[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Sometimes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

„Gegner“ 4. Satz aus „Caissas Gedächtnis“ (Acht Tangos über Schachspiel-Aphorismen für vier- bis achtstimmigen Chor und Klavier) Musik: Juan María Solare Text: englisches Sprichwort Chor der Universität Bremen unter der Leitung von Susanne Gläß mit J...  more„Gegner“ 4. Satz aus „Caissas Gedächtnis“ (Acht Tangos über Schachspiel-Aphorismen für vier- bis achtstimmigen Chor und Klavier) Musik: Juan María Solare Text: englisches Sprichwort Chor der Universität Bremen unter der Leitung von Susanne Gläß mit Juan María Solare am Klavier Festival Breminale (Tanzboden), Bremen, Donnerstag, den 16. Juli 2015, 20 Uhr http://www.uni-bremen.de/orchester-chor http://www.juanMariasolare.com/caissas_gedaechtnis.html Live-Recording: Gerd Anders Dieser Chorzyklus ist als Kompositionsauftrag der Universität Bremen mit der finanziellen Unterstützung der Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung entstanden und im Juli 2015 durch den Chor der Universität Bremen unter der Leitung von Universitätsmusikdirektorin Dr. Susanne Gläß mit dem Komponisten Juan María Solare am Klavier uraufgeführt worden. Thema des Zyklus‘ sind Sinnsprüche, die zwar aus der Schachwelt stammen – Caissa ist die Muse des Schachspiels -, die aber auch als Chiffren für das Leben im allgemeinen verstanden werd...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are plenty of studies now about the many benefits of singing together. But they only look at the experience of the singers in a choir.   I&rsqu...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   for the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When I started my most recent community choir The OK Chorale back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing choir.     Brig...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Sometimes I describe my job as being the guy who stands out front and wAves his arms about. “I point, you sing” is what I tell the choir. &nbs...