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blog: INTERKULTUR international - a video greeting

  It will be an exciting year for you, for us and the choral community.   We love our job because you give us a better understanding of different cultures and because we appreciate how valuable our WORK is. During the First World Choir Ga...

blog: Concorso Corale in Riva del Garda

It would not be a typical meeting music event if we would not take care of you through the personal contact, with well-known, highly qualified artistic mentors, great venues and exciting programs as well. Besides the hard WORK everybody needs free ti...

blog: Making the space WORK for you – how to cope with unusual venues

[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...

blog: Top Domestic Destinations for Musical Travel

[This post was previously published on our blog, "Backstage at Encore Tours"]   (Photo courtesy of planetpov.com)   So you’ve traveled internationally and are now looking for something a little closer to home, or maybe you want to WORK...

blog: Don’t let your choir leader do all the WORK – realise how capable you are as a singer

[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...

blog: Creating a Mobile App for Choir Communication

We’ve been really hard at WORK for the last few months and I am overjoyed to finally be able to share some details. We  have developed a wonderful new tool for every ministry of music in every church or faith based organization around.  T...

blog: How to WORK with a mixed group of music readers and non-readers

[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...

blog: What’s the worst that can happen? Dealing with performance nerves

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The OK Chorale is not a performing choir (yet!), but after two terms of hard (but fun) WORK, we’ve invited some friends and family along next week t...

blog: Barcarolle Choir WORKshop: "The Drama of the Song"

Want to improve your skills? Want to learn about singing? All this while having fun? Then this WORKshop is for you!   At St Stephen's Church Gloucester Road SW7 4RL, Kensington, LondonBoth groups (Belters and Divas) will WORK on two or three piec...

blog: Is It All About Phrasing?

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers blog.  The phrase is that curved line in a piece of music that is like climbing a mountain.  You start out with lots of excitement.  It is hard WORK to go up that slanted side an...