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Angela Dennis
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Background
I studied music at Colchester Institute,
specialising musically in the voice, and academically
in music for people with additional needs. My
Masters degree in Health & the Arts gave me
enormous insight into the value of artistic and
musical expression for a persons health
and well-being. As well as performing on voice
and guitar and working as a community musician
for various organisations, I teach singing on
an individual basis, and run vocal workshops and
courses for schools, colleges and other groups.
Over the past few years I have been involved
in Sounding Out, a project with Colchester
Borough Council in collaboration with musicians
from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, bringing
opportunities for music and singing to a wide
selection of the local community, particularly
those who may have felt excluded in the past.
I am currently involved in the Youth Music Singbook
initiative in delivering training for teachers
to make singing more accessible to young people.
Current courses/workshops in the Colchester
(Essex) area:
Song styles covered range from African lullabies
to Maori love songs, world/folk to gospel and
inspirational, and from swing to pop. No previous
musical knowledge or sight-reading is necessary
to take part in my workshops - my aim is to provide
opportunities for people to discover and explore
their own voice and musicality, whether it is
for fun, for learning or to enhance self-awareness
and personal development.
Sing From the Heart East
Mersea 4th Monday in the month. £3.50 a
session including refreshments. 7.30-9.30pm
Harmonic Voices informal
choir, alternate Mondays available for
bookings
Ladies in Harmony - Tuesday afternoons,
Lexden, Colchester. 2-3.30pm, £21 per
six weeks, please phone Jean Hammond 01206 577783
for details
Souterrain Singers - Thursday
evenings, 7.30-9.30pm, Colchester town centre.
£50 per ten-week term, small concessions
on request for low/unwaged
The Co-op Singers - Wednesday
evenings, Ipswich, Suffolk. £16 per term,
Co-op members, £18 non-members. At the
moment this is an all female choir, but we are
hoping to open it to men in the near future.
Performance
I sing and play in a female vocal/guitar
duo Coulters Candy,
incorporating a wide repertoire ranging from traditional
and contemporary folk to popular songs and standards,
and also play guitar and provide vocal harmonies
with a bluegrass band Grasshoppers.

For details of above, to book a
workshop suited to your needs, information on
music in the community, reminiscence, entertainment
etc. please contact:
Angela Dennis MAHA -BA hons
Natural Voice Practitioner
01206 504246/07812 064550
sing.ang@ntlworld.com


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