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 [...]
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. [...]
Thirty-five singers gathered for the first Choir in a week at Falmouth University from Monday 21 Friday 25 July 2025, led by Pip Wright, Kana Kernow, a singing leader, teacher and community musician based in West Cornwall and Jane Harris, Director of Songways, based in Bath. Singers came from across the UK... Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, [...]
Sing the Cambridge Colleges in April 2025 was an absolute joy, led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways and John Harrison, composer, choir director and singer from Vermont. Sixty singers came from far and wide including London, Cambridge, Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Wiltshire, Lincolnshire, North Wales, Caerphilly, Glasgow, Dunkeld, Manchester, Cheshire, Kent, Hereford, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, [...]
The Songways singing weekend at Halsway Manor was an absolute joy... a richly rewarding weekend of singing, dancing, fun and great company, with a Rolling Harmony concert and a full house on the Saturday night. Thank you so much to everyone who came... more than fifty singers from Bath, Wiltshire, Bristol, Devon, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire, [...]
The 2024 Lundy singing week was hugely enjoyed by 23 singers, led by Jane Harris - a week of singing, harmony, wild beauty, swimming, fun and friendship. Singers came from Somerset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall, Bristol, Cambridge, Sussex, London... and Toronto! Jane taught a wide range of harmony songs reflecting the beauty of the natural world [...]
Sixty singers from the UK and US gathered for Sing the Cambridge Colleges 2024, to sing in three of the Cambridge college chapels led by Jane Harris and John Harrison from Vermont, US. Jane and John were delighted to work together again following their successful collaborations in Cambridge and Italy in previous years. Comments from [...]
Fifty-five singers took part in our first Songways singing weekend at Halsway Manor, the National Centre for Folk Arts, nestled at the foot of the Quantock Hills in Somerset (an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty). It was a joyous and hugely rewarding experience, filled with singing, live music, dancing, fun and friendship. The weekend was led [...]
Fifty-five singers from the UK, Ireland, US and Canada gathered for a week of harmony singing in a magnificent 15th-century abbey within walking distance of Lake Garda in Italy, 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 [...]