Roger Emerson: Getting Started
By word of introduction, back at the outset of the pandemic, when I launched the CCL, I answered a 'Monday...
Tips for Marketing Your Choir
I launched my first community choir at the primary school where I was the music teacher. I had a three...
Teaching Vocal and Choral Technique
So you’re probably reading this blog because you have a community choir. Or maybe you have a school choir squeezed...
8 Mistakes I Made…
Five years ago, I set up The Great Day Choir - a daytime pop choir for women of all ages....
Taster Session: Pros and Cons
Do you offer a taster session for interested people to try out your choir? What are the pros and cons?...
The quickest ways to help new singers feel a part of your choir community
A remarkable aspect of Military Wives Choirs is that new singers are made to feel welcome and part of the...
20 Creative Ways with QR Codes
Have you discovered the endless possibilities for using QR codes to help the running of your choir yet? Read on...
Lizzy Renihan: Guest Blog
Lizzy Renihan writes, "Hands up all choir leaders who’s said “smile everyone!” in rehearsal when the choir are mid song"...
Should your choir always have eye contact?
Should your choir always have eye contact? How do we use eye contact in choir? Where do my singers look...
Happy National Introvert Week!
Feeling drained after your session or performance night? Maybe you are an introverted community choir leader! Read our tips....
Performing acknowledges people
As we conclude our month focusing on performing, I'd like to share some final thoughts about the impact that performing...
Memorising Lyrics
Got a performance coming up? We have. I have decided that I would like my singers to perform by memory...
Get your choir performing
So you've got your choir up and running for the year. They have a couple of new pieces learnt and....
Choosing Songs
Songs - the lifeblood of a choir! How do we choose them, and keep choosing them every new term?
Waddaly atcha
This song is guaranteed to make your choir belly laugh! But first, can you do it? try our FREE warm...
Choir Leader Buddy
Do you sometimes feel isolated in your role as a choir leader? Then finding a choir leader buddy can really...
Planning Your Community Choir Session
In planning your community choir session, I would like to encourage you to intentionally consider the different areas which can...
My 2021 Review
As we come to the end of the first full calendar year for The Creative Choir Leader and The Inspire...