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blog: When patience wears thin – 5 strategies for choir (and oTher) leaders

[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...

blog: Dreaming of The perfect choir (a light-hearted fantasy)

[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...

blog: How to give and receive starting notes 3: all The ways it can go wrong

[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...

blog: Outdoor gigs: how to cope when audiences aren’t interested

[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...

blog: The most important thing do when choir starts again after a long break

[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...

Gute Nacht
video: Gute Nacht

"Gute Nacht" - Chor SATB. Abendlied/Lullaby von/by Björn Mummert sung by Skt.Michaelischor Schleswig, Lyric sense: Good night, anoTher day is ending, asking for it's sense, haste hinders The view on The world of God. But at night, time has no power,...  more

blog: Focusing on The one frown in a sea of smiling faces

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   Everything in The concert is going brilliantly. The choir is firing on all cylinders. The audience are lapping it up, even your lame banter between Songs....

blog: Trying to please all The people all The time

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   I found myself last week arranging a bunch of Songs to teach at The weekend. As usual, I’d left it far too late and was feeling rushed.   &nb...

blog: What is harmony singing (and why we need to be careful when using jargon)?

[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...

blog: What to do when teaching a new song goes horribly wrong

[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...