Choral Workshops

Every year, the Suffolk Singers put on a Choral Workshop led by our Director Claire Weston, and her team. We regularly have around 150 people join us for what is a productive and jolly day. 
Our aims are 
  • for people with a like minded interest to come together and meet each other
  • for people to enjoy sharing music-making 
  • to provide the opportunity for you to sing larger works that singers might not often have the chance to sing with their choir
  • to learn some valuable singing technique
  • to have a real sense of achievement from the start to the end of the day
  • for you to enjoy it: it's not about perfection but having a work in progress because for us music is about joy and collaboration with others who have the same goal in sight
  • have lots of lovely cakes!​
A typical day runs from 9.30am to around 5.00pm
  • Registering, with refreshments provided
  • Coming together to listen to the works and have a sight-read
  • Coffee break
  • Sectional rehearsals with Claire and her team
  • Lunch (BYO)
  • Further sectional rehearsals
  • Group rehearsal 
  • Cake Break [2016 saw over 900 individual portions of cake]
  • Free performance to friends and family at 4.30pm 
Workshops so far have included:
  • 2010   Haydn - Little Organ Mass
  • 2011   Fauré - Requiem
  • 2012   Coronation Music by Handel, Elgar, and Parry
  • 2013  Rutter - Requiem​
  • 2015  Famous Opera Choruses by Purcell, Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini.
  • 2016  Famous Choruses by Handel, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Mozart, and Verdi
  • ​2017 Rutter - Gloria
  • ​2018 Hutchings - The Suffolk Carols
Photos from recent Choral Workshops at Framlingham College
Two recordings from the 2012 Choral Workshop
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