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blog: Handy hints for hesitant Singers – 10 tips for Singers new to choirs

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   It can be tough joining a new choir, especially if you’re an under-confident Singer.   Painting ("Little little girl 29") by susie mendelss...

blog: Asking for sheet music in a ‘learn by ear’ choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. Philippa writes:  ...

blog: Do you have to be a good Singer to lead a choir?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I read an article in the latest Sounding Board (the journal of community music from Sound Sense) about the University of Sunderland’s new BA in...

blog: What if the Singing session is a success, but you feel like a failure?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes we’re asked to lead a rehearsal or run a Singing workshop or perform a song and we do our job very well. But afterwards we don’t feel...

blog: How ill do you need to be before you cancel a performance?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2015 I was in bed for 10 days with a nasty bout of ’flu. For the first time in my 18-year career I had to cancel a choir concert.   ...

blog: How close should a vocal arrangement be to the original song?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some years ago I did some voice-only arrangements of Queen songs for a weekend workshop. I ended up listening to a lot of Queen recordings!   ...

blog: “Darling, your technique is showing” – don’t be a Singer who is all style and no substance

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s usually the case that professional Singers have had some sort of training in a particular Singing technique.   photo by Kevin Cea...

blog: USing world songs in the classroom: a teacher’s guide to sourcing songs and how to teach them

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Some teachers find themselves having to lead Singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching songs ...

blog: A choir is greater than any individual Singer but needs 'em all

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Obvious really, but a choir is a large organism made up of lots of individuals who are working together.     The Tenor by Amyn Kassam &...

blog: What am I going to do with no Singing over the summer break??!!

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   For those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long i...