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WORKSHOPS ~ 2020
PIANISTS TOGETHER
Weekly workshop group for adult pianists
Mondays 10.30am – 12.30pm
Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore CM4 0RN
Prospective members may drop in any time for a free taster session
Spring term 2020 enrolment
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 Saturday 18 January 2020
OPEN WORKSHOP DAY hosted by Valentine Singers
BEETHOVEN ~ MASS in C
St Mary's Church, S. Woodford E18
Enrolment and further info
Writtle Singers OPEN REHEARSAL
Monday 20 January 2020
7.30pm for 7.45pm until 9.45pm
Come along and sing. No obligation
This might be the choir for you!
If you hope to come along please let us know if possible: info@writtlesingers.org or call 01708 688 572.
Further info
 SOLO SINGING WORKSHOP
Saturday 8 February 10am - 1pm
A workshop for singers focusing on communication and presentation.
Info sheet and enrolment form
St Mary's Church,
Stapleford Tawney RM4 1DQ
Saturday 29 February 2020
SING THE SHOW ~ THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Come
and spend a day singing your Favourite Things from The Sound of Music
in the company of experienced vocal coaches who will help you get the
best from your voices and brush up your Do-Re-Mi. Whether you've sung
the show before, or never sung a note, come and join in with all the
favourites, including The Lonely Goatherd, Edelweiss, Climb Ev’ry
Mountain and even try to solve a problem like Maria! So whether you’re
16 going on 17 or 60 going on 70 ‘you can sing most anything’!
10am - 4pm
St George's Church Hall, Ongar Road, Brentwood
An Arbutus Music event - enrolment now open
Saturday 25 April 2020
SING LATIN AMERICA
Join us for a fiesta of toe-tapping popular songs featuring tango, calypso and bossa nova styles.
10.00pm - 4.00pm
St George's Church Hall, Ongar Road, Brentwood
An Arbutus Music event
Thursday 14 May 2020
SING THE SHOW ~ CAROUSEL
All the favourites including June is bustin' out all over, If I loved you and You'll never walk alone.
10am - 4pm
Ingatestone and Fryerning Community Centre CM4 9ED
An Arbutus Music event
Thursday 18 June 2020
SING EARLY MUSIC
Another day of early music from renaissance to baroque, secular and sacred.
10am - 4pm
The Priory Church of St Laurence, Blackmore CM4 0RN
An Arbutus Music event
 Wednesday 29 July 2020
SING THE SHOW ~ ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD
Offenbach's uproarious operetta featuring the famous Can-can.
10.00am - 4.00pm
Copped Hall near Epping, Essex CM16 5HR
An Arbutus Music event
CHORAL
REPERTOIRE WORKSHOPS
With Valentine Singers and Writtle Singers, and also on
a freelance
basis, Christine has conducted workshops on a number of choral works,
notably
Bach Jesu,
meine Freude 2012
Bach Mass
in B minor 2007
Bach St
John Passion 2012
Bach St
Matthew Passion 2007 & 2015
Beethoven Mass in C 2020
Beethoven Missa
Solemnis 2006
Bernstein Chichester Psalms 2016
Blackford Mirror
of Perfection 2012
Brahms Ein
Deutsches Requiem 2004 & 2014
Briggs Messe pour Notre-Dame 2019
Byrd Mass
for five voices 2009
Caplin Missa omnium sanctorum 2015
Elgar Give unto the Lord 2015
Elgar The
Music Makers 2008; various smaller works
Fauré Requiem 2007
Handel Judas
Maccabaeus 2011
Handel Belshazzar 2017
Handel Messiah
2003, 2012 & 2013
Haydn The
Creation 2009
Howells A Hymn for St Cecilia 2015
Mahler Choral section of Resurrection Symphony
2010
Mendelssohn Elijah 2005
Mozart Requiem
2012
Puccini Messa
di Gloria 2012
Shearing Songs
& Sonnets 2012
Stainer The
Crucifixion 2006
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 2018
Vaughan Williams Mass
in G minor 2009
Walton Belshazzar's
Feast 2008
Zelenka Missa Divi Xaverii 2019
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RECENT WORKSHOPS
Beethoven Mass in C
January 2020
Thanks
Christine for a most enjoyable day... you made Beethoven, his moods,
his passion and his
temperament, and of course his
music, really come alive for us.
Zelenka Missa Divi Xaverii
January 2019
It was a lovely workshop - great piece, I loved your conducting,
warm-up and vocal tips, and the friendly
welcome from all was outstanding, thank you to all.
I had a great day and you planned the day so well.
We had a terrific time at the Zelenka workshop on Saturday - thank you.
There seems to be a dearth of
opportunities to sing his works so this is something
we've been looking out for for a long time.
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Janaury 2018
Handel: Belshazzar
January 2017
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
January 2016
Handel: Messiah
January 2013
An open workshop day as part of Valentine Singers Messiah project; 19
guest singers attended of whom 7 stayed on for the term (3 have so
far continuing as members).
