[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve been creating some new Singing workshops for next year.   Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse   Recently I wrote about how to create...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the Singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...

The story of “Venezia in Musica” started in 2003! In 2025 this will be the 22nd occasion with meeting music to Sing together in concerts beside the palaces, romantic buildings, lagoons and gondolas of Venice. Discover the tiny, charming city o...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I watched a TV documentary the other day called How a choir works with Gareth Malone.   Photo by TheCamerons   At one point he talked about...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I reckon I’m a fairly experienced teacher and workshop leader. I’ve been teaching in one form or another for almost 35 years.   &n...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Men and women’s voices are different.     Obvious really, but it’s something many Singers find it difficult to come to terms wit...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I had a girlfriend who believed that we are all capable of anything if we just put enough effort in.   Photo by _foam   She believed that ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Singing together is one of the most egalitarian experiences we can have.   Photo by wynlok   It doesn’t matter how much you earn, wh...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] [NB this post is about UK copyright laws. Although the situation will be similar in other countries, the various copyright and performing rights agencies a...