[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I teach a song in the morning and it’s sounDing pretty good.   photo by kalavinka   Then after lunch I get the group to stand f...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Learning and polishing a song can be a long process. Some people find it a chore and can’t wait to get to the end result: a public performance....

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]As we saw last week, many singers struggle with finDing (and keeping) their starting notes. photo by Albin Olsson What can make it even harder is if a man ...

Vocal Explosion Hastings is an award winning open community choir based in East Sussex . We sing Original compositions by Juliet Russell who conducts the choir and is also our solo performer. Aside from Juliet's original material we sing a mix of traditi...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Vocal Explosion Hastings is an award winning open community choir based in East Sussex . We sing Original compositions by Juliet Russell who conducts the choir and is also our solo performer. Aside from Juliet's original material we sing a mix of traditional Gospel, African and Eastern European Music. The Choir consists of male and female singers of all ages who simply love to sing. No auditions required and no need to read sheet music we learn by ear. new songs are added every term to our repertoire and we perform regularly at everything from wedDings to local festivals.  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Some people lead their choir or singing workshop with another person. I’ve tried it, and it doesn’t really work for me.     cont...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] You get what you ask for, so be careful how you seek feedback!   photo by Howard Lake   When designing feedback forms, less is more. Here&r...

[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...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A few years ago I started a discussion on my blog about Why men won’t sing.     time for another song by willposh   At around t...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple songs so people can spend more time singing and less time learning in a workshop (see We’ve come ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Three years ago, for the first time in over 13 years, I started a choir from scratch. I put a call out to my readers for advice on how to recruit singers t...