[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was in the middle of planning a workshop and was checking through a few songs to make sure I had the correct lyrics, source, meaning, backgr...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many’s the time I see Ann lean over to Gill (not their real names) to help her get her part right. And every time I see a pained expression on ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I realise that apart from my profile page on this blog, you probably don’t know much about me or my journey to become a choir and singing workshop lea...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I often get people writing to me for advice about choirs. Some of them don’t agree with the direction their choir leader is taking them, some ...

the Early Bird deadline is almost over - you only have until October 10 to apply for Concorso Corale Internazionale!   Don’t miss your chance - go to https://www.meeting-music.com/#riva-concorso-corale to download the application form, and re...

Performed by the Stellenbosch University Choir in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch on 29 August 2010 as part of the Stellenbosch Choir Festival. For more info, go to: http://www.sun.ac.za/koor

to the third edition of PER MUSICAM AD ASTRA Copernicus International Choir Festival & Competition!  Between June 27 - July 1, 2015 it will be again Toruń, Poland the host city of another meeting music event.   Don´t miss the deadl...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   You know those people who sing all the time — when they’re cooking, hoovering, gardening, whatever? Well, I’m not one of them.   ...

sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 When once the sun sinks in the west, And dew-drops pearl the evening's breast; Almost as pale as moonbeams are, Or its companionable star, the evening primrose opes anew Its delicate blossoms to...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 When once the sun sinks in the west, And dew-drops pearl the evening's breast; Almost as pale as moonbeams are, Or its companionable star, the evening primrose opes anew Its delicate blossoms to the dew; And hermit-like, shunning the light, Wastes its fair bloom upon the night; Who, blindfold to its fond caresses, Knows not the beauty he possesses. Thus it blooms on while night is by; When day looks out with open eye, 'Bashed at the gaze it cannot shun, It faints, and withers, and is gone.  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[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 ...