[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It always amazes me how surprised people are that a group of strangers can sing harmony together in just a few minutes. It’s not necessary to k...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some years ago I did some voice-only arrangements of Queen songs for a weekend workshop. I ended up listening to a lot of Queen recordings! ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s usually the case that professional singers have had some sort of training in a particular singing technique. photo by Kevin Cea...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some teachers find themselves having to lead singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching songs ...
SKOWRONKI Girls' Choir Alicja Szeluga conductor Live concert 21/12/2012 Poznań, Poland www.chor-skowronki.pl http://www.facebook.com/chorskowronki
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Obvious really, but a choir is a large organism made up of lots of individuals who are working together. The Tenor by Amyn Kassam &...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] For those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long i...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper. This week I want to look a...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I’ve suddenly realised I don’t know what to call myself any more. I used to be a ‘choirmaster’ (a term I got from Gareth Malone and...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] In January 2008 I handed over the reins of my first choir WorldSong to a new musical director after ten years at the helm. And in ...
