cope with learning by ear if you usually read music notation

[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...

blog: 7 ways to share your choir’s singing without making a big performance of it

[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...

Psalm 70 for mixed choir
video: Psalm 70 for mixed choir

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

blog: How to sing songs from other cultures more authentically

[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 ...

Rutter: Mass of the Children - The Learners Chorus
video: Rutter: Mass of the Children - The Learners Chorus

John Rutter - Mass of the Children The Learners Chorus The Learners Orchestra The Hong Kong Children's choir Apollo Wong, conductor Yuki Ip, soprano Albert Lim, baritone Chapters: 0:00 I. Kyrie 7:07 II. Gloria 14:10 III. Sanctus and Ben...  more

blog: How are mixed choirs different to single-sex choirs?

[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 ...

A Clare Benediction
video: A Clare Benediction

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...  more

blog: Using dance moves to learn, reMember and perform songs better

 [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...

blog: Don’t sing because you’re happy — be happy because you sing!

[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 ...