How Mindfulness Can Transform your Choir
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Starling Arts co-director Emily Garsin explores how mindfulness can help us experience singing as a tool for wellbeing
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Back to Choir!
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Remember those final sticky summer holiday days when you're mum would take you to be measured for your new school uniform and choosing a new pencil case would be the highlight of your week? We have our own 'back to school' ritual when it comes to a new choir term - find out more!
Read MoreOn Our Way to Finding Time
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Starling HQ is filling up with sketches of puppets and props, children's clothing, endless deliveries, recordings of sound effects and a To Do list as far as the eye can see. All this can mean only one thing: Summer School is coming! Find out our latest plans and how you can be part of it!
Read MoreThe Secret to Happier, Healthier Parents and Babies
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There’s a parent-baby activity that is scientifically proven to make you happier, healthier and more connected. You can claim back an afternoon of self-indulgent fun while also giving your baby an engaging, educational experience. Where do savvy parents find all of this in one place?
Read MoreFinding Focus with a Group
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Getting a group to focus is an incredibly valuable tool, whether you're running a meeting, workshop or rehearsal. Spending a few minutes before a session can really help to establish concentration, balance and connection so here are a few tried and tested techniques for you to explore with your own groups.
Read MoreHow to Give a Great Choir Performance
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Performing with a choir for the first (or hundredth) time can be a scary thing. Here are some approaches you can use to make sure yours is a confident, beautiful and entertaining performance.
Read MoreLet the Music Fill You Up
/For Mental Health Awareness Week 2016, we share the words of Starling choir member Alex and how singing and community had such a positive impact on his mental health.
Read MoreWhat Running My Own Business Has Taught Me About the World
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Anna provides her top tips to anyone thinking of starting their own business and discusses why people should be at the centre of every workplace and idea.
Read MoreA Show Choir in Paris
/In a few short but exciting weeks a flock of our Starling choir members will be descending on Paris! Rehearsals are heating up and we’re putting the final preparations in place to make it an unforgettable trip for our singers and our audiences!
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Writing and me
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Anna talks about her relationship with writing musicals and the 2016 Summer School show Finding Time. This is the first post in a series from Anna & Emily on the writing process, its highs and lows and development. Get an insight into what writing and mounting a new musical is like, and a behind the scenes look at Finding Time.
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