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blog: How to teach (and learn) a song by ear 1

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their...

blog: Music notation – do singers need it?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...

blog: When it comes to choirs and singing are you specialist or generalist?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...

blog: How can similar choirs be so different?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Over the years I hAve run choirs and singing groups all based on the same principles, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...

blog: Song meanings lost in translation

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I hAve to admit that I’m not really a lyric person. I might hAve been listening to a particular pop song in English for years when I suddenly realise...

Ɔnso Nyame ye (Singspiration) ---  The University Choir, KNUST 2017
video: Ɔnso Nyame ye (Singspiration) --- The University choir, KNUST 2017

This song by Rev. G. R. Acquaah was performed LIVE by the University choir, KNUST - Kumasi at the Great Hall, KNUST on the 25th March, 2017.

Choralairs of North York
group: Choralairs of North York

The Choralairs are a non-profit 4-part harmony adult choir who sing a variety of popular songs, jazz standards, Broadway show tunes and folk songs. Co-directed by Peter Ness and Asher Farber, with piano accompaniment, the choir requires no auditions, just...  more

blog: Don’t play a recording of a song to your choir before you teach it to them

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’m often asked by choir members to play a recording of a song before I start teaching it so they can get an idea of how it sounds.   ...

blog: The lost generation of singers – why no provision for the under 50s?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   The Sing Up programme for schools was set up by the UK government in January 2007 and was funded by them until April 2012. Their aim is to “give ever...

Brio Sonores
group: Brio Sonores