[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] often, at the End of a singing workshop, someone will tell me that they didn’t think they were singing the right thing and ask if there is anything they...
the Fourth Choir (temporary name) will focus on performing great choral works - long and short, new and old, familiar and forgotten - and aim to sing at the highest competition standards and be semi-professional in a few years time. We think that with al...
[the views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
Dedicated to renaissance music and directed by Gabriel Crouch, this new group is bound by a shared love of communicating text, and creates performances which draw out unifying themes within apparently diverse repertoire: to this End they are as meticulous... more
Singkronies Chamber Choir is extremely happy to welcome our new conductor, Charlotte Botha into our midst. Rehearsals are under way for our first project together: "Bernstein, Barber & Beatles", for which performances will take place at the End of Novembe...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] At the start of term we have an equal number of singers in each part, but by the End of term, there are always too many altos (or sopranos or tenors &ndash...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] How many times have you been standing next to someone in your choir section and realised that they’re singing something different from you? &n...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] At the End of each of my one-day workshops I’ve recently started to record all the songs I’ve taught during the day. It’s nice for peopl...
