Contributing to making a stronger community. Into the small.

Added September 29, 2014 - 842 views - 0 comments

When you already belong to a community, have you ever thought that perhaps you know eveyone you need to know and there is no need to know more people? Or you believe you need to meet many more people in order to have access to either fun activities, network more, have more friends or access specifi...

Silence vs talking in inclusive choirs

Added July 14, 2014 - 2471 views - 0 comments

Marsilio Ficino (1433-1498), Florentine philosopher wrote a wonderful sentence: “Music is nothing more than a Decoration of Silence”. What a wonderful statement.  Shall we take it to the choir?   Undoubtedly silence is in many ways a pre condition for music making. In silenc...

Dealing with conflict

Added May 9, 2014 - 6377 views - 0 comments

    There is something to choir conducting that is shared by every team professional and that I would want to talk about: we have to deal with groups, we want our groups to be able to work as a team and we sometimes have to deal with conflict. I was asked today what would I do if I had ...

To touch or not to touch...

Added April 25, 2014 - 1307 views - 0 comments

    Since I have been conducting choirs in UK, there is something that I found intriguing. That is the fact that some people gave me, amongst other kinds of positive and most interesting feedback, comments about “surprising” and “unusual” pedagogy. They were refer...

How singing can stress you out

Added April 2, 2014 - 1746 views - 1 comments

Is singing good for stress? Yes, it can actually stress you out a bit... By rushing to rehearsals, trying to park the car and not finding a space, or getting stuck in public transport at peak times (I really wish there were more morning choirs) By loosing your sheet music, or having it disorg...