If you're a beginner singer and you've just joined a choir, this article is written for you. Maybe you joined the choir because you wanted to test the waters. Maybe you're just too nervous to sing on your own. Or maybe you jsut enjoy singing with like mi...
To put a Good program together is not easy and sometimes it seems hard to find the perfect song. With this short recommendation we would like to assist you in this. Nancy Telfer has composed more than three hundred works for orchestra and solo instru...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] People pay Good money to come on a singing course and want to sing as much as they can. But everyone needs a break. How do you fin...
[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...
Acappellago Concert 12/6/2009 Naperville Congregational Church
IFAS 2026 "OPEN" International Festival of Amateur Choirs Dear Madam/Sir, We would like to invite you and your choir to participate in the 28th Biennale of the International Festival of Amateur Choirs, IFAS "OPEN" which will take place from the 1...
Description of our Dear old park (in Loughborough) on a hot day, with a light swing. The poem is by my father Stanley N Solomons Music by David Warin Solomons Performed by The Composers Choir under Daniel Shaw
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I read once that if there’s a lot of talking during the break in a workshop, that's a Good sign because it means everyone is happy, enjoying th...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even singing at all, as a result. &n...
[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...