Vocal Leadership

Get the best from your choir with our key principles for leading singing.

We've developed a set of key principles that anyone leading singing can use in any context to get the best from a group. Watch the videos.

These principles aim to support you and are practical tools to help anyone leading singing and vocal work to develop and reflect on their practice.

Vocal leader checklist

Reflect on your practice

Getting started

Bodies, brains, ears, voices

Total choral workout

Big Sings

Your Guide

Boosting creativity in your choir

NTC's top tips

Brush up on your conducting skills

Top tips

Improving singing

Going for quality

Practical ideas for exploring tone, articulation, vowels and vocal timbre.

Serving up a song

Explore these ingredients for developing balance and blend in your singing.

Improving singing technique

Inside the voice: Chapter 5 outlines exercises for developing an efficient and healthy singing technique.

How to sing in a 'pop' style

Top tips for achieving a genuine pop sound with the voice.

How to sing in a 'gospel' style

Black Voices music director Carol Pemberton encourages singers to explore their unique voices with Gospel music.

Sparkling seasonal singing

A live video taken from our webinar event hosted by Michelle James and led by singing leader Gitika Partington. (Ages 4-11)