We always love to think about new initiatives: in 2018 based on a vivid and good connection with local choirs meeting music will start something new in Germany’s capital in cooperation with Georg-FrieDrich-Händel – Gymnasium, Berlin. In a...

The Goethe-Institut Choir is one of the most established choirs in Dublin. We rehearse on a Tuesday night in the Lutherhaus in Adelaide road just a few minutes’ walk from the NCH.  We Sing a varied repertoire with an interest in Bach, Modern Br...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   A while back I attended a Singing workshop and hated the way it was run. Was it just me, or was the workshop leader no good?    ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are people out there desperate to find more songs for their choir.   photo by Victor Grigas   They record everything at Singing...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   “You can’t run a Singing workshop here, we don’t have a piano.”   photo by Thomas Quine   It’s amazing ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people run ‘Drop-in’ Singing sessions. People can Drop in on any session they want, there is no commitment and no signing up for a ‘...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]The choir leader’s (and Singer’s) lament: “I’m bored with the warm ups and want new ideas.” It’s very easy to create you...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t go to concerts much, especially not choir concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There’s always a strange sense of calm that descends on the choir before a concert.     People seem unusually relaxed and more peo...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   What is it about a live audience that throws a spanner in the works?     scared face by Kim   You’ve prepared thoroughly, you&...