[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Many of us are in choirs where a particular section needs bolstering. In my case it’s a lack of altos, for others it might be too few tenors. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Most Singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastiSing them when ...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from almost 30 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions ac...
Are you a fan of astronomy? Or architecture? Or music? Or good food? Or meeting people from other countries? If you replied “yes” to any of the questions above, then your place is at the 13th Per Musicam Ad Astra International Cope...
This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' Blog. Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"? Oh my. There are people walking around who, in my mother's words, would be horrified if thei...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Just because you as a Singer have a great time in a concert doesn’t mean it went well. Happy audience by Ekke Vasli Just...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes trying to get your choir to stand in the right places is like dealing with an unruly kindergarten class. It seems as if spatial awareness and si...
