Now move your hips to write some letters, try starting with an 's' or 'w'. Singing takes lots of breath. Singers practise taking deep breaths in. When breathing in, they try not to move their ...

Zeinab Badawi goes behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House with bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, one of the most distinguished opera singers of our age. In demand on stages across the world, Bryn ...

He said the breathing involved in singing had also been shown to be good for the body. Prof Shakespeare said the term "choir" had been intentionally avoided in SYHO because it scared people off.