[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]As we saw last week, many singers struggle with finding (and keeping) their starting notes. photo by Albin Olsson What can make it even harder is if a man ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me. cont...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You get what you ask for, so be careful how you seek feedback! photo by Howard Lake When designing feedback forms, less is more. Here&r...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition. On their website they...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A few years ago I started a discussion on my blog about Why men won’t sing. time for another song by willposh At around t...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple songs so people can spend more time singing and less time learning in a workshop (see We’ve come ...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve written before about how hard it is to get a cross-section of ages and genders in your choir (How to recruit singers to truly reflect your...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Singing is very simple really: you open your mouth and the sound comes out. photo by chaosmunkey But we often allow our heads (an...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Ann read my post The six qualities need to be a good choral director and it sparked off a quite a rant. photo by bagogames She has obviously had a bad exp...