[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Many people won’t consider joining a choir or going to a singing workshop because they believe they can’t ‘sing’. Yet ask them to s...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I often get enquiries about how you train to become a choir or singing workshop leader.     I don’t offer courses myself, but th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   The way an audience responds can affect our performance. In the absence of feedback, our most negative thoughts can raise their ugly heads.   Bor...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I went to see a concert by Village Harmony this week. It was over an hour long and included an amazing variety of songs from around the world: Georgi...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] We’re always told to focus on the meaning of the lyrics when singing a song in order to communicate it properly and to give some emotion to our delivery...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   A while back I attended a singing workshop and hated the way it was run. Was it just me, or was the workshop leader no good?    ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   “Why can’t I sing?” The short answer is: “You can. Everybody can.”   choir of the Munich University of Applied Scien...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Those of us who love to sing often love to sing at the top of our voices. It’s joyous!   photo by William P. Gottlieb But when you&r...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I don’t go to concerts much, especially not choir concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   There’s always a strange sense of calm that descends on the choir before a concert.     People seem unusually relaxed and more peo...