[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I often get asked this at workshops after people have struggled to get their tongues around a few foreign songs. I point out that ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes I describe my job as being the guy who stands out front and waves his arms about. “I point, you Sing” is what I tell the choir. &nbs...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Gareth Malone returned to UK television back in 2013 with a second series of The Choir: Sing While You Work. The choirmaster went into five different...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] In your Singing lessons and choir warm ups you’re bombarded with exercises and technical advice about posture, breathing, enunciation, pitching...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Here in the UK the arts seem to cater for just three age groups. Photo by vintagedept If you don’t fit into one of these, t...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I wrote last week about people who think they can’t ‘Sing’ because they think they need training or Singing lessons first (Your sin...
Have you heard Albion? Now is your chance to Sing with them and perform. After the lovely massed Singing at Christmas, this year we're holding a Come and Sing! Absorb some of the Albion techniques, work closely with the Singers in a ch...
The second of "Two poems by Thomas Moore" with me directing the Concentus Nymphae feminine choir The score is available for free at IMSLP: http://imslp.org/wiki/Two_Poems_by_Thomas_Moore_(Camacho,_João_Carlos)
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]Many Singers come to choir – especially “Singing for fun” groups – to get away from the stresses of regular life. They love to Sing and...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve been asked to create a choir specially for an inter-faith event. Photo by Catholic Church There will be contributors from I...
