The myth of the perfectly organised choir leader

If you’re a choir member, or thinking of starting a choir, you might imagine that all choir and workshop leaders have extremely ordered lives. In my case, that’s absolutely not true! I don’t work between the end of October and late April, so in theory I have six whole months (plenty of time!) to get “everything in order”. That means filing the pile of scores I chuck in the corner after each workshop. Rescuing those A1 lyric sheets flattened under the rug and putting them in order. Adding new arrangements to my website. Finally getting round to arranging all those songs I plan to do “one day”. You get the idea. I haven’t taught since the end of October 2025, and tomorrow I’m off to Woking to lead my first workshop of the year. I’m kind of prepared (I know which songs I plan to teach) and I’ve unearthed my workshop bits and pieces from under a pile of rubbish. But I still haven’t filed the scores, sorted the A1 sheets, uploaded new arrangements, or started arranging more songs. My desk…