Rhys Prichard Memorial Hall, Waterloo St, Llandovery SA20 0DS

A community singing group for these times.

Welcoming anyone – of any singing ability – in honouring all of what it is to live this moment in time.

Through song, harmony and discussion we traverse grief, beauty and quiet joys of being alive. Recognising our place in the web of life alongside shared vulnerability, cultivating resilience with community.

Songs are carefully chosen and shared with consideration, grounded in the cultural soils from which they grew, holding memory, meaning, and belonging.

We sing to remember.
We sing to feel.
We sing to keep going…together.

Sessions run during term time. Before coming for the first time please get in touch to check weather or health haven’t interrupted plans!

It’s a great support for me to be paid at the beginning of each month, and it’s also possible to attend on a drop in basis. I’d prefer not to financially incentivise sign up and attendence so for now I ask people to choose thier amount between £7.50 and £10. That said, please don’t let finances be a reason not to join. I offer access of attendance to all.

Tuesdays 6:30-8:30pm through term times

St Joseph's Church Hall, Oldens Lane, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 2DG

Stonehouse Singing Group is a lovely and friendly Tuesday morning drop-in session held in Stonehouse. This group is not a performance group. The focus is on singing for fun, learning simple songs in 2-4 part harmony by ear, alongside accessible breath & vocal work to help strengthen and support the singing voice.

Tuesday mornings 11am - 12.15pm

Rushmere Village Hall, Humberdoucy Lane, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich IP4 3PD

Health and well-being singing sessions for stroke survivors and their partners or friends run in partnership with the Stroke Association. Well known songs often enjoyed as well as new songs taught by ear. Run by Mark Coburn and Tracy Sharp.

Wednesday afternoons fortnightly 2.30-4

Trinity Rooms Community Hub, Field Road, GL52HZ

* We have Summer Open Sessions every week of the summer holidays. Mondays 7-8.30pm, Trinity Rooms. No commitment fun singing for anyone. Led alternatively by myself and Sorrel Wilde of  The Island Folk Choir (Bristol) and Gloucester Folk Choir

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** The next time you can join the main choir is at the beginning of September with the new school term. Just turn up to the first session on the 7th September, or be in touch if you need to start the following week.

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.

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Each session begins with a body, breath, voice warm up to prepare ourselves for singing, and we learn by ear in the usual folk tradition, so you don’t need to read music. The songs we sing range from simple and easy to learn to ones with more interesting arrangements that we can get our teeth stuck into, and most are original arrangements

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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 and through the process of singing together we hone and develop our ears and voices.

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We have an open session at the beginning of each term for new people to come and try it out, and then we close in so we can gel as a group and work on some of the more in-depth songs in our repertoire. I ask that if you want to join the choir at another point that you check with me first that there is space and that it’s the right time to come along. If we are preparing for a gig then it might not be the best time to come for the first time

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We mostly sing for the enjoyment of it and that is always at the forefront of our practices, however we do also love performing so if you have an event you’d like us to come along to then let’s talk!

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The cost is £10 for the open sessions, and we have a subscription model for people who then want to join, which will be sent out after the first session.

Mondays 7-9pm