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 a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition. On their website they...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple songs so people can spend more time Singing and less time learning in a workshop (see We’ve come ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit Singers t...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a cross-section of ages and genders in your choir (How to recruit Singers to truly reflect your...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound comes out. photo by chaosmunkey But we often allow our heads (an...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogames She has obviously had a bad exp...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]Many choir leaders have a strong style and particular choice of repertoire. They lead large, thriving choirs which have a strong vision. Other choir leaders...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] What is a choir leader without a choir? There are times when you won’t be able to be with your choir in person. Here are some things to help k...
