Promotional video from Colorado Christian Univerity with credits to Life Cairn Productions

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   We’ve all seen it: a timid, slouched, nervous person approaches The microphone. We expect disaster. They open Their mouth and The most amazing, beauti...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I was running a one-day workshop a while back and it seemed to me that The whole thing wasn’t gelling. People seemed uninspired, energy was low, and i...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   A few years ago I spent two weeks travelling through The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I was really looking forward to hearing plenty of tr...

Performed at The Our Lady of The Guadalupe Parish, General Trias Cavite "A Night of Choral Music". (June 30, 2018)

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] I get regular emails from people asking questions about songs and copyright. I’m certainly no expert, but I have written a few articles that you migh...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] I teach a song by ear in less than an hour at a workshop. Everyone picks it up really quickly and Then They sing it brilliantly. We’ve been working ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]The world can be a scary and upsetting place. When I wrote this back in 2016, here in The UK we were witnessing political infighting, uncertain futures, auster...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]Just because a song is in a foreign language, you still need to respect its origins. Sami family by Morten Oddvik There is a huge amount of misinformation ...