Choriosity - the a cappella pop choir in the YMCA in Ulm, Germany! We are a non-professional choir of young people and we love the challenges of great a cappella music :) We sing a version of Eye of the tiger (not really;) a cappella, but we loved the re... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I don’t know what it’s like in other parts of the world, but here in the UK it’s notoriously difficult to get any kind of review of a con...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] When I was much younger I used to think that once you knew everything and were vastly experienced, only then would you becoMe confident. photo ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Apparently it’s the sumMer break here in the UK. The weather is sunny, choir doesn’t start back until September, kids are off school and ice c...
Bat-Kol Girls’ choir of the Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv, Conducted by Anat Morahg, is one of the leading choirs in Israel. The 35 Members of Bat-Kol, ages 12 to 18, perform with the Israeli Opera, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra as well as takin... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Lots of mixed choirs don’t have enough male singers, and many established male voice choirs are not managing to find younger recruits (see my series of ...
[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...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other Members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last tiMe I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long tiMe working on on...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Over the years I have run choirs and singing groups all based on the saMe principles, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...