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| Folk Clubs may also include song sessions - see our news page for listings of other regular Folk Clubs OR the Listings page for links to further sites with club and events listings. | |
| Alton Community Choir www.carolynrobson.com | Alton Community Choir sings unaccompanied Hampshire folk songs as well as some African, gospel, blues and calypso music. |
| Andover Museum Loft Singers | Led by Paul Sartin of Dr Faustus and Bellowhead fame (Radio 2 Folk Awards best live act 2005), The Andover Museum Loft Singers combine local folk songs with traditional unaccompanied harmony. |
| Brighton Goes Gospel www.brightongoesgospel.org.uk. | Brighton goes Gospel is a non-religious choir, open to all irrespective of race, religion or ability. |
| Brighton Singaround (the) | A weekly singaround held every Monday at The Black Horse, Montague Place. |
| Brighton Singers' Club singaround. | A weekly singaround held every Wednesday at the New Vic, Richmond Road and on alternate Sundays at the Jolly Brewer, Ditchling Road. |
| Brighton Welsh Male Voice Choir http://brightonwelshmalevoicechoir.co.uk | Every Monday evening 7.30pm to 9.45pm. in St. Leonards Church, New Church Road, Hove -you do not need to speek welsh! |
| Brighton Community Vox www.brightonvox.org.uk |
Brighton Vox was started by Anna Tabbush in 2003. The choir meets weekly in Brighton and is an informal way to get involved in singing and enjoying music. We sing a wide range of music from English sea shanties to 9 part African songs. No sight reading skills are necessary and there are absolutely no auditions! |
| Folk Singaround/Music session | Held on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at MICHELDEVER STATION nr. Winchester |
| Guildford Community Vox www.guildfordvox.org.uk |
Already enjoying a sizeable and enthusiastic membership, its repertoire consists of contemporary and traditional song from the British Isles and around the world. Unlike most choirs, all of the material is taught by ear - no dots whatsoever! |
| Hullabaloo Community Quire | Hullabaloo are a "funky, friendly" group who sing big, bold arrangements from doo-wop to hip-hop, folk to ballads. They meet on Monday evenings at Gloucester Place Baptist Church, Gloucester Place, Brighton |
| Marsh Warblers www.tonysing.me.uk/MW/ |
The Marsh Warblers choir is based in Tenterden in the Weald of Kent, and performs West Gallery Music from the Southeast of England. |
| Mid-Sussex Folk singers. | Held on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at Fountain Inn. Ashurst |
| Mouth Music www.broadstairsfolkweek.org.uk |
Broadstiars Folk Week workshop project 11th-18th August 2006. Mouth Music gives you the chance to take part in singing with a wide variety of different styles and artists on offer. |
| Natural Voice Practitioners' Network (The) www.naturalvoice.net |
Website for information about people running community choirs throughout the UK. |
| Oxford Folk Club (The) | Open night - mainly singers held fortnightly. Chorus singing is encouraged and enjoyed by performer and audience alike. A lso there is a massive singing session held every May Day in the Victoria Arms in Marsden, just outside the city. |
| Raise Your Banners Festival mgalvin (at) blueyonder.co.uk |
A big meeting for political and community choirs formerly held in Sheffield, to be held in Bradford in 2007. |
| Songs and Tunes 'round the table' session | Held on the 4th Tuesday of every month at the LEWES ARMS. |
| Street Choir Festival (The) www.streetchoirfestival.org.uk |
Being held in Newcastle this year over the weekend of June 24th and 25th. |
| Sussex Harmony jandavegreen (at) ntlworld.com |
A costumed quire (West Gallery and Shapenote) meeting Thursday evenings near Lewes. Performances: concerts, church services and festivals. |
| Vaughan Williams Memorial Library -ONLINE library.efdss.org |
Indexes to the collections of some of the best-known folk music collectors of the twentieth century are now available on the Library's website. VWML Online allows anybody to search these important collections by titles, the source singers' names, and their place of residence and dates of collection. The indexes are also linked to the Roud Folk Song Index, a database of 146,000 references to songs collected from oral tradition all over the English-speaking world. |
| West Gallery Music Association | webpage of West Gallery and Shapenote singing info. |
| Winchester Community Choir www.winchestercommunitychoir.co.uk |
A group for anyone in the area who enjoys singing for fun. Open to all, whatever your age, level of confidence or singing experience, and there are no auditions. We sing a wide range of songs including gospel, folk and world music, and these are taught by ear, so there is absolutely no need to read music to participate in Community Choir. Meet on Tuesday in St Lawrence in the Square, Winchester at 8pm. |
| Wren Music www.wrenmusic.co.uk | Run adult, youth and children's singing choirs and projects in Devon |
| Folk Clubs may also include song sessions - see our news page for listings of other regular Folk Clubs OR the Listings page for links to further sites with club and events listings. | |