[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...

[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...

CHIJ Katong Convent Choir, Est. 2000. Under the direction of Mr. Terrence Toh. We live life to the fullest, and Sing like there's no tomorrow

Sing & swing festival des ChorVerbandes NRW in Werl 2013

[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...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   I’m often asked by choir members to play a recording of a song before I start teaching it so they can get an idea of how it sounds.   ...

There might be readers of this Blog who want to mount a really big work with a relatively small choir. In which case I thought I’d share some thoughts on our current project to perform Verdi’s Messa di Requiem in Guildford on November 24th 201...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my Blog From the Front of the Choir]   As promised in last week’s post (Singers who learn by ear vs. those who use sheet music – what happens when they swap?), this is the firs...