Shaker Song and Singing Workshop: Songs from Maine
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Register online at https://maineshakers.com/event/shaker-vocals/
Spend a day immersed in the beauty, power, and simplicity of Shaker song! Lift your voice and spirit in community while singing in the stunning acoustics of the Shakers’ 1794 Meetinghouse. Learn about this unique sacred music tradition that has been practiced continuously in America for over 250 years.
Designed for singers at all levels, this one-day intensive (with an emphasis on fun) will be led by Shaker music devotee, performer, and scholar, Chris Moore, and master vocal teaching artists choral leader, Jeff Christmas.
This session will focus primarily on songs from the Shaker tradition that originated in the Maine communities of Sabbathday Lake and Alfred.
Students can expect to come away with an encapsulated overview of Shaker music tradition and culture – and together we’ll sing a diverse group of beautiful songs, in a variety of styles and modes. Participants will strengthen their ear training and ensemble singing skills, using tools that can be applied to their own singing, composing, and songwriting. Learning primarily by ear (with printed handouts in standard notation), this workshop will also explore the various ways the Shakers composed, notated, shared, and sang songs together.
The Shaker repertoire, totaling an estimated 10,000 tunes, provides a vast and accessible repertoire for folk singers, history enthusiasts, and spiritual seekers alike. From the American folk anthem “Simple Gifts” (written by Maine Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett) to the lively wordless step tunes and marches, to the beautiful “solemn songs,” “laboring songs,” “gift songs,” Anthems, and later hymns – these songs combine pastoral imagery and traditional folk music forms from early America with the Shaker ideals of simplicity, humility, peace, and union – all set to beautiful, simple, and memorable melodies.
Students of all levels of singing and musical experience are welcome. Teens and adults.
Minimum participants: 10, max 40
Register online at https://maineshakers.com/event/shaker-vocals/
Spend a day immersed in the beauty, power, and simplicity of Shaker song! Lift your voice and spirit in community while singing in the stunning acoustics of the Shakers’ 1794 Meetinghouse. Learn about this unique sacred music tradition that has been practiced continuously in America for over 250 years.
Designed for singers at all levels, this one-day intensive (with an emphasis on fun) will be led by Shaker music devotee, performer, and scholar, Chris Moore, and master vocal teaching artists choral leader, Jeff Christmas.
This session will focus primarily on songs from the Shaker tradition that originated in the Maine communities of Sabbathday Lake and Alfred.
Students can expect to come away with an encapsulated overview of Shaker music tradition and culture – and together we’ll sing a diverse group of beautiful songs, in a variety of styles and modes. Participants will strengthen their ear training and ensemble singing skills, using tools that can be applied to their own singing, composing, and songwriting. Learning primarily by ear (with printed handouts in standard notation), this workshop will also explore the various ways the Shakers composed, notated, shared, and sang songs together.
The Shaker repertoire, totaling an estimated 10,000 tunes, provides a vast and accessible repertoire for folk singers, history enthusiasts, and spiritual seekers alike. From the American folk anthem “Simple Gifts” (written by Maine Shaker Elder Joseph Brackett) to the lively wordless step tunes and marches, to the beautiful “solemn songs,” “laboring songs,” “gift songs,” Anthems, and later hymns – these songs combine pastoral imagery and traditional folk music forms from early America with the Shaker ideals of simplicity, humility, peace, and union – all set to beautiful, simple, and memorable melodies.
Students of all levels of singing and musical experience are welcome. Teens and adults.
Minimum participants: 10, max 40
Register online at https://maineshakers.com/event/shaker-vocals/
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Where is it happening?
707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester, ME, United States, Maine 04260
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Host or PublisherSabbathday Lake Shaker Village
