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blog: “Darling, your technique is showing” – don’t be a Singer who is all style and no substance

[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...

blog: USing world songs in the classroom: a teacher’s guide to sourcing songs and how to teach them

[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 ...

blog: A choir is greater than any individual Singer but needs 'em all

[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 &...

blog: What am I going to do with no Singing over the summer break??!!

[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...

blog: How to deal with song lyrics 3: foreign words and beyond the first verse

[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...

blog: Singer or chorister? Choirmaster or conductor? What do you call yourself?

[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...

blog: All change! - handing your choir over to someone else

[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 ...

blog: Martin's Virtual Choir

Hi Everyone, I'm Martin Gölles, a composer and conductor from Hungary. I'd like to perform one of my choir pieces called "Autumn Air" with a virtual choir. Want to be apart of this project? Please check my Blog: http://martingolles.Blogspot.hu/...

blog: Choir? Chorale? Ensemble? What’s in a name?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many of you know that I avoid uSing the ‘C’ word: choir. But there other similar terms that I find just as bad: chorus, chorale, chamber ...

blog: Singers and choir leaders: what bad habits have you got into?

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]We are all creatures of habit. Which is no bad thing until it starts to affect what we do adversely. photo by CTRLF5 How many bad habits have you got into ...