[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used To having a score in their...
Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning To, You can get a song or a jingle stuck in Your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On the other hand, when You are actively trying To Learn a poem, lyric, or a...
[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...
Want To improve Your skills? Want To Learn about singing? All this while having fun? Then this workshop is for You! At St Stephen's Church Gloucester Road SW7 4RL, KensingTon, LondonBoth groups (Belters and Divas) will work on two or three piec...
[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...
Hello everyone, I've developed MixMyPart.com which is an online application To help singers Learn their harmony parts and practice from home. Teachers, Choir DirecTors, and Music DirecTors can prepare their own recordings for use in our multitrac...
Okay- so I've been a bit slack about blogging lately. Not that I have been idol- there is so much To blog about but 24 hours in a day a full time job and more music than I can ever Learn To play means there isn't enough time! In the l...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve been creating some new singing workshops for next year. Janis Joplin by Patrick Pearse Recently I wrote about how To create...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When a choir has been Going for a long time and You want To revive some of Your old reperToire, You will find that a lot of the newer members won’t ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] People come To my singing workshops because they love To sing. PhoTo by Rex Pe But first they have To spend time Learning songs. &nbs...