Workshops for choirs
Would you like to raise money for your choir?
One-day choral workshops are becoming increasingly popular with choirs. They are relatively easy to organise, are terrific for promoting the choir, recruiting new members and most importantly - fund raising.
With his experience of devising and directing workshops for choirs, and his knowledge of what tends to work and what doesn't, Nick Houghton is the obvious choice for leading your choral workshop.
"I loved the programme and thought your management of the choir was a lesson in musical directorship..."
The following format is tried and tested:
- 2-hour session in the morning
- Lunch in a local pub
- 2-hour session in the afternoon
- Short tea break, followed by
- Informal performance of the day's work
Workshops can be a means of exploring new material completely unrelated to your choir's concert programme, or trying music for a future season.
Nick's choral workshops are based around a theme or a popular piece. The emphasis is on enjoying and getting to know new work in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Most importantly, participants have the chance to do plenty of singing - with the aim of finishing the day exhilarated rather than exhausted!
"It seems to me that the success of these day-long workshops depends very much on the manner of the conductor towards the group. And yours is relaxed, encouraging and generally looking for the positive - it keeps everyone happy and it brings out the best in us all"
Remember, people would typically expect to pay between £10 and £20 to attend a workshop, and depending on your costs, you could raise several hundred pounds towards your future concerts.
Although the following are examples of choral workshops Nick has run, he is always open to suggestions!
Most recent workshop: Gabrieli: Magnificat, Duruflé: Requiem Introit and Kyrie, Stravinsky: Kyrie from Mass, Brahms: Geistliches Lied
Purcell & Blow: Anthems for the Coronation of James II
Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale. Lesser known vesper settings, published 1640
'Fantastic Unexpectedness' Sacred music & madrigals of Thomas Weelkes
Orff: Carmina Burana
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