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blog: Keeping choir attendance up – stick or carrot?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] As I wrote recently (It’s summer – where have all the choir gone??!!), patchy attendance at regular choir sessions can be very frustrating. &n...

blog: How to deal with unwanted talking during choir rehearsals without killing anybody

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m usually the last one to notice, but often when I’m teaching one section of the choir, there’s chit chat from the rest of the singers....

blog: The singers shall remain nameless

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly run weekend workshops with up to 40 singers.     Photo by Dennis Mojado   Sometimes I include name games to get to kn...

blog: Is your audience just friends and family?

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself?     When a choir first starts performing in...

Can't Get You Out of My Head
video: Can't Get You Out of My Head

Ginger and Tonic perform their version of Kylie Minogue's "Can't Get You Out of My Head" at SingFest 2012 on the Gold Coast, Australia.

blog: The importance of being confused

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There is a time of blissful ignorance before you hear a song for the first time.   Later on, there comes a time when you know the song thoroughly, y...

group: Vivae Vocis Concentus

The idea for our Vocal Group goes back to the musical notions and ideas that we learned over the years as part of the Choir of the Liceo “A. Mariotti”, Perugia. The school choir itself has, over the years, gone from strength to strength despite the need ...  more

Once Upon A December (Anastasia)
video: Once Upon A December (Anastasia)

Performed by Universitair Koor Antwerpen at their Christmas Concert "Once Upon A December" on December 19, 2017. Piano: Stijn Dierckx

blog: Singing competitions are for losers

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s that time again here in the UK: Choir of the Year 2012 auditions are under way.     Quite often choir members come up to me t...

blog: Some people take pride in saying they can’t sing – but is that just fear talking?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]You’ll know by now that I believe that everyone can sing. Apparently this irritates some people who really think that they can’t sing. Why is th...