[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]   Some people just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me.     ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]   I was at a business meeting recently and we were asked what we did. I explained as well as I could.   Photo © Copyright Anne Burgess an...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]   First I need to fess up: I have a low boredom threshold and always try to squeeze in as many songs as possible. Not always a good idea!  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]   Despite an apparent re-awakened interest in singing, we don’t sing togeTHEr like we used to.     TV programmes like X Factor, THE Voice...

I brought this question up before as one of THE fundamental problems of working with, and being a part of, a choral ensemble. After all, no one really wants to listen to an out-of-tune CHOIR.   It’s a complicated issue that involves...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]   Very, very few people are tone deaf. Tone deafness is an abnormality of THE brain which can also affect THE understanding of language and certain spatial ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR] Many of us wait until THE mood hits us before we do something. But often THE doing something is what changes our mood for THE better.     Th...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR] We are living in unprecedented times. People are not allowed to socialise.     How do we keep singing togeTHEr? I’ll look at some of THE ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From THE Front of THE CHOIR]I teach songs from all over THE world, often in foreign languages. But people are always asking me for more songs in English. Why is this? Especially since ...