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Other local choirs and events

27/05/2010

If you like Euphonix you might like one of these too - or if you're looking for something different - or if we can't fit you in. 

...or find a local choir at British Choirs on the Net, "the UK's largest Choral Community".

Singing it Back
Mary Bourne at Singing it Back offers adult weekly evening groups, daytime singing and one day workshops. Also in July 2011 a family camping and singing festival.

The Wilful Choir
Led by Associated NVPN member Hannah Rose Tristram "this choir involves helpful warm-ups and a range of juicy songs from world to gospel to pop." Mondays, 8.00 - 9.30 in the Old Bowling Pavilion, Canbury Gardens, Kingston Upon Thames Phone: 07771511726

U3A "Singing for Fun" - women's singing group starting in October 2010 - email rowanastbury[@]blueyonder.co.uk for more info. Meet on Friday mornings at the Friends Meeting House - slightly more info about U3A and how to join on the Kingston U3A website at http://www.kingstonu3a.org.uk/membership.html and http://www.kingstonu3a.org.uk/study-groups.html.

Singers and Songs - singing courses
Singing Courses Lunch hour courses in Kingston and evening courses elsewhere: Learn to sing Develop your Voice Perform Solo and Group Singing

The Surbiton Escalator Choral Society
Fancy doing something different - fancy singing in a mass choir whilst you ride the escalators of well known shopping centres, or joining in a musical procession through Kingston or Surbiton? If these appeal, join the The Surbiton Escalator Choral Society Facebook group - or see http://www.seethingwells.org/Welcome_to_Seething.html.  

Kingston Orpheus Choir
"...always delighted to hear from prospective members". No audition - just come along to a rehearsal - ability to read music desirable, but by no means essential. Rehearsals from 8-10pm on Wednesdays at St John the Evangelist Church, Springfield Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, KT1 2SB.

Kingston Choral Society
"The Choir has about 120 singers and has retained a reputation for quality music making. It performs with a period-instrument orchestra when singing Bach, Handel and other early repertoire and works with soloists of the highest calibre." Rehearsals on Thursday evenings, 8.00pm - 10.00pm, in the Main Hall at Hollyfield School in Surbiton. If you decide to join, there is a simple voice test - no preparation required, "nothing too terrifying"!

London Bulgarian Choir
For something completely different, the London Bulgarian Choir led by native Bulgarian singer Dessislava Stefanova. Weekly choir rehearsals in the Sofia Art Gallery, in the basement at the Bulgarian Embassy, 186-188 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HL, nearest tube South Kensington or Gloucester Road. Rehearsals every Tuesday 7:30 - 9.30pm. Newer people should come at 7.00pm to revise existing repertoire. Cost £5, or £4 concessions.

Vocality
"Simply singing" groups include ones meeting in Richmond and Claygate. No auditions. World, gospel, pop music. Offer 1 free session. (Ruth Fenton, who ran a workshop for us in August, is a Vocality choir leader.) Contact 07985 094322 or catherine@vocalitysinging.co.uk

Kingston Madrigal Society
A local choir with no website who sing madrigals and other unaccompanied choral music, typically by such composers as Byrd, Dowland, Lassus, etc. Some ability to sight-read is needed. Singing meetings on the first Saturday of every month,7.30pm – 9.30pm in the Vestry Hall, St Luke’s Church, Gibbon Road, Kingston.
Please contact Jennifer Alwen, Hon Secretary for more information on 020 8788 3671.

 

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TUESDAY 6th March 2012 - Harmony Singing Workshop with Brendan Taaffe!

17/01/2012

An evening of heart-felt singing! To include early gospel, Appalachian ballads, shape note hymns, Brendan’s own compositions and arrangements, and makwayera singing from Zimbabwe.

7.00 pm - 9.30 pm at the Old Bowling Pavilion, Canbury Gardens, Kingston Upon Thames. Tuesday 6th March 2012.
See the 'directions' section under this website for directions http://www.canburypavilion.org/ 
Just a ten minute walk from Kingston train station.

£12 on the door. 
£10 if you write to Hannah Rose (organiser) in advance to confirm that you will definitely come (hannahrose@naturalvoice.net). If you do this, your name will be put on a list which will mean that you pay ten pounds rather than twelve when you come. Please, if you are not sure you are going to come, do not tell us you will definitely come so you can have the discount 'just incase'!! The early-reservation discount is to ensure that enough people come to make the workshop a success, both to cover venue and teaching costs, and for atmosphere, group energy and musical delight!
 

Brendan Taaffe, founder of 'Turtle Dove' (http://www.turtledoveharmony.org/programs.html), is a composer and arranger who has toured with Northern Harmony, and led vocal workshops in Ireland, Bulgaria, England, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Zimbabwe, and the U.S.  Brendan is known for his dynamic conducting, and his gift for bringing out everyone's talents.

Brendan spent three weeks in Zimbabwe in the spring of 2011, working with singers in Mhondoro, Chikore, Seke and Chitungwiza to record and document their traditional harmony repertoire. The songs range from church choruses, to songs for a rain-making ceremony, to folk songs about a bachelor's hapless attempts to impress the girls. Some have mbira accompaniment, some are acapella: all are a joy to sing. The Traditional American harmony songs Brendan teaches — from the tight swing of gospel quartets to the “high lonesome” sound of bluegrass—have beautiful poetry, striking harmonies, great rhythm and are a lot of fun to sing. 

All parts will be taught by ear and no experience is necessary—singing is a birthright for all of us, so come and sing, even if (especially if) your primary school music teacher told you not to.  
   

Testimonials:

“Your personal qualities of being open, uncompetitive, caring and genuine created the environment that allowed many of the other wonderful moments to happen.  That is very unusual--to be a leader who, by example, encourages everyone to connect, not compete, through the music.”

“What a gift --- this music of the world that brings us all together from our different cultures and practices, giving us all the same joyful, creative purpose.  Isn't it lovely to know we can come from far and afield and know each other somehow?  How we are all part of this great human family humbly struggling to know ourselves and live in joy and love in the world.  These camps are about so much more than singing...”
 
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Singing for babies and parents

16/01/2011

Regrettably, Euphonix rehearsals are unsuitable for children or babies (we've tried it occasionally and the parent as well as the other singers find them too distracting). There are organisations that cater particularly for very young children and their parents, and both these below run sessions in the area:

- Monkey Music http://www.monkeymusic.co.uk/ "introduces music to very young children in a way they can easily understand and enjoy." 

-  Jo Jingles http://www.jojingles.com/testimonials.asp  "MUSIC, SINGING & MOVEMENT classes for babies and pre-school age children from 3 months to 5 years of age."

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The Landmark Centre

07/04/2010

Landmark Arts Centre
Ferry Road
Teddington
London TW11 9NN

Runs regular classes and sessions for people who love to sing but can’t read music, including some led by Euphonix Musical Director Dominic Stichbury. Learn a wide range of songs including pop, gospel, world music and musical theatre, as well as basic breathing and vocal techniques.

See http://www.landmarkartscentre.org/whats-on/adult-classes.html

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