CHOIR BLOG
BLOG ABOUT CHOIRS AND SINGING
Back in December 2006 our musical director Chris Rowbury started a new blog about choirs and singing. Entries are added each Sunday and the blog can be found at singing-thoughts.blogspot.com
Chris says: "The idea is to share my thoughts, ideas and questions from the perspective of running a community choir each week. The main reason I started the blog was to stimulate debate and discussion between choir leaders, choir members, Natural Voice practitioners and anybody else interested in singing. It is partly a tool for me to reflect on my own practice, but also a way of being open to members of the choirs that I run and to solicit advice from other choir leaders when I get stuck!
Please check it out and let me know what you think. In the spirit of generating debate, feel free to leave comments on any of the entries (just click on the small "comments" link at the bottom of each entry).
BLOG ENTRIES TO DATE
- 11 May Hey, you at the back!
- 4 May The bigger picture
- 27 Apr Georgia on my mind
- 20 Apr Just one of those days
- 13 Apr Why don't you sing songs from India?
- 6 Apr Dancing the song
- 30 Mar How long is long enough?
- 23 Mar Low ladies
- 16 Mar A day in the life of a concert
- 9 Mar Size matters
- 2 Mar Picture this
- 24 Feb Making it up as you go along
- 17 Feb I'm only going to say this once
- 10 Feb Go team!
- 3 Feb Little voice
- 27 Jan We are not here to serve the music
- 20 Jan Blind to the joys of singing in a choir?
- 13 Jan Mind your language!
- 6 Jan 2008 Start as you mean to carry on
- 30 Dec OK, you win - facing the competition
- 23 Dec Read all about it!
- 16 Dec What are you looking at? PART 2
- 9 Dec What are you looking at? PART 1
- 2 Dec But I can't sing!
- 25 Nov Looking back - a year of blogging
- 18 Nov Parts creep (or why there are always too many altos)
- 11 Nov Being in a community choir PART 2
- 4 Nov Being in a community choir PART 1
- 28 Oct When is a song not a song?
- 21 Oct Choosing songs for a concert
- 14 Oct Moving on
- 7 Oct Dress to impress?
- 30 Sep Not enough venues to go round
- 23 Sep Thank you, thank you — you're too, too kind
- 16 Sep The Natural Voice approach
- 9 Sep Preparing to sing
- 2 Sep Sing it like you mean it
- 26 Aug Fitting into the right musical box
- 19 Aug Hidden culture
- 12 Aug Holiday time!
- 5 Aug It does exactly what it says in the blurb — or not!
- 29 Jul Where does the music reside?
- 22 Jul Who is our audience?
- 15 Jul It's just a bit of hand waving
- 8 Jul Order, order!
- 1 Jul What a performance!
- 24 Jun Making a song and dance of it
- 17 Jun What is it that you do exactly?
- 10 Jun Playing catch up PART THREE
- 3 Jun Playing catch up PART TWO
- 27 May Playing catch up PART ONE
- 20 May How many conductors does it take to lead a choir?
- 13 May Complex songs and learning by ear: musical maps
- 6 May Children and special interest groups first?
- 29 Apr When and why do we stop singing?
- 22 Apr Vive la différence!
- 15 Apr Blame it on the weather
- 8 Apr Singing from the same hymn sheet
- 1 Apr Quiet at the back please!
- 25 Mar How was it for you?
- 18 Mar Get in line!
- 11 Mar In you I trust
- 4 Mar Where are all the male singers?
- 25 Feb New singers, old songs
- 18 Feb The singing memory
- 11 Feb Where did you get that song, where did you get that song?
- 4 Feb Papa's got a brand new song
- 28 Jan Words are flowing out like endless rain ...
- 21 Jan The writing's on the wall!
- 14 Jan The Natural Voice Practitioners' Network
- 7 Jan 2007 Minor Chords: women's singing ensemble
- 31 Dec Fighting habit and complacency
- 24 Dec Preparing for a new season
- 17 Dec How audiences affect us
- 10 Dec Bad rehearsal = good concert?
- 3 Dec 2006 Choirs are becoming cool