Garden Room, St Peter's on Willis, Victoria Street, Te Aro, Wellington

I started Kotaba voices in February 2020 to honour the strong women who have influenced my life growing up and create a community for all who identify as women, where they are accepted, valued, empowered and celebrated and connect with the wider world through song.

We sing beautiful harmony songs from different traditions around the world as well as contemporary community songs rooted in  justice, caring for the earth, and human connections. Following the traditions of many cultures around the world, all songs are taught by ear.

Monday evenings 7.00 - 8.30pm

Castle Street Centre, Castle Street, Kendal, Cumbria

We practise each Tuesday evening in the Castle Street Centre in Kendal, and have many outings – such as singing in a candlelit cave near Christmas, in pubs in Dent and the Lake District, and on walks through the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. We sing in Slovenia (Sedbergh’s twin town is Zrece near Celje,) on the island of Jura and on top of many Lake District mountains.

We have been singing in Kendal and the Lake District for 30 years – having started as the Discover Your Voice class at Kendal Brewery Arts Centre.

I teach all the songs by ear – by call and response – and we mostly sing in a circle so that everyone can hear the harmony we create, and fully enjoy being part of that.

We do occasionally do concerts raising money for local causes, and this year 2023 will be the second time we have arranged the Street Choirs Festival where we host over 40 choirs of conscience – 900 singers – in Kendal for a weekend of concerts, massed singing, workshops, walks, and shared experience.

I was the first paid up member of the Natural Voice Network, and started Lakeland Voices in 1993 while I was apprenticed to Frankie Armstrong. In those days it was rare to find a choir in Kendal that wasn’t a formal choral society standing in rows and using written music, with the sole purpose of providing concerts.

We see harmony singing as a secular communion – where the singers all experience being empowered in their different voices, but united in the harmony we create.

Tuesday evenings in term time 7.30-9.30pm

Langport Arms, Somerset TA10 9PD

Friendly and fun, the Langport Community Choir has been meeting and singing on a Monday for…a long time now. We’re always open to new members. Please email us to arrange a taster session.

Mondays, 7.00-9.00 pm

Talybont Memorial Hall, Talybont, Ceredigion, SY245DY

Leri Voices is a small friendly community choir singing varied songs in 2, 3 and 4 part harmonies, acapella. There is a theme of peace, well being and love in the songs chosen.

Wednesdays 7 - 9pm