One of the great myths of the male choir world is that “we don’t read music” is somehow a badge of honour.

I had a tenor once tell me he’d been in the choir for 20 years and still couldn’t read a note. I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry…

There’s a moment, just before the first breath, when the room falls still. The singers stand motionless, the air hangs heavy with possibility, and the silence itself seems charged. In that moment, a choral performance begins - not with the first note, but with the depth of intention, connection, and history that each singer brings into the room…

Let’s be honest—Robbie Williams’ “Angels” isn’t a choral masterpiece. It’s great at karaoke. But male choirs deserve more than pop arrangements with three chords and clunky harmonies…

We put enormous effort into performances and virtually none into the rehearsal experience. But if you want new members to stay, it’s the rehearsal that counts most…

Let’s talk uniforms.

The blazer, for many male voice choirs, has become a symbol — of tradition, of unity, perhaps even of pride. But it’s also a relic…

There’s something quietly tragic about watching a Male Voice Choir resist its own success.

In choir after choir, the real obstacle to progress isn’t lack of funding or bad press or even the challenges of age and health — it’s the committee…