If you’re a singer on your way to a voice lesson, rehearsal, or audition, it’s always good to do a bit of warming up in the car, because there are few things more annoying to music directors than Singers waSting time complaining that they&rsqu...

[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many’s the time I see Ann lean over to Gill (not their real names) to help her get her part right. And every time I see a pained expression on ...

[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...

Youth choir "Mūza", Sniedze Praulina at Riga St.Peter's Church 22.05.2013

Il primo canto del primo Concerto del Coro di Anzano Eseguito nella Chiesa di Meschio (Vittorio Veneto) il 19.5.2012 dal Coro parrocchiale di Anzano (Cappella Maggiore, Treviso)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) Recordare, op. 11 (1923) EnregiStrement: juin 2012 Chantres Musiciens, Filles de l'Île, direction: Gilbert Patenaude

[A version of this article firSt appeared as a poSt on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Feel like you’re on a treadmill? ConStantly learning and practising and planning but never arriving? Not enough time to catch your breath between concer...

Getting close to the Annual Concert. Great rendition of the favourite from Blood Brothers

[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’...