Blackford:
Mirror of Perfection
April
2012
Mozart :Requiem, Handel: Messiah and Puccini: Messa di Gloria
July 2012
Three open workshop evenings hosted by Valentine Singers
Shearing:
Songs & Sonnets
March
2012
At the invitation of Brentwood
Choral Society, Christine co-led this Arbutus
Music event, which was enjoyed by choir members
plus a goodly supply of guests.
Bach:
St John Passion
January
2012
This open workshop marked the beginning of a wonderful
adventure for Writtle Singers culmianting in a performance in
Chelmsford on 31 March 2012 that was terrifically well received.
...a superb and really moving performance of Bach St John Passion
Thank you to WS for a totally absorbing performance
last night. You are undoubtedly an extremely
talented
choir!! I also appreciated the fact that you sang in English as that
made it even more accessible for
me. Congratulations!
Handel:
Judas Maccabeus
Saturday 15
January 2011
This
workshop marked the beginning of a journey for Valentine Singers
members, for most of whom, including their
(arm-in-plaster-at-the-time-of-the-workshop) MD, this was a first
full-scale encounter with Handel's "hit" oratorio...
- Early
rehearsals were bemusing. “But what’s
it about?” “I can’t follow the
story”, “It’s all short bits”,
“Judas who?” Most
of us could recognise (but not
accurately I imagine) “See the Conquering Hero”,
but the rest was mystery. One
of the wonders of Handel for me, is that once on his wavelength you
find every
voice part has its own distinct, singable, and memorable tune. The real revelation
however comes with the
orchestra and soloists (on great form), when the sheer grandeur of the
piece,
its spine-tingling narrative drama, must speak to even the most staid
of
singers and audiences. In my book this goes down as one of Valentine
Singers
greatest performances – not least because we seemed to hit
peak form at just
the right moment! From reflections
on the 2010-11 season from a choir member
Mahler: Resurrection Symphony
Saturday 24 April
2010
- a big thank you for making this
such an
interesting and rewarding day - you certainly opened up and brought
back
some of the thoughts behind the work and of Mahler's life and times to
everyone's advantage - particularly those who had never experienced
this
magnificent symphony before. I am
confident it will have encouraged many to learn more of this intriguing
and very enjoyable composer.
- Thanks once again for the
splendid workshop. You always make it so interesting!
Haydn: The Creation
Saturday 22 January 2009
Solo
Singing Workshop
Saturday 26 April
2008
- I just
wanted to thank you for an invigorating workshop yesterday which I
thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for letting me come along. I think you
and Anne were fantastic; supportive and constructive, rather than
unnecessarily critical.
Find
Your Voice
Saturday
2
February 2008
A course for
anyone who has you ever
been told 'you can’t sing' or has been asked to
mime.
Elgar: The Music Makers & Walton:
Belshazzar's Feast
Saturday 19 January 2008
An
open choral workshop day hosted by the Valentine Singers which gave a chance to explore these great
choral works, learn about them,
rehearse and sing through some extracts.
- I was genuinely surprised at the amount we managed to
get through, with a reasonable amount of
panache!
St Matthew Passion
Saturday 27 January 2007
An open workshop
day on J S Bach St Matthew Passion,
hosted by the Valentine Singers. The
choir of 90+ -
members of Valentine Singers plus some 25 guests - enjoyed the
opportunity to
sing
chorales and choruses from this great choral work and to learn more
about the whole work.
- A huge
thank you for a very enjoyable, useful and fruitful day
Find
Your Voice
Saturday 3
February 2007
A course for
anyone who has you ever
been told 'you can’t sing' or has been asked to
mime.
Some feedback
-
Just
like to say that I really enjoyed the day and I met some really nice
people
-
May I just say “thank
you” for a really good day last Saturday. I never
thought that I would have enjoyed it so much – and I think my
voice did improve!
Choral Workshop for
Braintree Choral Society
Saturday 10 February 2007
Vocal techniques including tips and exercises to enhance your
musicality - a lively, fun, refreshing day of choral singing.
Repertoire included: Elgar Ave
verum; choruses from Mendelssohn Elijah.
- We are still receiving
complimentary comments about Saturday - one is thinking about her navel
when walking the dog!
Opera Scenes
Saturday 28 April 2007
An
open workshop day hosted by the
Valentine Singers on various operatic scenes from
Cavalleria Rusticana, Dido & Aeneas and HMS Pinafore
From members:
CHORAL TRAINING WORKSHOPS
Christine
has led 'bespoke' workshops for a number of choirs and music theatre
groups wishing to focus on specific technical areas, such as choral
tone, voice production or sight-reading. For more information
contact Christine
Groups for whom Christine has led workshops include:
Christine has also led INSET
training in music for primary school class teachers.
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SOLO
SINGING WORKSHOPS
Together with Anne Fradd, an experienced solo singer and
music teacher,
Christine has delivered many workshops for solo singers, focusing on
performance skills and communication. The idea is to offer
solo singers, whether experienced or novice, a performance opportunity
in a friendly environment where advice can be tried out and
ideas exchanged. The participants, plus any listeners who may
enrol, form the audience for one another and each singer is asked to
prepare and present one or two songs of their own choice.
Full details on current
leaflet. Solo
workshop guidelines are also available.
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