[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about 10 ways to be a better choir member. This was prompted by an earlier post on whether you need singing Lessons or not i...
Dedicated to my dear cousins Gigi and Raven. Since first singing the medieval song "All and Some" in the mid 1990s, I fell in love with the Middle English and Latin lyrics, and one day I got inspired to create my own setting of this poetic gem. NB: ... mores_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">Less
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having t...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member. choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila This week I ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] After the long summer break, I used to arrive really early at the first choir session, sit by the door, and worry that nobody would come back. ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I regularly get emails out of the blue from various singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It turns out that the devil might not have the best tunes after all. Although I run a secular choir (I don’t have a religiou...
[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 version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]I’ve been praised many times by the singers I work with for being so patient. Which makes me wonder: what’s the alternative?I must admit that I ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] We all know that joining a choir is a good thing to do. But it might not suit everyone. photo by Dave Pearce Here are five reasons why it mig...
