As part of our mission, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents opportunities for Singers from across the Greater Toronto Area to Sing great choral works together under the direction of some of Toronto’s talented conductors It has been well-report...
Following the Dreadful fire in March earlier this year, Thomas's Choral Society are inviting the local community to raise their voice in support of this appeal to help fund the restoration process in the name of the 'Phoenix Fund'. We are putting on a 'Co...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about ChooSing a running order for your concert or CD. This week I want to tackle the slightly easier task of selectin...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing together creates a real sense of community. Sometimes a choir arises from an existing community, but other times the creation of a choir builds a ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]A vital part of a choir leader's job is to spend time planning: individual rehearsals, concerts, repertoire, choir seasons, etc. photo by webmink &...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] A while back I went to a Singing workshop led by an internationally acclaimed workshop leader. I was very disappointed at the lack of teaching skills...
According to the Big Choral Census, there are more than 2 million people in Britain that Sing in a choir. However, over the past year, face-to-face choir rehearsals haven’t always been possible. Many choirs have rehearsed together uSing video c...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] In my series of posts on How to deal with song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about finding songs for your choir (Where do you find all your songs? and Easy songs for your choir and Finding songs for your ch...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Lately I’ve been wrestling with the problem of inconsistent attendance at choir. If not everyone comes each week it’s hard to do any de...
