With well over 100 male voice choirs in Wales today, there are few better ways to experience their rich culture than to witness the historical choirs singing traditional songs across the land. As the country’s most treasured and notab...

A song about Alan Turing, by Val Regan. Sung by Out Aloud in support of the Pardon 49K campaign

Founded in 2012, the 50-voice intergenerational women’s chorus, Belle Voci, has been using choral performances as a means for social good by supporting causes that primarily benefit women.  The community-based ensemble includes “coll...

One of our practice sessions in college.... At some places tenor would dominate cos the recoding was done by me and i sung tenor.. :-)

Acappellago Concert 12/6/2009 Naperville Congregational Church

[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...

Rehearse at a faster pace- When learning a slow song, pitch and line suffer because of vocal fatigue.  Speed up, or even double the tempo to learn notes.  You’re reinforcing good pitch and line!  Slow down the fastest tempos. Rehea...

Graduates of The African Children’s Choir share their poignant stories through song, masterful drumming and mind-blowing dance moves. KwaYa Australia is excited to present UBUNTU on the “Make That Change” tour, April to May 2018.  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having t...