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From the front of the choir
http://singing-thoughts.blogspot.com
- Author: Chris Rowbury
- Listed in: Music Education and Training
- Tags: World music performance singing choir choral natural voice
- Added on: Sep 29th, 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Thoughts and views from a freelance community choir leader in the UK updated every Sunday. Not your typical choirs mind, but those run on "Natural Voice" principles and encompassing unaccompanied harmony songs from across the globe. Also, the emphasis is on FUN rather than standing in rows and enunciating perfectly!
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Will the last choir standing please turn out the light?
Since it’s the summer holidays here, my contact with singing and choirs has been somewhat limited (I’m not one of those people who sing around the house all the time – especially when I’m on holiday myself!). I’ve been listening to some CDs...
Can women sing tenor?
As you know, there is a distinct lack of male singers in most mixed choruses. Woven Chords currently has a shrinking Tenor section, most of whom are low ladies. Only by getting the Altos to lend us some singers do we have enough Tenors. But can wome...
7 Reasons Why I Hate Blog Posts Which Are Just Lists
The number always seems arbitrary. Why are there only seven interesting things to say about one subject, but 10 about another?If something is sufficiently interesting and complex, it’s very rare that it can be reduced to simple bullet points. Read...
Singing competitions are for losers
Quite a few choir members have come up to me over the last few months to ask why we don’t enter the Last Choir Standing competition. I tell them that’s it’s just not something that I’m interested in. In fact, I wouldn’t want to go into any...
Singing in the company of strangers
“Being able to make 40 people who do not know each other sing so well together was amazing” “An excellent day proving that 50 strangers can blend very well indeed in close harmony” These are just two comments I’ve had recently from ...
