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blog: Help someone to start singing in 2015 — maybe even you!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   I’m probably preaching to the converted here as I guess most of you reading this already sing regularly.   photo by T Sundup   So ho...

Brahms/Rain: Ave Maria
video: Brahms/Rain: Ave Maria

Choral arrangement of Brahms' Intermezzo Op. 118, No. 2. arranged for choir by David Rain, Ottawa. World Premiere Performance in Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany), 18 July 2019. Chamber choir of Europe, conducted by Nicol Matt.

blog: Should singing together be a guilty pleasure?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Imagine going to Soho with a group of like-minded friends and gathering in a dimly-lit, subterranean private room with plush seats and stylish decor. Fully ...

blog: 10 exercises guaranteed to get your singers listening more carefully

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] A while back I went to a workshop run by the amazing Su Hart who has spent around 25 years working with the Baka people of Central Africa. Living in the ra...

blog: The sound of silence – rediscovering the art of listening

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] With far fewer people around at the moment, I am starting to hear things that I don’t normally notice. It made me realise that in our usually busy dail...

blog: Whatever you’ve managed to do during lockdown, you’re doing great

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] I keep seeing virtual choirs on Facebook and hearing about amazing Zoom singing sessions. Photo by Virginia State Parks It’s hard not to compare and...

I Will Follow Him
video: I Will Follow Him

Originally from the movie "Sister Act I" English Lyric by Norman Gimbel and Arthur Altman Original Lyric by Jacques Plante Music by J.W. Stole and Del Roma Choral arrangement by Stijn Dierckx Performed by Universitair Koor Antwerpen at their Chri...  more

blog: Singing is about listening, not looking

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   There are quite a few choirs out there made up entirely of blind singers. There are also many famous individual blind singers (Stevie Wonder, andrea Bocell...

blog: choirs: is old age an issue?

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir]   This post is one of a series of occasional Questions and Answers that I do on my own blog. Just use the contact form if you want to submit a question. &...

blog: “Everyone can sing” – what the hell does that mean??!!

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   There is (apparently) a proverb from Zimbabwe  that says: “If you can walk, then you can dance. If you can talk, then you can sing.” &nb...