More than 120 singers filled the beautiful St Swithin's Church in Bath for a fabulous workshop with Windborne from the US, on their UK tour. Jeremy, Lynn, Lauren and Will taught three wonderful songs, each leading and and supporting the vocal parts and building up rich harmonies. Singers enjoyed a festive counting song, Come and [...]
Rolling Harmony is a vocal group of choir leaders and singers from the South West brought together by Jane Harris, Director of Songways. They were thrilled to perform for the first time in the beautiful setting and acoustics of Holy Trinity, Bradford on Avon. The Rolling Harmony concert was a joy, with a full and appreciative [...]
Singers from London, Cardiff, Swansea and Chichester joined local singers from the Bristol and Bath areas for a whole day singing workshop in All Saints Church, Clifton, Bristol. Jane led a rich set of songs inspired by the natural world, including her own compositions, Time to be here and Ymddisgleirio, a South African Glory Alleluia and [...]
A special participatory singing event led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways, in the open space of the Cathedral and Chapter House. Sixty singers gathered for the first Soul Soundings in Wells Cathedral since the Covid lockdown. We began with singers at both ends of the nave, singing to each other and enjoying the reverberations of the space. [...]
Our sixth online singing workshop series took place on seven Sundays in April and May 2021, 7:30pm UK time via Zoom. Led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways Nearly fifty singers took part in the series from across the UK, US and Canada, culminating in an online Big Sing on Sunday 30 May. We were also [...]
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 [...]
Fifty-five singers filled the delightful Northgate House hotel at Buckfast Abbey on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, next to the banks of the River Dart. It was a wonderful weekend of song in a beautiful setting: Cornish carols, sacred songs, folk songs from a wide range of traditions, hearty food and luxury accommodation. The weekend was led by Jane [...]
Fifty-five singers gathered from across the UK for Sing the Cambridge Colleges from Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 April 2018. We were based at Clare College, in the heart of Cambridge, singing in the Chapel, and visiting three other colleges to sing during the weekend: Emmanuel, Downing and St John’s. The singing was led by Jane Harris, [...]
