[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]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 ...
[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...
[THE views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...
[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...
[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...
Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning to, you can get a SONG or a jingle stuck in your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On THE oTHEr hand, when you are actively trying to learn a poem, lyric, or a...
[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...
[THE views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 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 ac...
