June/July Online singing workshop series – REVIEW Our second online singing workshop series took place on five Sundays in June and July 7:30pm UK time via Zoom. Led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways More than 70 singers took part in the series, meeting each Sunday on Zoom at 7:30pm UK time, culminating in an online Big [...]
Our first online singing workshop series took place on five Sundays in May and June 7:30pm UK time via Zoom. Led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways An amazing 75 singers took part in the series, meeting each Sunday on Zoom at 7:30pm UK time, culminating in an online Big Sing on 14 June. Singers joined from [...]
Our first ever online singing workshop took place on Sunday 10 May 7:30pm UK time via Zoom. It was wonderful to sing with 65 singers across the miles from the far west of Cornwall to Fort William, from Norfolk to North Wales, from California to Georgia, Massachusetts and Vermont, and from Amsterdam to Toronto. Thank you to everyone [...]
Seventy singers gathered for a fabulous singing workshop with Windborne at St Luke's Church, Bath, some travelling from London, Cornwall, Oxford, Stroud and Bristol to be there. Windborne specialize in close harmony singing, shifting effortlessly between dramatically different styles of traditional music. Their musical knowledge spans many continents and cultures but they remain deeply rooted in American folk [...]
Soul Soundings is a unique participatory event in the open space of Wells Cathedral emptied of chairs in the depths of winter. More than 200 singers came from near and far for the 2020 event on 31 January, led by Candy Verney (founder of the event) and Jane Harris, Director of Songways. It was a beautiful [...]
A lovely group of 25 singers begun the New Year with a special evening of song in the superb new Oak Room at Combe Grove Manor led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways. After the busyness of the festive season we enjoyed immersing ourselves in heart-warming, nourishing and calming harmony songs, all taught by ear. Songs included a round written especially [...]
Cornwall singing workshop with Jane Harris, Director of Songways A wonderful group of 65 singers from all across West Cornwall gathered for the half-day workshop with Jane Harris in Marazion, hosted by Pip Wright and Kana Kernow. Jane taught her new composition, Celtic Song Trio, a collaboration with Cornish poet Julie Tonkin - three related songs inspired [...]
HOUSE OF LIGHT Helen Chadwick, Victoria Couper, Barbara Gellhorn and Jane Harris performed three heart-warming concerts of Helen Chadwick’s glorious a cappella harmony songs - in Frome, Bath and Toddington, near Cheltenham. The songs celebrate the power of the light in the dark times... songs of remembrance, an exquisite lullaby, songs of strength and hope, and light-filled songs of sheer joy. [...]
We were thrilled to host a workshop with Mary Cay Brass in Bath for the first time. An eager group of singers from near and far enjoyed learning nine songs from a wide range of harmony singing traditions. The lively Balkan songs from Bosnia, Macedonia and Croatia were accompanied by Mary Cay on the accordion [...]
