We get together once a month to Sing for fun. Fourth Sunday of the month - 4:30 to 6.
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I blame it on the Italians. Photo by cbmd The founder of the modern musical stave was an Italian; many well-known musical f...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Music and Singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or Singers to appreciate their music. So why bother going...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about choirs that choose not to perform. None of the choirs or Singing groups that I have run were formed as performing groups. ...
This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' Blog. I was reading an article posted to Facebook the other day. Esa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor when he filled in for an absent colleague. In the following sh...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s that time of year again. Summer is over and choir starts back. We choir leaders will be thinking about which songs to teach for the next s...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]It’s that time of year again when you still have time to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] In 2010 artist Susan Philipsz won the Turner Prize for "a sound piece consisting of her own frail beautiful voice Singing a Scottish lament over the ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] When I’m booked to run a Singing workshop for someone, I always make sure that I get there early. I usually arrive to find people milling aroun...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] In 2014 a Britney Spears recording escaped into the wild which demonstrates that without Auto-Tune her Singing can be less than perfect (Experience t...
