Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Nov 22, 2009, 5:00 am
First I need to fess up: I have a low boredom threshold and always try to squeeze in as many songs as possible. Not always a good idea! In an average one-day workshop (six hours with an hour f...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Nov 15, 2009, 4:08 am
Music and singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or singers to appreciate their music. So why do we bother going to live music events? Why don’t we just stay at home ...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Nov 8, 2009, 4:03 am
If I say ‘choir’, an image will pop into most people’s minds. a bunch of fidgety 7-year-olds screeching out a barely recognisable version of Once in Royal David’s City at the school nat...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Nov 1, 2009, 4:18 am
I wrote a while back about how to be a good choir member. But what qualities do you need to be a good choir leader? Musical director by spoedman) Lately I’ve written quite a lot about le...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Oct 25, 2009, 6:16 am
Last week I wrote about who your choir actually 'belongs' to (Whose choir is it any way?). Does it belong to the singers, the committee, the arts centre, or the musical  director? Of ...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Oct 18, 2009, 4:26 am
Your church or community centre sets up the concerts. Your committee deals with the finances and the social events. Your musical director teaches and conducts the songs. Your singers turn up every wee...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Oct 11, 2009, 5:11 am
For the last two weeks I’ve been focusing on learning how to match pitch with another singer or instrument. That will help you become better at singing in unison with others. But what about singing ...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Oct 4, 2009, 7:09 am
Last week in Learn how to sing in tune – matching pitch 1 I looked at the first steps you can take to help you to sing in tune. You need to: figure out what you want to achievelearn to rea...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Sep 27, 2009, 5:10 am
Last week I looked at how you know if you’re singing in tune. It turns out that it’s quite complicated and depends on many different factors. But what can you do to fix it if you are singing...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Sep 20, 2009, 8:32 am
When singing with others, it’s important to sing in tune. But what does that mean exactly and how can you learn to do it? This week I’m going to look at what ‘singing in tune’ might mean...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Sep 13, 2009, 6:37 am
A while back I attended a singing workshop and hated the way it was run. Was it just me, or was the workshop leader no good? We all have different learning styles, so perhaps the leader’s teac...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Sep 6, 2009, 6:45 am
Does your choir actually have a public following, or are you just kidding yourself? When a choir first starts performing in public, most of the audience will be made up of friends and family. We...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 30, 2009, 9:43 am
Not feeling well, so no blog post this week. Sorry. Like many teachers, I seem to always get sick in the holidays! Points to remember: always keep a blog post in hand for situations like th...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 23, 2009, 5:50 am
It’s often hard for bloggers to come up with ideas for the next blog post, especially if you’ve been doing it for some time. When you first start, you write about what you know and hope ...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 17, 2009, 8:37 am
Just thought I’d tell you about an initiative I’ve started on Facebook, and to let you know how you can connect with my singing activities in cyberspace. A while back I had a crazy idea...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 16, 2009, 7:59 am
A version of this appeared as an article in the Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network’s newsletter in 2006. As a singing workshop and choir leader I have an incredibly easy life. I ...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 9, 2009, 4:30 am
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 in the US ! Whilst we only have six weeks or so, the summer...
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Chris R. posted an article on From the Front of the Choir - Aug 2, 2009, 5:55 am
Last week I wrote about some of the skills needed to be able to sing in harmony. Most of them were focused on singing in a large choir. This week I want to consider those skills that are needed to sin...
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