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
[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 ...
[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...
Comic poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch - about a poet who hopes to gain inspiration from nature, but nature thwarts him all the way. English version by David W Solomons set to music by David W Solomons All parts performed by Matthew Curtis
[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 ...