[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Having written about starting your own community choir, in 2011 I put my money where my mouth is and started a brand new Singing group – my first in...

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   You’ve put your fliers out, spread the word, mentioned it on Facebook, but still you find it hard to recruit new Singers.   photo by I...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir] “It’s a terrible thing, I think, in life to wait until you’re ready.” Hugh Laurie   photo by Fido   Especially when...

[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.   ...

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' Blog.  I was reading an article posted to Facebook the other day.  Esa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor when he filled in for an absent colleague.     In the following sh...

[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. Summer is over and choir starts back. We choir leaders will be thinking about which songs to teach for the next s...

[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...