Come and sing in the exceptional cloisters and hillside garden at Iford Manor. All the songs and harmonies will be taught by ear by Jane Harris, Director of Songways. Thursday 21 July 3:30 – 6pm Registration from 3:15pm at Iford Manor main entrance £20 including entry to the Peto Garden Iford is an “other-worldly” place with an exquisite [...]
Celebration of Song was an absolute joy - performing songs of joy, hope & freedom in the beautiful setting and acoustics of Holy Trinity Church, Bradford on Avon. It was a wonderful collaboration between Songways, led by Jane Harris, and Clarity, led by Clara Atkins, with more than eighty singers in the combined choirs. The church was full with a [...]
Bravo to all the Songways singers at the Bath Festival Party in the City - great to perform in our home venue, St Swithin's Church. We opened the concert with Thina simunye - We are together from South Africa followed by a Macedonian dance song, Eleno kerko, with guitar and violin. Then, two classic American Civil [...]
Forty singers gathered for a wonderful weekend singing in the stunning Bishop Edward King Chapel, Ripon College, Cuddesdon, near Oxford, led by Jane Harris and Clara Atkins. Jane explains the background: The chapel is an extraordinary space, wonderfully resonant and filled with natural light filtering in from above. I first sang there about five years ago with a [...]
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. [...]
Bring in the holly Festive & celebratory songs Directed by Jane Harris Special guest Emma Hooper | Viola, electronics and vocals Guitar | Giles Coker Violin & recorder | Jane Harris It was such a joy to bring singers from the three Songways choirs together for our concert Saturday 4 December in the beautiful setting of St Luke's Church, [...]
A wonderful group of 40 singers gathered for the singing workshop 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, Abergavenny, Malmesbury, Hereford, Bristol, Bath and Bradford on Avon. It was great to meet many new singers [...]
A special participatory singing event led by Jane Harris, Director of Songways Eighty singers gathered for the first Soul Soundings in the magnificently restored Bath Abbey. After the long absence of singing during the Covid lockdown, it was wonderful to hear our voices soar in the glorious open space. Beginning with single tones, we experienced the extraordinary resonance of this ancient and sacred building, [...]