Early bird dealine for this weekend ends on Friday 22 April, £20 per person extra after that date.   SING Folk Songs OF EASTERN EUROPE — residential weekend   Friday 22 July 2016 5pm to Sunday 24 July 2016 2pm Brathay Hall Ambles...

Twice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all Songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic Songs from around the world. The Singing Safar...  moreTwice a year Chris Rowbury creates a choir from scratch over just six rehearsals. There are no auditions and all Songs are taught by ear. The idea is that we go on an imginary Singing Safari collecting exotic Songs from around the world. The Singing Safari began at the Warwick Folk Festival in 2006, and continued in 2011 when Chris moved to SufFolk. The winter safari ends in a shared concert in Ipswich, and the summer safari is a free half hour performance outdoors. Each safari learns about eight Songs in 3- and 4-part harmony.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Out come all the favourite Songs that everyone loves – Songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before.   photo by John Bencina ...

The J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout the county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and Songs from the West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcom...  moreThe J Singers combine singing ‘seriously for pleasure’ with performing charity fund-raising concerts throughout the county of Somerset. We sing a varied mix of music from traditional ballads and Songs from the West End shows, to popular numbers. We welcome new adult members with or without prior choral experience. You do need some musical ability, but it's not essential to read music. Rehearsals are in Wembdon, near Bridgwater, on a Tuesday evening.  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir] Some teachers find themselves having to lead singing sessions at their school. But often they don’t have that much experience of teaching Songs ...

We perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and Songs, spirituals, Songs of different ...  moreWe perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and Songs, spirituals, Songs of different nations of the world, Folk Songs, Christmas music) at the repertoire of our choir. Modern Belarusian music takes a large part of our repertoire, thanks to that we are happy to open Belarus to other nations.  

We defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (Homeless), the popular French Songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish Songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles ...  moreWe defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (Homeless), the popular French Songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish Songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles (Obladi oblada) to Italian Folk Songs (Improvviso) ... I stop 'cause the papyrus is stretching too ...! Siamo definiti CANTASTORIE perchè spaziamo dal Musical (west side story) ai neri d'Africa (Homeless), dalle canzoni popolari francesi (Le Troi Cloches) al tango (Libertango), Dalle canzoni scozzesi (Loch Lomond) agli anni '60 (Sognando California) dai Beatles (obladi oblada) alle canzoni popolari italiane (Improvviso)...mi fermo perche' il papiro si sta allungando troppo...!!!  less

Share the Harmony choirs come together to learn unaccompanied Songs from around the globe and original Songs written by Myself. You don't need any experience as all the Songs are taught without music. It's really about having fun and enjoying singing in a...  moreShare the Harmony choirs come together to learn unaccompanied Songs from around the globe and original Songs written by Myself. You don't need any experience as all the Songs are taught without music. It's really about having fun and enjoying singing in a group. For more information about group days and time, please email, Sharetheharmony@hotmail.co.uk  

 [A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Back in 2012 The Guardian started a project called Six Songs of Me that asks which Songs matter most to each of us on a personal level (the pro...

Sixth movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.