[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   When I’m booked to run a Singing workshop for someone, I always make sure that I get There early. I usually arrive to find people milling aroun...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   In 2014 a Britney Spears recording escaped into The wild which demonstrates that without Auto-Tune her Singing can be less than perfect (Experience t...

  As if you needed anoTher reason to sing for joy, recent research has confirmed that Singing improves positive feelings and social connections, reducing stress and making people feel more relaxed and happy. Perhaps this is why singers often ap...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in The UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

Alive and Singing perform "Viva La Vida", (by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin), arranged and conducted by Jamie Serafi, on Saturday 6th July 2013 at Bedford Corn Exchange, at Their SINGSATIONAL 100 Voices End Of Year Concert. Fi...  moreAlive and Singing perform "Viva La Vida", (by Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin), arranged and conducted by Jamie Serafi, on Saturday 6th July 2013 at Bedford Corn Exchange, at Their SINGSATIONAL 100 Voices End Of Year Concert. Find out more about joining Alive and Singing at http://www.aliveandSinging.com  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   People don’t often talk about The downsides of Singing.     We constantly bang on about The health benefits, social aspects, etc. but...

Academic choir ''Ivan Goran Kovačić'' was founded in 1948. The choir was directed by highly regarded Croatian Musicians Mladen Jagušt, Duško Prašelj, Lovro Županović, Adalbert Marković, Dinko Fio, Vladimir Kranjčević, and Saša Britvić. Since The beginning...  moreAcademic choir ''Ivan Goran Kovačić'' was founded in 1948. The choir was directed by highly regarded Croatian Musicians Mladen Jagušt, Duško Prašelj, Lovro Županović, Adalbert Marković, Dinko Fio, Vladimir Kranjčević, and Saša Britvić. Since The beginning of 2003 The choir's artistic director is Luka Vukšić. The director's assistant is Veton Marevci. The choir's performances have been conducted by Croatia's and world's most eminent Musicians, such as Lovro von Matačić, Milan Horvat, Zubin Mehta, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Krzysztof Penderecki, Lorin Maazel, Ennio Morricone, Noam Sheriff, Gerd Albrecht, Kazushi Ono, Alun Francis, Hans Graf, Kurt Masur, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Valerij Gergijev, and Sir Neville Marriner. The members of The choir, also referred to as 'Goranovci', have performed with many opera singers, The most prominent among Them being Vladimir Ruždjak, Ruža Pospiš - Baldani, Ruggiero Raimondi, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Inva Mula, and many oThers. Numerous guest performances of The choir have taken pla...    less

Music Matters presents Sight Singing Workshop Sneaton castle Centre Whitby Sunday 10th June 10.30 -4pm £50 includes lunch tea/coffee breaks www.mmcourses.co.uk

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Last week in Now THAT’S what I call Singing! Volume 1 I shared some of my favourite songs from Europe: Corsica, Georgia, Russian orthodox, gypsy, th...

Dear Collegues, Great travelling Opportunity to China!   Please see: Announcement of The 2nd Great Choir Festival in Qingdao City, Jimo district 2018: The association of Musicians China and Peoples Government of Jimo district of Qingdao city is org...