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blog: How to make plans for your choir when the future is uncertain

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The socially-distanced reopening of indoor performances in England was due to take place on 1st August, but the government then postponed it for at least anot...

blog: Your job as a singer is to get out of your own way and be in the moment

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I occasionally run workshops for members of my choir to help improve their singing technique. photo by Intel Free Press I realised whilst teaching that al...

blog: 10 ways to be a better choir member

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about whether you need singing lessons in order to be able to sing. I suggested that people should simply jump in and join a...

blog: Whose choir is it any way?

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teac...

blog: Build it and they will come – why you can never have too many choirs

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I had a friend who moved to a new town and set up a new choir, blissfully ignorant of the 100+ community chorus that already existed there.   phot...

blog: Why the singers in your choir still love you even though they look bored

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Even though I’ve been teaching for almost 30 years, I still get affected by that glum-looking face in the third row.   ... and it's no...

Alaiki Mini Salam - Chorale CasaSawt
video: Alaiki Mini Salam - Chorale CasaSawt

La Chorale CasaSawt sous la direction de son chef de chœur Adnane Matrone, chante lors de sa participation au dixième Symposium Mondial de chant choral à Séoul en 2014. "Alaiki Mini Salam" est un chant arrangé par Adnane Matrone

blog: Taking a song from source to performance – the many roles of a choir leader

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   My main skill is as a teacher of songs to those who don’t read music.   Photo by elfsternberg   Other choir leaders have different s...

Ensemble Vocale "Exsurge Domine" - Da pacem Domine
video: Ensemble Vocale "Exsurge Domine" - Da pacem Domine

Cagliari, Collegiata di S. Anna, 2 ottobre 2012. Esecuzione da parte dell'Ensemble Vocale "Exsurge Domine" del "Da pacem Domine" gregoriano. Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris Quia non est alius Qui pugnet pro nobis Nisi tu Deus noster. Fiat ...  more

blog: As a choir leader I’m a control freak ... and that’s exactly how I like it!

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me.     cont...