[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I had a girlfriend who believed that We are all capable of anything if We just put enough effort in.   Photo by _foam   She believed that ...

To put a good program together is not easy and sometimes it seems hard to find the perfect song. With this short recommendation We would like to assist you in this. Nancy Telfer has composed more than three hundred works for orchestra and solo instru...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There have been plenty of UK television programmes over the years which have involved solo singing auditions such as The Voice and X Factor. Comments...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote a post a while ago called Ask not what your choir can do for you – ask what can you do for your choir. The more you put in, the more you get ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Having written about starting your own community choir, in 2011 I put my money where my mouth is and started a brand new singing group – my first in...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   You’ve put your fliers out, spread the word, mentioned it on Facebook, but still you find it hard to recruit new singers.   photo by I...

SABELANI Music Initiative has put on hold workshops due to the Lock Down enforced by the S. African Government on the 27th March.If the Lock Down is lifted on the 16th April as planned We will be celebrating World Voice Day on the 18th April as Well as jo...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In 2014 a Britney Spears recording escaped into the wild which demonstrates that without Auto-Tune her singing can be less than perfect (Experience t...