"Acappella" Blogs & Blog Posts

Many choirs use instruments or backing tracks to accompany their singing. photo by Andrea Pineda But I believe that you should always programme at least one a cappella song in every concert. Here’s why. I have only ever taught a cappella h...

I thought I’d share a few vocal exercises that I use to help singers tune in to a cappella harmony. © Susie Mendelsson I often integrate these into the warm up sessions to get people listening more closely before we move on to learning h...

Algoriddim, the company behind the Apple-centric djay Pro software has decided to take its recently announced Neural Mix AI feature and spin it off into a standalone app called Neural Mix Pro for macOS. This venture isn’t quite like Serato’s fora...

At this time of year many singing groups are asked to sing outdoors.Whether it’s on stage at a noisy festival or a pop-up choir at your local village fete, the question of amplification will arise. Let’s look at the pros and cons of using mics fo...

Your singing teacher is always telling you to be more confident and sing up.But your choir leader asks you to sing quietly and listen to each other. So how loud should you be singing?Like anything in music, there are no absolutes. It’s all about vo...

You may have come across the term ‘natural voice’. You may also have realised by now that I am a member of The Natural Voice Practitioners’ Network.But what exactly is the ‘natural voice’ and how do choirs run on ‘natural voice’ princip...

While you read this I will be in sunny Corsica on holiday! For years I’ve been meaning to attend the annual Rencontres de Chants Polyphoniques de Calvi (literally: Meetings of polyphonic songs) organised by the Corsican singing group A filetta.