[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...

[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...

[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...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I was running a workshop recently, and somebody grabbed me in the break and said: “I can’t believe how patient you are with us!”. &n...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are times when it’s not been appropriate for an audience to clap. Funerals and weddings are the obvious ones.   photo by Linda Thomas ...

I go Along most Tuesdays to The Sing at the Edge Theatre,Chorlton, Manchester.
This week someone who hadn’t been for a couple of weeks mentioned how much they’d missed it. It got me thinking how much I enjoy it too. Having tried another choir where the r...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I regularly get emails out of the blue from various Singing groups scattered across the globe asking for gigs. Recently I had one from a Russian ensemble, ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many English pop groups in the 60s started off by emulating their cousins from across the pond and sang with an American accent. Cliff Richard still does! ...

[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...