[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...

The year of 2025 is over - and we can’t emphasize it often enough what a year it has been for us! 5 different countries giving a home to 7 festivals with a rich tradition More than 100 registered choirs More than 3 000 participants All for 1 ...

I wrote an essay about group singing for Time, and I mentioned ChoirPlace as one of the places to find a choir.    This is a picture of a summer sing I went to on Monday, hosted by the West Village Chorale.  

Coronation Anthem by G F Handel

live performance December 2023

[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...

[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] 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...