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Chris Rowbury

Chris Rowbury

Personal Information

First Name Chris
Last Name Rowbury
Gender Male

Location

Country United Kingdom
City Woodbridge

Musical Information

Musical Activities Singer, Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Voice Teacher, Administration, Marketing, Music fan
Voice Baritone
Member of Choirs singing safari

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Website chrisrowbury.com
About Me I am a singing workshop and choir leader specialising in unaccompanied harmony songs from around the world.

I believe that everyone can sing and that music should be accessible to all, so I teach without written music and don't hold auditions.

I have 30 years' experience of teaching and running workshops in singing, voice and theatre and have worked all over the world as a teacher, director and performer.

I am a member of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network (http://www.naturalvoice.net) and shares their belief that everybody can sing regardless of experience or background.

My approach to singing is informal, energetic and empowering using large doses of humour! I can get any group of people singing harmony together in minutes.

Want to sing with more energy? – pretend to be somebody else

Posted January 22 - 391 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I ran a gospel singing weekend recently. One of the songs was flagging a bit so I suggested people ham it up a bit and be more “American”. Miranda Sings by Gage Skidmore. Licensed ...
Fit the song arrangement to your singers and not the other way round

Posted January 8 - 384 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Most singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when they can’t reach the notes. ...
Busily doing nothing – 5 reasons why downtime is important for singers and choir leaders

Posted January 1 - 622 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? Constantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concerts? photo by Roger Gordon ...
Can singing together bring about world peace?

Posted December 18, 2019 - 413 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The world can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Chór aleksandrowa 2009 by Loraine ...
How to be a better singer if you’re a mere mortal

Posted December 4, 2019 - 446 views - 0 comments

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When you think you’re not singing well, you’ll often blame yourself. But what if it’s something else, something outside yourself that you can fix quite easily? Here are some r...

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Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Want to sing with more energy? – pretend to be somebody else

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I ran a gospel singing weekend recently. One of the songs was flagging a bit so I suggested people ham it up a bit and be more “American”. ...

January 22
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Fit the song arrangement to your singers and not the other way round

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Most singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when ...

January 8
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Busily doing nothing – 5 reasons why downtime is important for singers and choir leaders

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? Constantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concer...

January 1
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Can singing together bring about world peace?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The world can be a terrible place sometimes as we’ve seen in the news lately. It’s hard to imagine how a single person can make a difference. Ch...

December 18, 2019
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

How to be a better singer if you’re a mere mortal

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When you think you’re not singing well, you’ll often blame yourself. But what if it’s something else, something outside yourself that you ca...

December 4, 2019
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Effective ways to recruit more men for your choir #getmensinging

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Lots of mixed choirs don’t have enough male singers, and many established male voice choirs are not managing to find younger recruits (see my series of ...

November 27, 2019
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Last minute easy Christmas carol arrangements!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] If you're anything like me, you leave everything to the last minute. If you're not one of those people who start their Christmas repertoire back in June, you ...

November 20, 2019
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

How welcoming is your choir?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I bet you think your choir is a wonderful, friendly little community that welcomes newcomers with open arms. But what if I told you that new members might fi...

November 20, 2019
Chris Rowbury commented on Chris Rowbury's blog entry: Hi Cynthia. What a great story. I couldn't work with such tough groups! You've adopted a very wise and clever approach. I would worry about the sectional rehearsals though if all the troublemakers were sent off together! Glad you've found my jottings usef... more
November 14, 2019
Chris Rowbury wrote a new blog entry:

Sing something simple (and see if your singing is as good as you think it is)

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] If you’re like me, you’re always tempted to add harmonies to the simplest of melodies, whether it’s singing along with others or arranging a...

November 13, 2019

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