Join our Bath choir on Wednesday evenings or the Bradford on Avon choir on Friday mornings, both led by Jane Harris. We sing in two beautiful and spacious venues: Wednesdays 7:30 – 9:30pm St Swithin’s Church, Bath BA1 5LY Fridays 9:45 – 11:45am Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LW Expect a warm welcome [...]
Songways performed a wonderful set of festive and celebratory songs in the beautiful setting of St Luke's Church directed by Jane Harris and joined by special guests Confluence folk duo - accordion and cello. The programme included songs from England, Scotland, Croatia, America and South Africa, the exquisite Lost Words Blessing choral arrangement and an original [...]
It was a special experience for the Bradford on Avon Songways choir to perform at the Holy Trinity Christmas Tree Festival. We loved performing our songs to such an appreciative audience and had some lovely comments - including "top notch!" from one gentleman! And this beautiful message of appreciation from the Holy Trinity team... "Songways, [...]
The Bath Songways choir was thrilled to perform at Bath-based charity Ripple Effect's special Christmas Celebration in the magnificent Bath Abbey. The evening featured Christmas carols, inspiring reflections, and music from the Bath Songways choir. Songways performed three songs, each carefully chosen to complement the flow and themes of the evening: Water is life, by [...]
Rolling Harmony was delighted to lead a singing workshop and to give a concert in Derby, hosted by three local choirs - Rise and Sing, Rough Truffles and Kaleidescope Community Choir. The afternoon was enjoyed by more than seventy singers from the three choirs and from further afield - Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Manchester. Jane [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]