[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] There was an article by Alex Petridis in The Guardian a few years back in which he claimed that: “singing out of tune can convey emotions tha...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Sometimes we’re asked to lead a rehearsal or run a singing workshop or perform a song and we do our job very well. But afterwards we don’t feel...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It always amazes me how surprised people are that a group of strangers can sing harmony together in just a few minutes. It’s not necessary to k...
Guest soloist Vassily Savenko (UK) sings the famous Russian ballad "The Twelve Robbers"with Revutsky State Academic Male Capella. The Big Radio/TV Studio, Kyiv, April 2013 SoundCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/revutsky-male-capella YouTUBE: https://www.you... more
Eli Eli (Walk to Caesarea) - the famous Israeli song composed David Zehavi (1910-1977) to words by Hannah Szenes (1921-1944). arranged for choir by Gil Aldema (b.1928). read more - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Szenes My God, My God May th... mores_link" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">Less
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some years ago I did some voice-only arrangements of Queen songs for a weekend workshop. I ended up listening to a lot of Queen recordings! ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] It’s usually the case that professional singers have had some sort of training in a particular singing technique. photo by Kevin Cea...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some teachers find themselves having to lead singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching songs ...
[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] for those of us who work to school terms, it is now the summer holidays. Unlike us poor folk here in the UK, the summer break is months long i...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at how you get beyond the written word if you've been learning lyrics from sheets of paper. This week I want to look a...
