[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I get regular emails from people asking questions about songs and copyright. I’m certainly no expert, but I have written a few articles that you migh...

[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]The world can be a scary and upsetting place. When I wrote this back in 2016, here in the UK we were witnessing political infighting, uncertain futures, auster...

[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 ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Three years ago, for the first tiMe in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound coMes out.   photo by chaosmunkey   But we often allow our heads (an...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogaMes She has obviously had a bad exp...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I looked at how singers choose where to stand in their section (Don’t stand too close to Me! – finding the right place to stand in y...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   “In our choir we’re not allowed to use words in concerts.”   Photo by Kaptain Kobold   Great idea. In principle. But how...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   The Natural Voice Network (NVN) has done a great deal to dispel the myth that you have to be able to read music to be in a choir.   photo by...