[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I was running a one-day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that the whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] A few years ago I spent two weeks trAvelling through the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I was really looking forward to hearing plenty of tr...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I get regular emails from people asking questions about songs and copyright. I’m certainly no expert, but I hAve written a few articles that you migh...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I teach a song by ear in less than an hour at a workshop. Everyone picks it up really quickly and then they sing it brilliantly. We’ve been working ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]The world can be a scary and upsetting place. When I wrote this back in 2016, here in the UK we were witnessing political infighting, uncertain futures, auster...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]Just because a song is in a foreign language, you still need to respect its origins. Sami family by Morten Oddvik There is a huge amount of misinformation ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Most choirs charge their singers to be a member (‘subs’). The amount can vary a lot from choir to choir. What’s ...
male chorus singing songs of faith directed by Al Reesnes
[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] Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound comes out. photo by chaosmunkey But we often allow our heads (an...
