Learn songs from a range of spiritual traditions spanning the globe. A weekend of singing in a contemporary retreat centre just 30 minutes by train from the heart of London.

Explore the ancient art of unaccompanied sacred singing, used by people throughout the world to bring joy, healing and inspiration to their lives. Lift your spirits with a feast of harmonies and learn songs from a range of cultures spanning the globe. You don’t need to be at all religious to tap into the beauty of sacred song.

St Columba’s House is an urban contemporary retreat and conference centre just 30 minutes by train from the heart of London and a mile from the centre of Woking. Most rooms are in the main building which dates from the 1960s and is surrounded by mature trees and woodland. There is a separate four-bedroom house (Redwood) in the grounds with twin rooms and a lounge. The weekend includes all meals, tuition and tea/ coffee breaks.

Sacred Song encompasses an amazing mix of musical diversity: from the Black gospel church and the slave plantations of rural Southern USA, to Jewish Sephardic singing from Spain; from South African protest songs to New Zealand Maori hymns; from Corsican polyphony to the lush harmonies of the Russian Orthodox church; from the chants of the Taizé community to medieval plainsong; from the Georgian church to the Shaker community; and much more in between. We will learn songs from some of these different traditions, all specially arranged for voice in unaccompanied harmony.

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