[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or soMeone coMes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   for the last two weeks I've been sharing a series of 'Frequently asked questions' that I wrote as a result of questionnaires that I used to send round my ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are plenty of studies now about the many benefits of singing together. But they only look at the experience of the singers in a choir.   I&rsqu...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will coMe a tiMe when you will leave your choir and need soMeone else to take over.     Who will you hand over to...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When I started my most recent community choir The OK Chorale back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing choir.     Brig...

The choir's history begins in 1954, when folk song and dance group "Ugnele" was established. for a long tiMe, the choir existed as part of this group, performing with its dancers and orchestra, singing mostly folk music; in 1999, Valerija Skapie...  moreThe choir's history begins in 1954, when folk song and dance group "Ugnele" was established. for a long tiMe, the choir existed as part of this group, performing with its dancers and orchestra, singing mostly folk music; in 1999, Valerija Skapiene, the present artistic director of the choir, began working in "Ugnele", and in a few years, the choir's repertoire extended to include not only folk, but also classical, jazz, world music; in 2002, during "Mes - Lietuvos vaikai" national choral competition, the choir was acknowledged to have reached the level of the first category (this is the highest category of artistic level in Lithuania). Journeys around the world followed - "Ugnele" has presented Lithuanian culture in fifteen countries from the Netherlands to South Korea; in 2004, the choir started a national choral festival for children, "Dainu mozaika". In 2010, the choir was invited to becoMe a part of Vilnius J. Tallat-Kelpsa Conservatoire and continues to work...    less

The Mormon Tabernacle choir and Orchestra at Temple Square perform "The First Noel" arranged by Mack Wilberg. Episode 4446. Aired November 30, 2014

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   SoMetiMes I describe my job as being the guy who stands out front and waves his arms about. “I point, you sing” is what I tell the choir. &nbs...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   When a choir has been going for a long tiMe and you want to revive soMe of your old repertoire, you will find that a lot of the newer Members won’t ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Gareth Malone returned to UK television back in 2013 with a second series of The choir: Sing While You Work. The choirmaster went into five different...