[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago conductor Kenneth Woods posted an item on his blog, A View from the Podium, about the problems of having to repeat oneself constantly in re...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I used to lead a women’s singing group. We tried a Bob Marley song once. one of the singers used to say: “If it sounds like the Women’s In...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many people look back to the good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and sing for hours, or join in a good sing-song down the local pub. &n...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I met a painter a while back and he asked me if I was an artist. I told him that I didn’t paint, but that I worked with music. He then asked: “...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There have been plenty of UK television programmes over the years which have involved solo singing auditions such as The Voice and X Factor. Comments...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   People pay good money to come on a singing course and want to sing as much as they can.     But everyone needs a break. How do you fin...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   The other weekend 50 singers performed in public to a large, appreciative audience. We performed eight songs in four part harmony, most in foreign languag...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Nothing lasts forever. There will come a time when you will leave your choir and need someone else to take over.     Who will you hand over to...

Join Vocal Explosion Hastings and Rye Choir at our "Midwinter Candlelit Concert"    13th December 2014 at St Clemements Church The High Street  Hastings Old Town Time TBC A Seasonal Consert with  a Difference No Carols Ju...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes ...