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blog: Music notation: what is it good for and do we need it to sing?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining Choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

blog: Why we're crowdfunding to support new composers

Last week we kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to professionally record an album of brand new choral music written by new and as yet unrecorded composers. This project is not about us as a Choir. Our project is about giving new and emergin...

blog: Joint Performance of David Bowie - Come and join us!

  The legends will merge into a common Choir With the approach of spring, we feel easiness, and our voice sounds more beautiful and more pleasant! So why not make this spring brighter and make yourself known at the ...

blog: Perfect presents for choral singers

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]It’s that time of year again when you still have time to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...

blog: Singing is for life, not just for Christmas

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Hark the herald angels sing. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s Merry Christmas everybody. White Chr...

blog: The pleasures of the untrained voice

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In 2010 artist Susan Philipsz won the Turner Prize  for "a sound piece consisting of her own frail beautiful voice singing a Scottish lament over the ...

Before the downbeat
video: Before the downbeat

The moment before a concert begins, when singers and audience members wait for the downbeat, is a magical time. Our first video seeks to capture that shared moment - the hushed anticipation, the sound of coordinated footsteps, the group intake of breath....  more

DoMiSol
group: DoMiSol

We are an active French community Choir that presents 4 to 6 concerts per year. Our trademark is singing all concerts by memory, which means that with a changing repertoire, our members have to be willing to work hard. We sing widely around our own region...  more

blog: The social side of singing: any excuse for a tea break!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I’m booked to run a singing workshop for someone, I always make sure that I get there early. I usually arrive to find people milling aroun...

blog: A Child of Our Time - orchestral copies

Hi - has anyone got access to a set of orchestra parts for Tippett's 'A Child of Our Time'?  My Choir is doing this at the end of April, 2018, but the orchetsra music is proving difficult to obtain.We're very happy to pay a reasonable hire charge plu...