Location
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Stroud, Gloucestershire
Stroud Folk Choir
I’m a UK folk singer and workshop facilitator, with a strong interest in singing for community and wellbeing.
I have spent a number of years delving into the depths of voice, studying vocal improvisation and intuitive singing, as well as theory- and exercise-based technique.
I run the Stroud Folk Choir, and various workshops that cover folk singing, vocal improvisation and voice enrichment.
My personal music taste leans towards folk music from our own fair isles, America, Europe and Africa and I mostly teach folk songs from these cultures, as well as songs of earth and nature.
I have previously run sing-arounds, courses, workshops, and campfire singing sessions.
I’ve finally done what I’ve been promising to do for a long while and I’ve booked in a slot for a New Afternoon Choir.
This choir will have all the yumminess of Stroud Folk Choir, singing rousing shanties, joyous celebration songs, haunting laments, catchy ditties and songs celebrating the natural world around us. Traditional and contemporary folk songs from our own fair isles and from other cultures around the world taught in 3 and 4 part harmony. We will also spend more time doing circle singing and playing gentle and accessible voice and rhythm games.
This is for people who love to sing and prefer daytimes to evenings, for anyone who’d like to be part of a cross-generational singing community and learn new songs to take away with them. Families are welcome.
Children over 5 are more than welcome if they want to sing, as well as tweens and teens, though must all be accompanied by a responsible adult. Younger children are not excluded but this is not a specific parent and toddler group and the integrity of the singing we do together is important in order for the cross generational nature of the choir to work, so I ask that your little one is likely to be settled during the sessions.
This is a non-audition community choir and we’ll be learning the songs by ear, so there is no need for you to read music. Words will often be provided for the more lengthy songs.
We’ll team up with members of Stroud Folk Choir and Sing Ahoy! (Dursley) for some collaborative outings, performances and local community events.
Our trial session will be on Tuesday 8th October and will continue weekly during term time.
These sessions will be drop in whilst we grow and the cost will be:
Please see http://withonevoice.co.uk for more information on the choirs, workshops, retreats and courses that I run.
Tuesdays 3.45pm-5.15pm
Join Sing Ahoy as we sing rousing shanties, joyous celebration songs, haunting laments and catchy ditties. Traditional and contemporary folk songs from our own fair isles and from other cultures around the world, taught in 2 and 3 part harmony with many original arrangements
There’s a place for you in the choir, regardless of your singing ability. Whether you’re uncertain and need some support from your fellow singers as you learn the songs, or a confident singer you are welcome here. There are no auditions as we believe singing is for everyone.
Led by Pearl Legay-Clarke, leader who also leads Stroud Folk Choir,
The sessions will be open on a drop in basis.
Children and teens are welcome to come along with a responsible adult. We are keen to keep this a fun space for all so I ask that the children who come are keen to sing (or to listen to the singing if they are littl’uns), there is a break out room if you need a space to tend to your child.
Costs:
£8 per adult
£3.50 per child over 5 years
I know that people are experiencing financial burden at the moment so if you’d like to come but are struggling then please just have a word with me and we can agree a concessionary rate that is comfortable for you.
5pm-6.30pm Wednesdays during term time at the Dursley Tab, Community Room
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Wednesdays 5 - 6.30pm term-time
Join Stroud Folk Choir as we sing rousing shanties, joyous celebration songs, haunting laments and catchy ditties. Traditional and contemporary folk songs from our own fair isles and from other cultures around the world, taught in 3 and 4 part harmony with many original arrangements
There’s a place for you in the choir, regardless of your singing ability. Whether you’re uncertain and need some support from your fellow singers as you learn the songs, or a confident singer who’d like the opportunity to perform a short solo you are welcome here. There are no auditions as we believe singing is for everyone.
We try to get out into the community to perform occasionally, which we really enjoy, but the emphasis is on us having fun together first and foremost and nobody is expected to perform if they don’t want to.
We’ll be running on an open basis over the summer, so if you’d like to come along for a sing then please do join us. We’ll be closing in again in September as a members only choir so if you’d like to join us then please join our waiting list here: https://forms.gle/xyD9Cz11D6zysweC8
We do have some spaces for our mid-low range, which would be for male voices that are a bit higher than bass (not quite tenor), female voices that are in the lower range (low Altos) or non binary people with these qualities of voice (I apologise for not having the right terminology to give this voice type it’s own description without relating it to a male or female voice). If we can boost this section a little then we’d have capacity to allow a few extra people of other voice types too.
Monday evenings 7-9pm
