[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teac...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Many people have no idea how a song is learnt by ear. They assume that written music is a must. But don’t forget that people have been singing (and l...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] It’s only September, but many choirs are already thinking of their Christmas concerts. Christmas is also the time of year when choirs release new CDs...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir] A while ago I wrote about an artist who thought that music resides in the musical notation and a musician's job is to realise that notation perfectly. &nb...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] There were two articles in the UK national press a few years ago, one bemoaning the fact that we don’t sing Christmas carols together as much as we u...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I had a friend who moved to a new town and set up a new choir, blissfully ignorant of the 100+ community chorus that already existed there. phot...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some people just love anything that’s finely honed, all shined up, squeaky clean, highly skilled and perfectly rendered. Not me. ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] I was at a business meeting recently and we were asked what we did. I explained as well as I could. Photo © Copyright Anne Burgess an...
We are an a cappella Mixed voice choir of around 35 singers. We started in 2008. We train together in vocal and choral skills as part of every session and want to explore our own sound as well as that of our choir's. We have a strong Folk influence and a ... more
