If You sing in a choir then chances are, You don’t need to be sold on its benefits. Choir singing has been found in many studies to do amazing things (including boosting the immune system) and forming part of one can also boost Your social skil...
No instruments, just a capella - Danish acapella vocal group - specialising in nordic vocal soundtradition and paying our tribute to the 90's dance hits in our own a capella way. Play in HD and pump up the volume - everybody dance now!! Please leave comm... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The choirs and workshops that I lead are run on the principle that music should be accessible to all. This means that I don’t use written music to te...
[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] You’ve put Your fliers out, spread the word, mentioned it on Facebook, but still You find it hard to recruit new singers. photo by I...
This is a rendition of a medly of songs made famous by the Mills Brothers by The Revelations of Sri Lanka. The Revelations won two Gold and one Silver medal at the World choir games in Austria (2008) singing choral a-cappella style music in the Gospel, Po... more
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people are put off when they come across a song with foreign words. They prefer to sing songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are they missin...
This post was originally posted to the Embro Thistle Singers blog. There is a really fun explanation of the 4 basic choir sections as seen by a Young person. I Don't Know where the original document came from or I would give proper credi...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Two weeks ago I wrote about how individuals choose where to stand within their part (Don't stand too close to me! - finding the right place to stand in yo...
I can tell a good movie by how uplifted I feel afterward. With really good movies, the feeling of upliftment and expansion can last for hours, or even days. Lincoln was such a movie for me. I saw it at the Grove Theater in Los Angeles. I was str...
