[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I sing and teach sacred songs from a wide range of religious traditions. But I don’t have a religious bone in my body.   photo by 10x1...

Hist Whist Jere Hutcheson Valkyrie Voices Johansen High School

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I love Georgian songs and singing.     Not songs from the Georgian era in British history, not songs from the state of Georgia in the US...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I know quite a few people who love to sing with others, but somehow don’t ever get around to joining a choir or attenDing a singing workshop. &n...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about choosing suitable songs to arrange.   Photo by the incredible how   This week I want to get down to the nitty...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] once upon a time there were two singers: Olga and Little Erik. They  did not like choir warm ups. Olga always came late so she could avoid them. Littl...

The Magnets a cappella version of Doorbell by The White Stripes. Footage taken from The Magnets "Gobsmacked" DVD

Ginger and Tonic's a cappella version of Florence and the Machine's 'Shake it Out'.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There have been grumblings in my choir of late. Some people are not happy.     But is it possible to keep everyone in a choir happy?  ...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week in How to teach (and learn) a song by ear 1  I wrote about the oral tradition, teaching by ear, starting notes and breaking a song down into...