[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I started my first community choir over 20 years ago. I used to worry that, after the long summer break, the singers would have forgotten me and wouldn’...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I watched a TV documentary the other day called How a choir works with Gareth Malone.   Photo by TheCamerons   At one point he talked about...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I reckon I’m a fairly experienced teacher and workshop leader. I’ve been teaching in one form or another for almost 35 years.   &n...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   men and women’s voices are different.     Obvious really, but it’s something many singers find it difficult to come to terms wit...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   It’s the first week of the new choir. Everyone is having fun, songs are being learnt at a cracking pace, the whole room is in tune with each ot...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I had a girlfriend who believed that we are all capable of anything if we just put enough effort in.   Photo by _foam   She believed that ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Singing together is one of the most egalitarian experiences we can have.   Photo by wynlok   It doesn’t matter how much you earn, wh...

[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 you can use the long choir break to get better at what you do.   photo by troy   One way is to attend sin...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes the last thing I want to do is to drag myself off the sofa and go to choir. photo by Ed Van Brunt But it’s my job so I make the effort and u...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When a nervous singer turns up to your choir or someone comes to your singing workshop who’s never sung in public before, it’s all too easy for th...