[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...

This post was originally written for www.onlinerehearsals.blogspot.com - I thought it might be of wider interest The time has come; some might say the time is Long past, for us to decide what we are as a choir and how we move forward. In many ways...

[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...

I think I’ve started a new project that is going to keep me learning new musical skills for a Long time….. I love working on choral arrangements, however the more I do and the more I think about them, the more I actually learn. I am extremel...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I went to see a concert by Village Harmony this week. It was over an hour Long and included an amazing variety of songs from around the world: Georgi...