[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Here in the UK the arts seem to cater for just three age groups.   Photo by vintagedept   If you Don’t fit into one of these, t...

We're five choirs of seven hundred young people aged 9-25 from across the United Kingdom, and a national singing champion reaching hundreds more every year through outreach. We run inspirational residential courses and training programmes, create remarkab...  moreWe're five choirs of seven hundred young people aged 9-25 from across the United Kingdom, and a national singing champion reaching hundreds more every year through outreach. We run inspirational residential courses and training programmes, create remarkable concerts and performances, and work in partnership to get singing happening in schools and open settings. We do it because singing together at the highest level transforms young people's lives, and we want to make sure that as many as possible get the chance to experience it for themselves.  less

live performance in May 2023 Philip Klaassen, tenor solo North Sky Chorale Richard Janzen, director Audrey Falk Janzen, piano

If you sing in a choir then chances are, you Don’t need to be sold on its benefits. Choir singing has been found in many studies to do amazing things (including boosting the immune system) and forming part of one can also boost your social skil...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For the last eight years I’ve created a performance choir from scratch each year – a kind of Instant Choir, Just Add People – which I cal...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   You’ve put your fliers out, spread the word, mentioned it on Facebook, but still you find it hard to recruit new singers.   photo by I...

Jamaica Youth Chorale Rehearsal May 2013 Wake Me Up Lord Uzee Brown Such a beautiful and haunting piece. www.jamaicayouthChorale.org

The King shall be there nursing father is a song composed by G F Handel from Coronation Anthem performed by the prestigious Imo City Chorale and Orchestra Owerri

And So it goes, by Billy Joel, arranged by Bob Chilcott.

Platinum prize winning performance of Chris Artley's O Magnum Mysterium, by Burnside Senior Chorale, conducted by Susan Densem, at 2015 New Zealand Big Sing Finale.