This post was orginally published on Embro Thistle Singers Blog. When I was 15, I took Singing lessons from the nuns at "The Pines". These ladies were well respected for the results they achieved in musical training. Our performance group o...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] I have a low boredom threshold. There are 100s of gorgeous new songs I want to teach and it’s hard to cram them all in. Photo by Leo Reyn...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Many of us are in choirs where a particular section needs bolstering. In my case it’s a lack of altos, for others it might be too few tenors. ...
[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 ...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
[The views expressed in this Blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult Singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear uSing a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...
This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' Blog. Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"? Oh my. There are people walking around who, in my mother's words, would be horrified if thei...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Just because you as a Singer have a great time in a concert doesn’t mean it went well. Happy audience by Ekke Vasli Just...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Sometimes trying to get your choir to stand in the right places is like dealing with an unruly kindergarten class. It seems as if spatial awareness and si...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] Instead of writing this, I should be planning a one-off two-hour Singing workshop for this Saturday. I’m also starting to think of what I’ll d...
