Singing can be daunting at first because there are so many things to remember: posture, breathing, smiling, tuning, balance and so on.
But if you try to focus on all these at once, it will end in disaster (especially in performance). Here’s what you can do instead.
Even though we’re still in the midst of a pandemic, some countries are slowly beginning to lift Covid restrictions to varying degrees.
When your choir is finally able to rehearse indoors once again, how can you stay safe, but ensure that you’re as inclusive as possible?
I’ve written before about the general and well-known benefits of singing in a choir: Why you should start the year singing – and then sing some more!
In this post I’d like to look at how singing together can benefit your mental health and how and why that works.
If you want to be a real success, it’s not enough to just do the job at hand. You need to deliver more than is expected.
What does that mean for singers and choir leaders?
It has been said that every setback is an opportunity in disguise. Singing together has had many setbacks during the pandemic and choirs have been affected badly.
Here’s how you can turn those obstacles into positives.
Here in England, we’re limited to a maximum of six singers rehearsing indoors.
When restrictions are finally lifted (in three weeks we hope), many choral skills will have gone rusty over the last year or more.
This is the last in my series of how to honour the source of a song.
I’m going to sum up briefly give an overview of the process and point you to some further resources which might help.