[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a song with foreign Words. They prefer to sing songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper. This week I want to look a...
Arrangement for men's voices by Alan Cruise-Johnston Words shown on screen Score available for free download
Music by Edward Elgar from "Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf" Words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You work on a song in choir week after week, but slowly things seem to get worse. You worry about getting the Words right, you can’t seem to re...
A five-star review in the Telegraph for the Howells Requiem from Trinity College Choir and Stephen Layton. “A fluid lyrical gift, an imaginative harmonic spectrum and a sense of occasion … the Trinity College Choir brings clarity of Words and...
[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...
five-star review in the Telegraph for the Howells Requiem from Trinity College Choir and Stephen Layton. “A fluid lyrical gift, an imaginative harmonic spectrum and a sense of occasion … the Trinity College Choir brings clarity of Words...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week in Part 1 of How to deal with song lyrics, I looked at the pros and cons of using written Words as opposed to learning entirely by ear. &...