Newbie Successes!

How do you celebrate newbie succeses? Recently, I’ve begun thinking how can I give my singers more recognition. So I have a super simple strategy to share….

Childrens’ Composers

So a fortnight ago, I posed a question in the Primary Music Music Teachers Facebook Group, asking for suggestions of their favourite go-to composer-arrangers for children’s choirs.

Singing goodbye

I have just come home from the funeral of one of my choir ladies. And so I reflect on her time in my choir. I spot her in photos of …

I can’t sing!

“But what if I can’t sing?” This is the most common thing I hear from people when they are considering joining a choir. We seem to be worried about being able to read music and the quality of our voices. But really neither of these factors really matter when you join a community choir.

Want new members?

Soundbytes founder and MD, Hazel Hannam shares 8 top tips for recruiting new choir members. Getting new people through the door…..

Barnsley magic

With over 450 singers, Barnsley Youth Choir, artist director, Mat Wright MBE, knows a great deal about recruitment….

Choir Committees.

Ok, so if you are a choir leader working with a choir committee, sometimes you can feel like you are the only one who understands about choirs.

Sing about singing

One of the best ways to celebrate the joy of singing with your choir, is to sing songs about singing! Here are our top 10 songs celebrating singing that we …