Music & Singing – Spring 2013

Developing Your Voice,  with ‘Communitas’ Choir

Communitas is a community choir run as part of the Converge centre at York St John University. We sing a wide variety of songs – English folk, gospel, African, etc.

The songs are taught aurally and there is no requirement to read music or to be a trained musician – it’s all about enjoying singing, finding your voice and having fun!

The choir meets every Tuesday evening during term times, from 6pm to 7.30pm, and welcomes people who use mental health services, university students and staff.

The first session of this year was on Tuesday 29^th January 2013 but please don’t worry that the choir has already started!  All are welcome to join in at any time but please let us know you are coming if you are new.

Musical Development – Practice, Performance and Composition

This course starts on Thursday 14th February 2013 and runs for a total of 8 weeks with a 3 week break for Easter.  The actual course dates are:

14^th, 21^st and 28^th February 2013, 7^th, 14^th and 21^st March 2013, 18^th and 25^th April 2013

Each session will last 2 hours, starting at 10am and finishing at 12 noon, with a 10/15 minute break.

The course will enable students to build on their musical interests or any existing musical skills and knowledge in a friendly group environment. The course will aim to cover a wide range of subjects within the world of music through both practical and theoretical activities. These subjects will include:

♪         Composition and Song Writing

♪         World Music

♪         Drumming and Rhythm

♪         Improvisation

♪         Performance

♪         Music Theory

We welcome people of all levels and from all genres of music, whether you are completely new to music, wanting to revisit music learning or have a specific skill you would like to bring to the group, we have a firm belief that everyone is a musician.

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Converge courses are suitable for all levels of experience, open to beginners and people who have previously attended one or more of our courses alike.  Sign up and find your creative self!

Places on all the courses must be booked.  Places are limited and allocated on a first come first served basis so if you are interested in any of these opportunities, please apply as soon as possible by:

Telephone:      01904 876902 (please leave a message on the answerphone)

Email:                 converge@yorksj.ac.uk

On-line:             www.convergeyork.co.uk and click on the ‘Apply’ tab

Details of where to meet and what to bring will be given when your place is confirmed. If you have not attended a previous Converge course, we will invite you to an introductory meeting before the class begins.

We have student volunteers (buddys) if you need any extra support to attend these courses.  Please don’t hesitate to contact us if there is anything we can do to help you.