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National Ambassador for Singing, Howard Goodall, considers what makes a good singing animateur They are the lifeblood of all we do: they motivate, enthuse, cajole, invigorate and humour our young singers. They hum and jig about and smile manically for hours of every working day.…
Two schools in Greenwich showed us how the Sing Up project 'In my space and time' helped pupils make connections between their local environment and the planet through music. Both sent us scores and lyrics for the songs they created. Check them out - and…
On 2nd of March we appeared in The Guardian as part of their two page 'roundtable debate'. The highly esteemed panel included: Baroness Estelle Morris and National Singing Ambassador Howard Goodall. The debate focussed on measuring the benefits of singing and how to increase the outreach of Sing Up. The double page feature…
Youth Music Voices The Youth Music Voices ensemble is on an incredible year-long journey, hurtling towards the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. As part of this journey, they recently took part in an intensive singing residential led by Richard Frostick, culminating in a debut…
Have you ever wanted to make your own Sing Up character? We know we have! When Sing Up Burton singing leader, Gemma Henderson sent us in a pattern for an Otis doll, we just had to put it up on the site! These patterns were…
Missy is a little eccentric and very loud, worldly, wise and lots of fun. Her favourite song is Respect by Aretha Franklin and because she loves watching Sister Act she can’t stop listening to Oh, happy day on our Song Bank. Missy’s top tip when…
Our Singing Ambassador, Howard Goodall, offers some advice to help keep kids singing past Year 6 Through Sing Up, we have seen many times the dramatic improvements that becoming a singing school can bring to children and staff within a primary school, and we’re toppling…
All over the world, adults sing lullabies and nursery rhymes to babies and toddlers to help them learn to speak. It comes naturally to parents and shows that singing can be an effective strategy to support learning a new language. From 2010 it has been a…