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blog: How to teach (and learn) a song by ear 1

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their...

blog: Music notation – do singers need it?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...

blog: When it comes to choirs and singing are you specialist or generalist?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...

blog: How can similar choirs be so different?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Over the years I have run choirs and singing groups all based on the same principLes, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...

Mister Sandman (choral arrangement)
video: Mister Sandman (choral arrangement)

The 50s song Mister Sandman by Pat Ballard, which I arranged, on request, for our local choir. After a few concerts, I thought it would also be fun to sing it all myself (multitracking), so here it is. I have now published the score; see below

blog: Don’t play a recording of a song to your choir before you teach it to them

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’m often asked by choir members to play a recording of a song before I start teaching it so they can get an idea of how it sounds.   ...

The Saying of the Most High
video: The Saying of the Most High

text: anonymous, from a nordic legend (languages: English, danish, - could be translated) music: Jean-Christophe Rosaz by Le choeur d'hommes de Rouen Martine Becuwe, conductor publisher: Jean-Christophe Rosaz thanks to Eric Rayssac --- Ya vil su...  mores_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">Less

I de dager
video: I de dager

I de dager sung by SOLA FIDE (http://solafide.no) soloist: Steinar Hummelsund Bergen Cathedral 16. desember 2011. This is a norwegian Christmas-song recently made by J. Aadland.

VoiceWorks Community Choir - Orphan Girl
video: VoiceWorks Community choir - Orphan Girl

VoiceWorks Community choir sing at the Daphne Du Maurier Festival in Fowey, Cornwall. The song is Orphan Girl by Gillian Welch, arranged by Vicky Abbott.

blog: My ideal community choir

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I want to share with you how I view open-access community choirs.     I’d like to think that the choirs I run are a bit different from...