[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I blaMe it on the Italians.     Photo by cbmd   The founder of the modern musical stave was an Italian; many well-known musical f...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Music and singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or singers to appreciate their music. So why bother going...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Last week I wrote about choirs that choose not to perform. None of the choirs or singing groups that I have run were forMed as performing groups.   ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’ve always known that I’m more interested in traditional songs, but I’ve only just realised that it’s the vocal quality that I&rs...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Do you have to be able to read music to sing? Lots of people believe so and are put off joining choirs, or even singing at all, as a result.   &n...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]It’s that tiMe of year again when you still have tiMe to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Hark the herald angels sing. A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge. Slade’s Merry Christmas everybody. White Chr...

[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 ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   When I’m booked to run a singing workshop for soMeone, I always make sure that I get there early. I usually arrive to find people milling aroun...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   In 2014 a Britney Spears recording escaped into the wild which demonstrates that without Auto-Tune her singing can be less than perfect (Experience t...