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blog: Stop chasing after songs for your choir – learn to respect, research and relax

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are people out there desperate to find more songs for their choir.   photo by Victor Grigas   They record everything at singing...

blog: How can you possibly teach songs without a piano??!!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   “You can’t run a singing workshop here, we don’t have a piano.”   photo by Thomas Quine   It’s amazing ...

blog: The challenges of running a drop-in singing group (and why you shouldn’t start one)

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people run ‘drop-in’ singing sessions. People can drop in on any session they want, there is no commitment and no signing up for a ‘...

blog: How to develop perfect warm up exercises for your choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]The choir leader’s (and singer’s) lament: “I’m bored with the warm ups and want new ideas.” It’s very easy to create you...

blog: How long is the ideal choral concert?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I don’t go to concerts much, especially not choir concerts. I find them rather long and boring.     Photot by ToniVC   But a fe...

blog: The calm before the concert storm

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There’s always a strange sense of calm that descends on the choir before a concert.     People seem unusually relaxed and more peo...

blog: Can you ever prepare yourself for being in front of a live audience?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   What is it about a live audience that throws a spanner in the works?     scared face by Kim   You’ve prepared thoroughly, you&...

Voice Of The Town Birmingham
group: Voice Of The Town Birmingham

Originally formed in the UK in Newcastle Upon Tyne in 2011, Voice of the Town is a mixed-voice adult vocal group. The group was set up to perform exciting vocal material at a variety of events, and to give men and women who love singing, the platform to g...  more

blog: But I can’t sing that high!

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When you join a choir that sings in harmony, you will find that some parts are too high for you and some parts are too low.     Just lik...

Shut up and dance (Walk the moon) - Choriosity A-cappella-choir
video: Shut up and dance (Walk the moon) - Choriosity A-cappella-choir

We love good A-cappella music! Choriosity is a community-based a-cappella-choir in the YMCA (CVJM) Ulm. 120 singers aged 18 to (about ;) 30 dive into the diversity of sound, rhythms and a-cappella-feeling! You wanna see/hear more? Instagram: @choriosi...  more