Forget Frozen and sing Hallelujah by Handel

Children should not be pushed to sing Let It Go while dancing to the music with “ugly” gyrating moves and, instead, be encouraged to join choirs, according to a choral conductor. Marouska Attard, 30, from Xagħra, choral conductor of youth choir Schola Cantorum Jubilate, believes primary schools are attaching too much importance to voice training and choir singing. “When we were kids we used to sing a lot at school but, nowadays, children sing along to a You Tube clip on an interactive whiteboard,” she said. And these days, at school prize days, children sang along to CDs rather than... This article is part of our premium content. Full story is available on Times of Malta Premium.