Northern Harmony Concert & Singing Workshop at the American Museum, Claverton Manor, Bath Hosted by Songways, Northern Harmony, the unique world-music vocal ensemble from Vermont in the USA, performed at the stunning American Museum at Claverton Manor, and gave a singing workshop to share their wonderful songs and voices. Regular Songways singers were joined by [...]
A lovely group of singers gathered at Cooper Hall, an exceptional, purpose-built music venue in the grounds of a private home near Frome for Singing into the Light on Saturday 20 February 2016. A day of songs to warm the heart, lift the spirits and look to the coming of spring. We enjoyed beautiful spring [...]
Eighty singers drawn from a wide area and many different choirs gathered at St Swithin's Church, Bath for a wonderful day's singing with Alison Burns, Song Maker and Workshop Leader from South West Scotland. Ali taught us beautiful songs including the richly melodic Three Kings, the haunting When Death was Behind Me, and a very new [...]
Thirty-five singers had a very enjoyable day with David Oliver from Northumberland. David is a passionate, cheerful and engaging advocate of England’s songs and dances, as well as music from other cultures, who loves to encourage everyone to be happy, confident and enthusiastic about participating and sharing in our great musical traditions. David taught us [...]
Sat 16 May 2015 On a glorious spring day, nearly 50 singers enjoyed a morning singing in the exceptional hillside garden at Iford Manor, including the magical cloisters, followed by picnics in the sunshine and a stroll along the beautiful valley to Farleigh Hungerford. In the afternoon we sang at Farleigh Castle - in the [...]
Fifty singers enjoyed an excellent workshop with Brendan at St Swithin's Church in Bath. Traditional songs included On the Sea of Life from the Roper Mountain Singers, a wonderful version of the gospel number, Jesus is a Rock in a Weary Land, taught to Brendan by the Rev Donna Cox from Ohio and a traditional [...]
Sat 28 Feb 2015 10am to 4pm Cooper Hall, Frome This was a special singing workshop led by Rachel Acworth, voice development tutor, and Jane Harris, Director of Songways in an exceptional purpose-built music venue, Cooper Hall, in the grounds of a private home near Frome. Singers from as far afield as Derby, Devon and [...]
Singing workshop with John Harrison from the USA Over 50 singers gathered at St Swithin's Church, Bath on Sat 15 Nov to sing with John Harrison, a dynamic choral director, workshop leader and composer from Vermont, USA. Beginning with a fun rhythmic spoken round and classic gospel songs, John went on to teach us his [...]
Invited and hosted by Songways, Northern Harmony, the unique world-music vocal ensemble from Vermont in the USA, performed for the first time at the stunning American Museum at Claverton Manor, and led a fabulous singing workshop. In the workshop, Larry Gordon and the Northern Harmony singers supported each vocal part, making the teaching particularly efficient [...]
