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blog: Myers-Briggs Personalities in the World of Singing

Ever since the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test was first founded Back in 1962, countless curious individuals have used it in a bid to gain a greater understanding of their own characters. While singers do not necessarily seek out pe...

blog: PlayScore 2 for choir directors and singers

Award-winning app that sight reads choral music straight from a photo! PlayScore 2 also plays Back images and PDF scores. Amazing playBack accuracy. Export to any score editor. Adjust volume, instrument and transposition for each staff. Change te...

blog: Should Your choir perform live? – arguments for and against

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] When I started my most recent community choir The OK Chorale Back in 2011 I decided it wasn’t going to be a performing choir.     Brig...

blog: Singing competition

  Ever Wanted to re-write a masterpiece? Now is Your chance! ‪#‎EESC‬ video challenge is Back, and this time with music.   ‪#‎Europeinharmony‬ is open to amateur video-makers, choirs and singing groups from all 28 EU Member States. Th...

blog: The great choir debate

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2008, BBC television ran a series called Last Choir Standing, basically a knock-out choir competition.     On their website they...

blog: What songs matter to You the most?

 [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2012 The Guardian started a project called Six Songs of Me that asks which songs matter most to each of us on a personal level (the pro...

blog: What I did on my summer holiday – why we all need a break sometime

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Apparently it’s the summer break here in the UK. The weather is sunny, choir doesn’t start Back until September, kids are off school and ice c...

blog: Fresh blood: the pros and cons of letting new singers join Your choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   As choir starts Back after a break, You might notice a few new faces in the ranks.   photo by Scott A. Thornbloom   Bringing in new r...

blog: Everybody has a place in the choir

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   … and there is a place in a choir somewhere for everybody.     Frank joined our choir a while Back. He hadn’t sung for ages, bu...

blog: Singing workshops: what is it You do exactly?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in January I shared with You my journey so far of Becoming a choir leader.     Yes, I am a choir leader, and I have one community choir...