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Sing the Cambridge Colleges | Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 April led by Jane Harris & Alexander Ling

Sing the Cambridge Colleges: an exceptional opportunity to sing in three of the Cambridge college chapels led by Jane Harris and Alexander Ling. Sing in inspiring and beautiful settings, immerse yourself in glorious harmonies and experience the colleges from the inside. Thursday 9 April 2:15pm to Saturday 11 April approx. 10pm FULL DETAILS AND BOOKING Led [...]

2025-11-11T13:00:59+00:00November 11th, 2025|News|

Soul Soundings in Wells Cathedral and Chapter House | Friday 23 January BOOKING NOW

A special participatory singing event in Wells Cathedral and Chapter House led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways "A most beautiful experience… a magical evening" Join us to sing, harmonise, promenade and let our voices soar in the glorious open space of Wells Cathedral and Chapter House. Explore the resonance of this ancient and sacred building with your singing [...]

2025-10-28T13:09:22+00:00October 28th, 2025|News|

Halsway Manor singing weekend | Friday 24 – Sunday 26 October 2025 – review

Our third Songways singing weekend at Halsway Manor, the National Centre for Folk Arts was an absolute joy. Fifty singers gathered for a full weekend of singing, dancing, music, fun and friendship - led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways and Pip Wright, Kana Kernow - Singing Cornwall. On the Saturday evening we enjoyed a wonderful [...]

2025-10-28T13:10:15+00:00October 27th, 2025|News, Previous Singing Retreats, Previous Workshops|

Moira Smiley from the US in Bath | Rolling Harmony and Balladeste | Saturday 4 October 2025 – review

Seventy singers gathered for American singer-composer Moira Smiley in Bath and enjoyed an afternoon and evening immersed in wonderful old songs and inventive, joyous new sounds. In a special collaboration, the evening concert featured songs from Moira’s Rhizome Project album, performed with the Balladeste string quartet and Rolling Harmony vocal ensemble. "SUCH a superlative day [...]

Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum singing workshop | September 2025 – review

On a beautiful early September day, singers gathered from near and far for our singing workshop in the Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt Arboretum... from Gloucestershire, Bath, Bristol, Warwick, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Jane led songs inspired by the natural world and the trees themselves, including her own compositions with her violin. Comments from singers... "Absolutely loved [...]

2025-10-05T13:13:01+00:00October 5th, 2025|News, Previous Workshops|

Moira Smiley from the US in Bath | Singing workshop & concert Saturday 4 October BOOKING NOW

Join American singer-composer Moira Smiley in Bath for an afternoon and evening immersed in incredible old songs and inventive, joyous new sounds. Singer, composer, and song-collector Moira Smiley has sung in arenas, cathedrals, kitchens, back porches, sound stages, and on glaciers. She has performed with the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Tune-Yards, Tim O’Brien, Eric Whitacre, Los [...]

2025-09-06T17:47:10+00:00September 6th, 2025|News|

Singing week at L’Abbazia di Maguzzano near Lake Garda, August 2025 – review

Fifty-five singers enjoyed a wonderful week of harmony singing in a magnificent 15th-century abbey led by John Harrison from Vermont, US, Jane Harris of Songways, and Carlo Pozzoli from Milan. We stayed in the beautiful 15th century Abbazia di Maguzzano overlooking the southern shore of Lake Garda, near Desenzano del Garda and the picturesque medieval town of Sirmione. [...]

2025-08-27T11:15:22+00:00August 27th, 2025|News, Previous Singing Retreats|

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