Silence: the other half of singing

At the end of a recent residential singing weekend I was acutely aware of absence when everyone had left. The silence was almost painful.

It got me thinking about the different kinds of silence in singing.

It's a hobby, right? — The hidden work of a choir leader

I’m officially on my summer break. My last singing workshop was just over two weeks ago.

But that doesn’t mean I’m taking it easy or lazing by the pool. Here’s what I’ve been up to.

What else can your singers do without you?

Often, when leading a singing workshop, singers will start putting chairs out or standing in a circle.

It’s maybe not the way I’d planned, but I’ll usually go with it. It turns out my singers are often more capable than they realise.