[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...
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused worldwide cancellations of mass gatherings, including concerts, choral competitions, and performances as a way to prevent the further spread of the virus. As a result, artists have turned to technology as a way to perform ...
[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 ...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] The other week I wrote about who your choir actually ‘belongs’ to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the Singers, the...
[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...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Bl...
[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] We all have an image of the type of Singer (or musical director or choir) that we think we are. There are things that we can do and things that we can&rsqu...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote a post a while ago called Ask not what your choir can do for you – ask what can you do for your choir. The more you put in, the more you get ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] When a choir has been going for a long time and you want to revive some of your old repertoire, you will find that a lot of the newer members won’t ...
