It’s pretty amazing how we pigeon-hole people’s talents and skills.  All of us do it, most of the time unknowingly. Our new temporary Musical Director, for the adults Choir I play piano for, has some amazing warm ups and he loves takin...

We are a group of young people who have Come together to showcase the beauty of Music.

[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...

You have an extraordinary voice, see the stage as an integral experience and are looking forward to working with other young people on a very high musical level? Then you are the missing piece of the puzzle for the CHOREOS ensemble.

We're a choir of about 15 People, singing secular music from all genres and from all times (from the sixteenth century onwards, that is). And provided that it's a cappella music. Even within these limits, there's still an awful lot of pieces left ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For the last eight Years I’ve created a performance choir from scratch each Year – a kind of Instant Choir, Just Add People – which I cal...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   We’re in the middle of learning a song. People are struggling a bit. Then someone asks: “What note is that?”   Photo by ph...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

Our Whalley Abbey tour people will be singing an extract from the Messiah at the wonderful Whalley Abbey Church at the Sunday service surrounded by 40 Christmas trees! It promises to be a memorable conclusion to a fine weekend's singing! There are still p...

Singing in a choir is fun, it builds teamwork and confidence in people as they work together to accomplish a common goal. Singing also shares something unique from all other musical instruments: words. This means it is a powerful tool for memory and speec...