The UK Choir Festival Brings Unique Singing Experiences to Manchester, Monmouth and St. Albans

Following the success of the 2017 festival in Manchester and St Albans, The UK Choir Festival has announced three exciting events for 2018, including the addition of a brand new festival in Wales.

Featuring workshops by: Bazil Meade, Jean Paul Samputu, Ayo Oyerinde, Ben Sawyer, Russell Scott, Stuart Overington, Richard Eteson, Phil Churchill, Joanna Tomlinson, James Davey, and many more.

Launched in 2016, The UK Choir Festival is a festival aimed to support, train and bring choirs together in a beautiful setting where people can learn, develop and thrive.

Produced by Producer & Musical Director, Russell Scott, the festival is designed for choirs of all abilities, ages and style, no matter whether you are a local community choir, a cappella choir, school or university choir, gospel choir, choral society or barbershop choir.

Whether you are a choir of 4 people or 100 people, your choir will love being part of this exciting and dynamic festival, where learning and making great music is at its heart.

The UK Choir festival is produced to give choirs the opportunity to be taught by some of the best workshop leaders in the UK.

Whether you choose to attend on one day or both days, choirs take part in a series of amazing workshops given by some of the best workshop leaders in the UK, in a supportive, informative, collaborative, non-competitive and inspiring conference-style setting.

The festival involves practical and method teaching, and everyone will be involved. At the end of each day, choirs get the opportunity to rehearse and then perform (if they choose to) in front of each other and the panel of workshop leaders who will give each choir written constructive feedback.

The festival is non-competitive, but very much 'hands-on' for everyone to watch and learn from each other whilst being guided and developed by some of the best workshop leaders in the UK.

There will be opportunities to busk, make new friends and talk to the workshop leaders, as well as learn new techniques, brush up on performance, and hear about tips and tricks to help you be the very best you can be.

Speaking ahead of the 2018 festival, producer, Russell Scott said: "I am thrilled the festival has been so popular and so life-changing to singers from all walks of life across the UK. We have clearly made a positive and emotional impact on singers from all types of communities and across all ages. It was my aim to bring communities together and get more people singing; to give them access to learning opportunities they wouldn't necessarily have access to, from some of the greatest workshop leaders in the UK. Next year we are returning to St Albans and Manchester, and as we continue our plans to expand across the UK, a new venue in Wales. We can't wait to bring the festival to even more people."

Locations:

Manchester High School for Girls, Grangethorpe Road, Manchester. M14 6HS
HABS School for Girls, 24 Hereford Road, Monmouth NP25 5XT
St Albans High School for Girls, Townsend Avenue, St Albans, Herts. AL1 3SJ

Dates:

MANCHESTER 17-18th Feb 2018
MONMOUTH (WALES) 13-14th Oct 2018
ST ALBANS 20-21st Oct 2018

For further information on the event, please visit www.ukchoirfestival.com

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