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 [...]
Sixty singers had an immensely enjoyable day with Apollo5 at St Swithin's Church in Bath on Saturday 13 October. The Apollo5 singers led us in excellent vocal warm-ups interspersed body percussion and rhythmic games to wake up voices, bodies and brains. Songs included a set of spirituals, a jazz standard, a quirky winter song and [...]
A fabulous group of 60 singers gathered for the September Singing Day at the stunning Great Oak Hall at Westonbirt Arboretum led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways. Singers local to the area were joined by others from Gloucester, Cheltenham, Oxford, Taunton, Ilfracombe, Newport, Bristol, Bath, Trowbridge and Bradford on Avon. It was great to meet many new [...]
We were thrilled to host Windborne for the first time in Bath, fresh from their hugely successful US tour. Stunningly powerful vocal harmony... Windborne sets a new bar for folk harmony singing today Spectacularly good, utterly brilliant... The best musical discovery of the year More than 55 singers gathered from far and wide for the workshop [...]
The Dawn Chorus The Dawn Chorus is an exciting vocal ensemble directed by Sian Croose from Norwich and Brendan Taaffe from Vermont. The group is made up of 14 choir leaders and singers from England and Wales, including Jane Harris, Director of Songways. The group's debut tour in March 2018 featured a fabulous programme of traditional and new songs from the [...]
Sixty singers enjoyed a wonderful day at St Swithin's Church in Bath singing with Brendan Taaffe. Brendan is a singer, composer, workshop leader and multi-instrumentalist from Vermont, US and the founder of Turtle Dove Harmony. We enjoyed a wide range of songs including the haunting Appalachian song, Lord I don’t want to die in the [...]
We had a glorious day singing at the stunning Cooper Hall, near Frome on Saturday 14 April 2018 and were pleased to welcome quite a number of people who were singing with Songways for the first time. Jane led the group in a wonderful range of songs including the beautiful East Hill Blessing by John [...]
