Singing Courses & Choral Workshops & Training

This will be the fifth year that I've run this workshop: a full day of singing with a shared lunch and we've made some pretty stunning sounds in the past – definitely hairs on the back of the neck time! No experience is necessary as all songs are taught by ear, the only requirement is that you love to sing. This will be a fun and relaxing opportunity to learn songs from cultures and traditions where men sing together as naturally as walking or talking .Ł15 (bring lunch to share).

Contact: Chris Rowbury email: chris@worldsong.co.uk Tel: (024) 7665 9180

Ripley Choral Weekend, Ripley St Thomas Chapel, Lancaster Ripley St Thomas School, Lancaster is holding two events in this first Choral Weekend.

2.00pm Saturday 27^th June - Choral Workshop

A unique opportunity to watch two outstanding choral directors working with choirs from two very different traditions. Ralph Allwood, well known as founder of the Eton Choral Courses and presently Precentor and Director of Music at Eton College and conductor of the Rodolphus Choir, will present a workshop with the young choristers of Ripley St Thomas School. This choir was formed in September 2007 and has already given several successful performances in the school’s lovely chapel and sung evensong at Carlisle Cathedral and St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Ralph Allwood will direct the choir in the rehearsal of pieces from the English choral tradition. As a most experienced director of workshops all over the world, we look forward to his tremendous enthusiasm, charisma and wonderful sense of humour. 

The Aurin Girls’ Choir from the Kodály Music School, Kecskemét in Hungary are guests at Ripley for this weekend, as part of their fifth UK tour. In 2006 the choir won two gold medals in the World Choir Games in China and first prize at the Llangollen International Music Eisteddfod. The choir, from Kodály’s birthplace, is one of many at the Kodály Music School, where they have an enviable musical training under the direction of their conductor, László Durányik. He studied at the famous Liszt Academy in Budapest, has won several conducting prizes and has given workshops in Korea, Australia and England as well as in his native Hungary. László Durányik will give a demonstration of some of the techniques used in training his choir and will rehearse some Hungarian repertoire.

The afternoon will end with a short concert given by both choirs. The Open Rehearsals will be from 2.00pm and the Concert will be at 5.00pm Day Tickets are Ł5 and are available on the door, or in advance from reception.                                                                     

Further details can be found at:

www.ripley.lancs.sch.uk/documents/RipleyChoralWeekend.pdf

7.00pm Sunday 28^th June

Concert given by the AURIN GIRLS’ CHOIR

Conductor László Durányik

The choir will perform a programme of music from over four centuries including sacred Renaissance motets and works by contemporary Hungarian composers and folk song arrangements. Tickets are Ł5 and are available on the door, or in advance from reception.

Further details can be found at:

http://www.ripley.lancs.sch.uk/documents/AurinGirlsChoir.pdf

Experienced singers wanted for Summer Choral Course presents by The Association “Les Amis de Jean Langlais”, La Fontenelle as part of the 4th Langlais International Festival, directed by Malcolm Archer with David Bednall (organ) in La Fontenelle, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. The 4-day course costs Ł80 and it will include a performance in Dol Cathedral of the Messe Solennelle by Jean Langlais and the Requiem by Duruflé. For further information and details of how to register, contact 01296 688976 or www.jeanlanglais.eu

Mike Brewer, Director of the National Youth Choir, is running the choral workshop on a stage in front of the Big Screen, with seating for 500 people.  He will be teaching choirs and audience members new music, which will be accompanied by African drummers.  The events will start at 3pm and run for 90 minutes.

The event will be ticketed, so anyone wishing to be in the audience will need to apply in advance in one of the following ways-

Online                  http://www.bbc.co.uk/lastchoirstanding/events/index.shtml
Telephone               03700 100 150 (calls cost no more than calls to 01/02 geographic numbers)
Email (for queries)     lcs-events@bbc.co.uk

Ticket Registration is open at 7am on Friday 11th July, and closes at Midnight on Sunday 27th July.  There will be 500 tickets for each event.

Run by Singers Assisi Summer School. This popular course is now in its fifth year and will be directed once again by Jeremy Jackman. Assisi is a truly inspiring location, perched on top of Mount Subasio in picturesque Umbria; a place of winding streets, steps, bells, and pilgrims. We sing together for about five hours a day, mostly in the morning, with coffee breaks in a nearby garden café and a long break in the afternoon.  The week of study is followed by a concert in the prestigious Basilica di San Francesco. Non-singing partners are also welcome subject to availability. For more details please visit our website at www.runbysingers.org , send an email to nick@runbysingers.org or ring us on 01438 812100 during office hours.

London Community Gospel Workshop Choir This is a community workshop choir that meets once a week for anyone who would like to learn to sing in a gospel style. Gospel music is undoubtedly spiritual in nature and requires expression of feeling, using body, mind and spirit. We believe it is something that everyone can share in regardless of race, beliefs and abilities. Participants will learn gospel singing as an art-form and improve their proficiency in singing. The most important requirement on this course is the desire to learn, bags of enthusiasm and the willingness to experiment and conquer inhibitions. The course will run for 8 weeks and includes a public performance at the end....more