Candy Verney

Location

Westrip, Stroud, GLOS

Specialisms

Pan-European choir, 5 day intensive workshops, song books for choirs

Additional information

Choir director, community choir leader trainer and workshop leader. Candy has spent 30 years building up community choirs in Bath and West Wiltshire, and in Co Donegal, Ireland.  She has trained up many other choir leaders, many of whom make this their full time living. She initiated Soul Soundings at Wells Cathedral, Somerset, and facilitated it for 11 years. She has written 2 songbooks for children, and together with her friend and colleague Lindsey Williams, has written 3 song books for Community Choirs.

Candy had an epiphany in 2014, moving to a remote part of NW Ireland, and setting up a small retreat centre- The Song House. 10 years on, this now continues under different ownership, and she has moved back to UK, now living in Stroud, Glos. She is available for trainings and workshops.

She runs the Pan-European Choir, a choir with members from many countries, which meets 6 monthly in each others’ cities in Europe.

She now also runs a 5 day intensive, Songs from A Full Moon, in collaboration with Lindsey Williams, for singers who want to take their singing to a deeper level. It takes place twice a year in Stroud.

My choirs

The Pan-European Choir
Description

We are a group of 25 experienced singers, from around Europe. We meet twice a year in each other’s countries, to sing an ever increasing repertoire of songs. The aim is to improve our singing, and each meeting to get better, but also of course the lovely social aspect of meeting up with friends every 6 months. We sing songs from many countries, also heartfelt quality songs from the 2 books by Lindsey Williams and Candy Verney.

Candy gives out the repertoire, including MP3s, written music and lyrics, 3 months before we meet. Singers have to learn their parts, so that when we meet, we go straight into perfecting and refining the music.

If it interests you to be part of this choir, contact Candy.

Session times

We met twice yearly for a 4 day residential in each others' cities around Europe. We also meet monthly on zoom.

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