[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some People just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Very, very few People are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of the brain which can also affect the understanding of language and certain spatial ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] We are living in unprecedented times. People are not allowed to socialise. How do we keep singing together? I’ll look at some of the ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]I teach Songs from all over the world, often in foreign languages. But People are always asking me for more Songs in English. Why is this? Especially since ...
Chestnuts roasting on an open fire... voices ringing in your ear(phones) .. Yuletide carols being sung by our choir... Merry Christmas to YOU ❤️ Wir sagen Danke für Eure Treue auch in diesem „kontaktlosen“ 2020, in dem wir uns Euch trotzdem erstaunlich... more
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] there are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most People there, I understood...
Just in case your choir hasn't already participated in this new research from Canterbury Christ Church University in the UK, this is a reminder that the survey is open until the beginning of September. the study is exploring why People sing in choirs, ch...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I often get People writing to me for advice about choirs. Some of them don’t agree with the direction their choir leader is taking them, some ...