This free app has been developed in volunteer time as a simple-to-use risk management tool for amateur music groups of all kinds, choirs and instrumental groups. It asks two short anonymous questions:

The necessity for the music and song to bring happiness, relief and positivity, as well as a sense of community, has never been so important.

Groups around England are now looking at ways of combining Zoom rehearsals with the highly anticipated return of live singing.

At the time of writing, we are all stuck at home in a national lockdown which we know will continue for at least the next few weeks, but we all hope that the time will soon come when in-person choir rehearsals are permitted to resume.

Sing for Pleasure’s tutors and senior team members have been sharing ideas, tips and suggestions about various aspects of choral conducting and singing as a regular feature in our e-newsletters.

Sing for Pleasure’s tutors and senior team members have been sharing ideas, tips and suggestions about various aspects of choral conducting and singing as a regular feature in our e-newsletters. Here the team discuss programming and sourcing music. 

The file can be downloaded below.

Sing up, it’s Christmas comes with several audio tracks, including performance tracks, backing tracks and rehearsal tracks; interactive whiteboard mode, with scrolling lyrics and musical notation synced with audio; musical scores; and teaching notes and activities.