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blog: New season, new songs – how to fInd new repertoire for your choir

[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...

blog: 8 reasons why choir leaders should go to more sIngIng workshops

[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...

blog: LearnIng songs by ear: what should you do while other parts are beIng taught?

[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...

blog: What to do with your hands while sIngIng – 5 ideas for sIngers In choirs

[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...

blog: The importance of breaks In rehearsals and sIngIng workshops

[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...

blog: Brand new, high-end LGBT Choir for London

The Fourth Choir (temporary name) will focus on performIng great choral works - long and short, new and old, familiar and forgotten - and aim to sIng at the highest competition standards and be semi-professional In a few years time. We thInk that with al...

blog: The costs of cancellIng a concert or sIngIng workshop (and ways to avoid it In the first place)

[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...

blog: How to keep your choir or sIngIng busIness alive while it’s shut down

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the sIngers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...

blog: No matter how prepared I am, I still get nervous

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I reckon I’m a fairly experienced teacher and workshop leader. I’ve been teachIng In One form or aNother for almost 35 years.   &n...

blog: How to reach every choir member without repeatIng yourself

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago conductor Kenneth Woods posted an item on his blog, A View from the Podium, about the problems of havIng to repeat Oneself constantly In re...