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The Choir: Boys Don't Sing
Are you watching the new series of The Choir? Tell us what you think of Gareth Malone's latest TV challenge.
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I have to say, that although it made me cry at seeing the young lads faces as they sang in the Albert Hall. I was disappointed to see what a raw deal the head of music seemed to get. She seemed positively in the background and usually heads of music cannot be shunned to the back seats of any event! I would also like to say that it would seem that television made out that only one man can turn around a school and it's choir, we've been doing it for years and it takes a lot more talent to be a head of music and run five choirs, orchestras, woodwind groups, samba bands, recorder groups, wind bands etc... than it does to be one man dedicating all his time to just one choir! a little too sensationalised for my liking, but if the kids got something from it, then who are we to argue!
A joy to see the youth of today and the gentlemen of tomorrow coming together in such an inspiring way. I believe Gareth tapped into what was there already and was afraid to come out as a sign of weaknesss but he showed how strong the lads were to stand up, and Stand by Him.
I would love to watch it, but outside the UK the Beeb won't let us. What's that all about?
Watched the 2nd programme last night. Both my husband (who is not musical) and myself are enjoying it very much. Gareth has done a great job with the boys. You can see the pleasure in the boys faces after they have seen success when performing. What a good way to encopurage boys to sing. It's great to see the teachers joining in with their own choir too!Keep up the good work gareth
Gareth Malone is doing a good job but I would love to see him using a broader folk repertoire to enthuse boys. I don't mean the songs that turn up as the folksong option in AB singing exams: I mean work songs, shanties. anti war songs, social history songs, and songs that tell a story, can be learned by ear and harmonised by listening as those of us singing in folk sessions do. We're working on it here in Glos. There's quite a lot going on to encourage KS2 teachers, but we now need to keep it going with the older boys, - and girls. Maybe we need a folk version of The Choir, starting from a different position, or rather, from the same position, (secondary pupils not singing,) but going a different route. It's good to see anything that makes people recognise the value of singing and that they CAN sing! And Gareth is a great find! I presume the programme is a direct spin off from Music Manifesto, Sing up and all. Anything that brings singing to general notice is good. It would be good to see more songs taught by ear, likewise, harmony by listening to each other rather than learning a line from the song sheet. There are very many songs that young boys could relate to better than the mainly soft pop and choral repertoire.