What You'll Learn

Your First Steps into Sight-Singing

Are you someone who struggles with sight-singing? Do you sing in a choir and just follow the person next to you? Perhaps you can see the dots on the page move up and down, but you’re not quite sure how much to move the pitch of your voice. If you teach choral studies, then this course would be excellent for your students (bulk school and university/college memberships are available, please contact us). This course is for you!

What’s in 10 Pro Strategies to Start Your Sight-Singing Journey

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This course will take you from having no idea about sight-singing to having the tools to progress at home.

Digital interactive scores provide a range of modern tasks that allow you to enhance your skills in a way that you couldn’t achieve simply by working alone.

Introduction and Notation
Pro Tip 1: Sing Back 5 & Pitch Recall
Pro Tip 2: Next Note Game
Pro Tip 3: Inner Hearing and First Skips
Pro Tip 4: Next Note Game Extended
Pro-Tip 5: Step v Leap
Application to a simple song
Pro-Tip 6: Larger Leaps, Play Countdown
Simple Song, Phrase 2
Pro-Tip 7: The Arrival Strategy
Pro-Tip 8: The Support En Route Strategy
Pro-Tip 9: I Can Do It! How Far Can I Read Ahead?
Pro-Tip 10: Ha! I made a mistake

Your Maestro Teacher

Ralph Allwood MBE DMus was for 26 years Director of Music at Eton College and is now a freelance choral director, teacher and conductor. He is the Director of the Rodolfus (ex-Eton) Choral Courses, which he founded in 1980. He co-founded the Junior Choral Courses in 2012. Ten thousand 8 to 20 year-olds have since been students on courses. In recent years he has launched courses in Texas, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The Rodolfus choir has produced over 20 CDs since he founded it in 1982.Ralph is co-founder and conductor of Inner Voices, made up of singers from state schools in London. He is also a Supervisor for harmony at Jesus College, Cambridge, Director of the only conservatoire chapel choir in the world, the Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir and an Honorary Fellow of University College, Durham.

Ralph has conducted choirs for over 40 broadcasts for BBC Radio 3. He has composed much music for Extreme Music Ltd, heard worldwide on radio, films and television. He teaches at his old grammar school, Tiffin and is a co-founder of the National Youth Music Theatre.

In 2015 he co-founded the Pimlico Musical Foundation to enable children from Pimlico Primary Schools to sing in choirs, particularly at St Gabriel’s Church.

In 2017, the Archbishop of Canterbury presented him with the Thomas Cranmer Award for Music and Worship and. He is Chair of the Choral Evensong Trust.

He has also co-authored The Novello Guide to Sight-Singing, a method to enhance your sight-singing that thoroughly integrates musical theory and musicianship.

Ralph was kind enough to welcome The Maestro Online into his home to discuss all of his wonderful secret techniques and tricks!

What are Our Music Masterclasses Like?

Our music masterclass courses are self-study digital courses embedded with information, interactive music software (scores), exercises, objectives, tasks, teaching pedagogy and videos of celebrities and international level musicians explaining and demonstrating key skills. Certificates are awarded at the end of each course.

Our Platform: How do we teach and you learn?

🎵 Why Choose Our Music Learning Platform?

Unlock a rich, flexible, and inspiring music education experience designed for musicians of all levels. Whichever area of musical learning inspires you, our world-class performers offer it all.

A Quick Look at a Typical Masterclass Course

Sample Interactive Score

Course Dashboard with Progress and Points

Thorough Musicianship
Creativity, improvisation, and ear training are seamlessly integrated with popular, gospel, classical and jazz melodies to help you achieve true musical freedom.

Unique Learning Journey
Our tailored methodology emphasises improvisation and aural skills first, with notation used to support—not restrict—your creativity.

Certification
Courses include clear objectives, tasks, and fun quizzes that lead to downloadable certificates—perfect for motivation and recognition.

Gamification
Track your progress and climb the league tables by earning certificate points and logging in regularly.

️ Interactive Software
Our custom music software links visual notation with sound to enhance your creativity and understanding.

Celebrity Masterclasses
Learn from internationally acclaimed musicians and award-winning performers through high-quality video lessons and real-world demonstrations.

Expert Pedagogy
Each self-study course is structured with professional teaching principles, goal-setting, progress tracking, and step-by-step tasks.

Flexible Learning
Study from home, at your own pace. Affordable monthly fees and no need to travel—music learning that fits your lifestyle.

Human Touch
Get personalised support from our expert team and request custom courses tailored to your goals.

Personalised Experience
Receive bespoke course recommendations and guided learning plans based on your interests and skill level.

For All Levels
A wide range of self-study courses, celebrity masterclasses, and optional 1-1 lessons designed for adult and teenage musicians, university/conservatoire students, home schoolers, and music therapists.