[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many choirs will be starting back soon after a long break.   photo by velkr0   This is the perfect time to shake things up a bit if y...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] The fact is that most of us don’t fit neatly into SATB boxes. What are we to do? Once upon a time we used to sing together and somehow find a place ...

Recorded in 1982... Cantabile's version of a classic !

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m having a tough time writing this blog post.   Colleen is bored by scragz   I didn’t sleep well last night, I’ve been...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few weeks back I wrote about why people might not join choirs or attend singing workshops: 10 reasons why people don’t join choirs (but love to...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m ashamed to say that I don’t know the name of every singer in my choir.     Unless choir members come for a drink after a...

Improvisation by the dwsChorale http://ww.dwsolo.com A silly a-cappella number based on an idea from an old epigram "Scylla is toothless". Scylla becomes a vintage headmaster in this version but the results are similar. My old headmaster hasn`t got...  moreImprovisation by the dwsChorale http://ww.dwsolo.com A silly a-cappella number based on an idea from an old epigram "Scylla is toothless". Scylla becomes a vintage headmaster in this version but the results are similar. My old headmaster hasn`t got one tooth But he had teeth enough back in my youth He told me off then every single day But now his tongue has worn his teeth away! Original unattributed epigram: On an old Scold Scylla is toothless, yet, when she was young She had both teeth enough and too much tongue. What shall we, then, of toothless Scylla say But that her tongue has worn her teeth away?  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some choirs and singing groups meet frequently, often once a week, requiring a high level of commitment. Others meet less frequently and work on a dr...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member.     Choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila   This week I ...