[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]As we saw last week, many Singers struggle with finding (and keeping) their starting notes. photo by Albin Olsson What can make it even harder is if a man ...

    Update - Auditions closed for the season -- thanks to all who came out!    Searching for just the right choir? Do you Sing bass or tenor? Do you live within Driving distance of the Ottawa, Canada's Capital region? Jo...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some people lead their choir or Singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me.     cont...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] You get what you ask for, so be careful how you seek feedback!   photo by Howard Lake   When designing feedback forms, less is more. Here&r...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition.     On their website they...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple songs so people can spend more time Singing and less time learning in a workshop (see We’ve come ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit Singers t...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a cross-section of ages and genders in your choir (How to recruit Singers to truly reflect your...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound comes out.   photo by chaosmunkey   But we often allow our heads (an...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogames She has obviously had a bad exp...