Around Sound: The Singer’s Toolkit 1

Every singer needs a reliable toolkit – practical skills that make music feel less mysterious and more instinctive. The Singer’s Toolkit is designed to give you exactly that.

This engaging nine-part course introduces the core skills every chorister should know: how to read what you see, hear what you sing, and understand how music fits together. It is written and presented by an experienced singer, singing teacher and choral director who has guided thousands of singers through these ideas with clarity, humour and care.

Across the series of 90-minute sessions, you will discover how to:

🎵 Recognise the shapes, phrases and symbols in your scores

🎵 Strengthen your sight-singing through clear, practical methods

🎵 Train your ear to hear pitch, rhythm and melody more accurately

🎵 Understand how voices work and how to blend them beautifully

🎵 Grasp the basics of conducting and become a better chorister

This is not a purely technical or theoretical course – it is about making music make sense. Each topic is explored through accessible demonstrations, examples and exercises that you can revisit at your own pace. Copies of the tutor’s presentations and notes are also included.

Whether you are completely new to reading music or a lifelong singer looking to sharpen your skills, this course will deepen your confidence, your musicianship and your joy in singing.

The Singer’s Toolkit 1 introduces the essential skills that underpin confident musicianship. When you have completed this course, you may wish to explore The Singer’s Toolkit 2, which builds on these foundations through practical sight-singing and rhythm work.