[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] To make singing as accessible as possible, I don’t use sheet music when I teach. This often freaks out people who are used to having a score in their...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] I teach songs without using any kind of musical notation. Like other members of the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network I believe that singing should...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last time I wrote about whether it’s better to be over-rehearsed or under-prepared. I talked about people who like to spend a long time working on on...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Over the years I have run choirs and singing groups all based on the same principLes, but in different locations. The general mix of genders, ages, backgro...
The 50s song Mister Sandman by Pat Ballard, which I arranged, on request, for our local choir. After a few concerts, I thought it would also be fun to sing it all myself (multitracking), so here it is. I have now published the score; see below
I de dager sung by SOLA FIDE (http://solafide.no) soloist: Steinar Hummelsund Bergen Cathedral 16. desember 2011. This is a norwegian Christmas-song recently made by J. Aadland.
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I’m often asked by choir members to play a recording of a song before I start teaching it so they can get an idea of how it sounds. ...
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VoiceWorks Community choir sing at the Daphne Du Maurier Festival in Fowey, Cornwall. The song is Orphan Girl by Gillian Welch, arranged by Vicky Abbott.
Written to remember the victims of the Omagh Bombing in Northern Ireland in August 1998 by Michael McGlynn. Sheet music is available from www.michaelmcglynn.com and the soloist is Rachel Thompson.
