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blog: Help someone to start singing in 2015 — maybe even you!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m probably preaching to the converted here as I guess most of you reading this already sing regularly.   photo by T Sundup   So ho...

The Jay Singers
group: The Jay Singers

The Jay Singers are a Mixed voice a cappella based near Norwich, UK conducted by Neil Mackenzie - founder member of The Sixteen and current member of The BBC Singers. We are a well established choir, now in our second decade, that give concerts all ove...  more

Reflections Mixed Choir, Cornwall
group: Reflections Mixed Choir, Cornwall

Ladies and gentlemen of Reflections all live in Southeast Cornwall, and are drawn together by their love of music, singing in particular. At present we have nineteen members, including our musical director and accompanist, both talented pianists who somet...  more

Cadenza
group: Cadenza

Founded in 1992, Cadenza is now considered to be one of Scotland’s finest and most exciting amateur Mixed voice choirs, with members from a wide area of central Scotland. The choir has performed throughout Scotland and beyond, with music covering all per...  more

blog: Should singing together be a guilty pleasure?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Imagine going to Soho with a group of like-minded friends and gathering in a dimly-lit, subterranean private room with plush seats and stylish decor. Fully ...

blog: 10 exercises guaranteed to get your singers listening more carefully

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I went to a workshop run by the amazing Su Hart who has spent around 25 years working with the Baka people of Central Africa. Living in the ra...

blog: The sound of silence – rediscovering the art of listening

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] With far fewer people around at the moment, I am starting to hear things that I don’t normally notice. It made me realise that in our usually busy dail...

blog: Whatever you’ve managed to do during lockdown, you’re doing great

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I keep seeing virtual choirs on Facebook and hearing about amazing Zoom singing sessions. Photo by Virginia State Parks It’s hard not to compare and...

Helene Stureborgs kammarkör
group: Helene Stureborgs kammarkör

We started as as a group of former students of Helenes at The Stockholms Musikgymnasium but is now a completely Mixed group with many different backgrounds. We rehearse once a week. Our repertoire is mainly classical a cappella but we have participated i...  more

blog: Singing is about listening, not looking

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are quite a few choirs out there made up entirely of blind singers. There are also many famous individual blind singers (Stevie Wonder, andrea Bocell...