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blog: Albion on Song

BE PART OF IT. We present a spring evening concert with enchanting harmonies, soaring voices, and dramatic candlelit presentation ALBION ALES. Included in The ticket price is a pint of Albion real ale (from The Abbeydale Brewery)   - or a wine or ...

Highlights of the With One Voice Program HD by Creativity Australia
video: Highlights of The With One Voice Program HD by Creativity Australia

www.creativityaustralia.org.au Singing is The language of The heart. For centuries, Song has played a key role in community, culture and story-telling worldwide. Yet how many people dare to sing freely These days... apart from in The shower? Community s...  more

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: How to make a Song your own

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just use The contact form if you want to submit a question.       Bl...

blog: Fit The Song arrangement to your singers and not The oTher way round

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] Most singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze Them in to our off-The-shelf arrangements, chastising Them when ...

blog: Tackling complex Song structure without written music

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   The choirs and workshops that I lead are run on The principle that music should be accessible to all. This means that I don’t use written music to te...

blog: How to answer The question: “What note is that?”

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   We’re in The middle of learning a Song. People are struggling a bit. Then someone asks: “What note is that?”   Photo by ph...

Cadence
group: Cadence

The stage lights fall, The crowd goes quiet, and four harmonious voices rise up and fill The air. The melodies unfurl into something both familiar and fresh. What comes next may be a classic Song by Joni Mitchell or Louis Prima. It may be an old bebop st...  more

blog: Don’t be too quick to dismiss Songs that aren’t in English

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir] Some people are put off when They come across a Song with foreign words. They prefer to sing Songs in English. photo by Chell Hill Not only are They missin...

blog: Stop me if you’ve sung this before: learning different versions of Songs you already know

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   A while back I taught a Song wrongly. Not for The first time!     Even though I corrected myself quickly, The original version stuck in peo...