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We share some of our favourite ice breakers for you to use with your groups once you’re back in the rehearsal room. All of these can be facilitated with or without social distancing and mask wearing in place, so your group and any new members will get to know one another whilst feeling safe.
Read MoreWe’re launching a new mail-out all about singing for wellbeing. Find out how you can get involved!
Read MoreFor many people, singing is saved for the shower and drunken karaoke nights only. But for members of the estimated 25,000 choirs in the UK alone (and anyone out there who sang in their school choir), there are a lot of things we have all come to know and love about being in a choir.
Read MoreGetting a group to focus is an incredibly valuable tool, whether you're running a meeting, workshop or rehearsal. Spending a few minutes before a session can really help to establish concentration, balance and connection so here are a few tried and tested techniques for you to explore with your own groups.
Read MoreIn November 2015, Anna & Emily gave a TEDx talk as part of TEDx SquareMile. Watch the talk and find out more about 'Why the World Needs to Sing'.
Read MoreA look back at 2015!
Starling Arts has always been about people and about community. Whilst group singing serves that and has brought all our performers and audiences together over the years, it’s the community spirit at the heart of all it that truly makes Starling Arts fly.
Read MoreWe rebuff some of the common myths and misconceptions that stop people from giving singing a go! From embarrassment, lack of experience or fear of rejection, we explore the multiple reasons why you should drop your inhibitions and reap the rewards of singing with others!
Read MoreAs adults, we often get bogged down by the weight of the world, forgetting to acknowledge those moments that make us happy, proud or liberated. We're too worried about what someone might think or how we might look, or simply don't allow ourselves the time to reflect on these moments.
Read MoreThere's nothing that can't be made better by singing in a choir. Give me a problem and it'll seem less worrying after a good sing. Give me happy news and song will only serve to make me feel more joyful. Singing is the ultimate tonic, and put a group of singers in a room - pow - that's a whole cocktail of happiness right there.
Read MoreGareth Malone is at it again. Like us, he loves nothing more than getting people to sing in schools, communities and workplaces, and now he has now formed a choir of 12 celebrities to sing the official single for this year’s Children in Need - a cover of Avicii’s Wake Me Up .
Read MoreStarling Arts connects people through singing! Find out more about our workplace singing experiences, choir community, singing workshops and annual Summer School.
