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blog: Using reductive metaphors won't solve your choirs problems

One of my favorite choir tricks was to telling my singers to ‘aim for the top side of the pitch.’  This was, of course, because they were singing flat, and I thought the imagery would give my singers a way of thinking about an abstract co...

blog: Singing My Way to Health and Happiness

A couple of years ago, around this time of year, actually, I was having a particularly awful day. I won’t bore you with the details, but let’s just say I was dealing with some pretty heartbreaking family drama, work was pretty crappy at the ...

blog: Ask questions – your choir leader (probably) Won’t bite!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When I was a student, I’d sit in lectures scribbling down everything that the lecturer wrote on the board. Like most people there, I understood...

Final Applause
group_photo: Final Applause

Musical Director (Antony Currington) accepting the applause after the final song.. He looks pretty pleased and even proud o the team that were able to compete .. Little did he know (Hmm or maybe he had a feeing) that the team had won the 2012 National

blog: Helping new choir members learn the old songs

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   When a choir has been going for a long time and you want to revive some of your old repertoire, you will find that a lot of the newer members won’t ...

blog: A NEW World Premiere. You Won't Believe What These Kids Do!

Dear Choral Friends!  Belated Happy Easter. Today, I want to gift you a moment of immense pleasure. Over the weekend, Garden Grove High School CSUF premiered "O Crux" SATB. VIDEO HERE It would be COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE to fully describe the incredi...

blog: Why men Won’t sing: a discussion

This is a blog post with a difference. I want to start a discussion using the comments facility.   photo by loungerie    Yesterday there was a veritable Twitter storm when I posed the question:   "What do you think is the main ...

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 ...

Harmony Youth Chorale
group: Harmony Youth Chorale

This vibrant choir with friendly and outgoing choristers has existed since 2005. We have won multiple awards and enjoy singing!

group: The Con Amici Singers

We're just starting an exciting new opportunity for people to come together to enjoy music and have fun with it in a friendly setting. Members won't need to be able to read music but they will need to be able to sing in tune. We aren't charging a fee ...  more