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There'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 MoreWe've put together 10 of our key approaches to running community arts, music and singing sessions. Do you agree?
Read MoreIn my experience of working with hundreds of amateur performers (and having been overwhelmed by my own nerves from time to time!), I’ve seen how nerves can make a performance - it’s just a matter of grabbing them by the scruff of the neck and putting them to good use. Here are our top tips!
Read MoreWe are sharing 10 of our key approaches to running arts education sessions. Do you agree? What would you add to the list?
Read MoreDear reader, I have a problem.
I want to love the new series of The Choir, but I can’t see beyond the formulaic editing of the programme. It frustrates me because as a choir director and arranger, I want to sing the praises of a show that highlights why singing in a choir matters, but instead I feel like a scathing critic knocking down my own craft...
When Gareth Malone first appeared on the BBC I was a number one fan and have remained a dedicated viewer throughout The Choir’s various manifestations, but this second ‘go’ at workplace choirs seems overdone as a TV format and all too predictable as a result.
Read MoreWest End Producer - the anonymous, masked twitter commentator and theatre impresario - hit it on the head in the closing lines of his keynote speech at the Bath Theatre Matters conference earlier this week.
Read MoreHow to sing: a matter of style, fashion and personal preference and the subject of years of musing, research and trying. At Starling Arts we like to share the joy of singing with others using lots of tried and tested techniques, and a pinch of what makes singing that much more fun - company!
Starling Arts' co-director Emily gives a short guide to Starling’s approach to singing together.
Read MoreTelling stories is one particularly powerful purpose of music and theatre. Stories from the past - from our history - offer a particularly pertinent use of the arts, a way of examining what's come before us, where we've come from and how this might affect the world as we currently experience it.
When a talented team of writers approached us asking if we would workshop a new piece of music theatre for the amateur and youth market, we jumped at the chance, particularly when we heard the premise; with music by Jen Green (who has been seen playing piano with Starling Arts for over three years) book by Caroline Wigmore and lyrics from Blanche Girouard, Surplus Women is a show exploring a seminal but rarely talked about period of British history.
Read MoreStarling Arts connects people through singing! Find out more about our workplace singing experiences, choir community, singing workshops and annual Summer School.
