[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] A while back I went to a workshop run by the amazing Su Hart who has spent around 25 years working with the Baka people of Central Africa. Living in the ra...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] With far fewer people around at the moMent, I am starting to hear things that I don’t normally notice. It made Me realise that in our usually busy dail...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I keep seeing virtual choirs on Facebook and hearing about amazing Zoom singing sessions. Photo by Virginia State Parks It’s hard not to compare and...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There are quite a few choirs out there made up entirely of blind singers. There are also many famous individual blind singers (Stevie Wonder, Andrea Bocell...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] And I Mean English … not Irish or Welsh or Scottish. How is it possible to have an unplanned, spontaneous and genuine gathering of people who sing t...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] This post is one of a series of occasional Questions and Answers that I do on my own blog. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. &...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] There is (apparently) a proverb from Zimbabwe that says: “If you can walk, then you can dance. If you can talk, then you can sing.” &nb...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] choirs are not Meeting at the moMent so lots of you have gone online to sing. Given that it will be just you singing at a screen, what can you do to get the ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Many people won’t consider joining a choir or going to a singing workshop because they believe they can’t ‘sing’. Yet ask them to s...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] The way an audience responds can affect our performance. In the absence of feedback, our most negative thoughts can raise their ugly heads. Bor...