[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   A friend of mine asked the other day: “How do you find songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Singing together in a group is something special. It is a very different experience from singing on your own. But what exactly is it that we get from singing...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Most choirs charge their singers to be a member (‘subs’). The amount can vary a lot from choir to choir.     What’s ...

The World choir Games, the world's largest choir competition took place in Graz in July 2008. for 10 days the Capital of Culture in Styria became a global meeting place of international choir music. "City of my heart" by Franz Maria Herzog accompanies the...  moreThe World choir Games, the world's largest choir competition took place in Graz in July 2008. for 10 days the Capital of Culture in Styria became a global meeting place of international choir music. "City of my heart" by Franz Maria Herzog accompanies the most beautiful impressions. http://www.worldchoirgames.com  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I love my job, I really do. I just need some space and a bunch of people and we will make beautiful music together.   Photo by Heather Jennings &...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Most of the people who come to my singing workshops are in their 50s and pretty much all of them hAve a story to tell about the time someone told the...

The Czech Boys choir, from the city of Hradec Králové in North Bohemia, maintains the famous traditions of boychoir singing in the Czech territory as it began in the 13th century with the first boys' choir at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and continue...  moreThe Czech Boys choir, from the city of Hradec Králové in North Bohemia, maintains the famous traditions of boychoir singing in the Czech territory as it began in the 13th century with the first boys' choir at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague and continues in modern times with the boys choir established in Hradec Králové by Jiří and Květa Skopal in 1982. Led by artistic director and conductor, Jakub Martinec, the Czech Boys choir organization provides artistic training for boys from the age of three to adult, and consists of the professional touring SATB concert choir, the Young Men's Ensemble with conductor Jennifer Beynon Martinec, and the training choir Zpěváček, led by Simona Hlavatá. The concert choir closely cooperates with pianist Martin Fišl. The choir regularly records for TV and radio, performs concerts in the Czech Republic and abroad, collaborates with renowned artists, ensembles and orchestras. Their repertoire includes both traditional and modern works of both Czech and international compos...    less

[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]   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...