Gregorian Chant Workshops

A friendly introduction. Imaginative fully participatory and rewarding study days on Gregorian Chant led by John Rowlands-Pritchard.

As a Festival event these are for everyone and no specialist knowledge or skill is necessary.
“The careful structuring of the day and clarity of explanation opened up a world I had thought of as entirely beyond my reach.” Sarah Scaife, North East Museums and Libraries Council

Also booked by cathedral choirs and the RSCM to introduce singers to this beneficial resource.
“Fascinating, enlightening and helpful to adults and boys alike, effective and compelling” James Lancelot, Durham Cathedral

• background
• notation
• working sessions
• repertoire and performance practice
• sung celebration

WORKSHOPS have been given for:
Worcester Three Choirs Festival
English Heritage,
Glasgow Episcopal Cathedral Choir,
Ely Cathedral Choir,
St David's Cathedral Choir
RSCM Essex and London,
Durham Cathedral Choir,
English Heritage,
Bede's World at Jarrow,
Salisbury Cathedral Choir,
Exeter Cathedral Choir,
Chichester Cathedral choir,
Chester Cathedral Choir
OA Trust scheme "Music in Churches".

WHO TEACHES?
Workshops are led by John Rowlands-Pritchard. He was a pupil of John Stevens at Cambridge, and gave lecture demonstrations of Professor Stevens’ isosyllabic interpretation of mediaeval monody. He studied the performance of early chant with Dr. Mary Berry, illustrating her lectures and broadcast talks, and sang and recorded regularly with her specialist group Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge as Cantor.

"Boys and men alike have been most enthusiastic about the plainsong and about your patient guidance which enabled them to enjoy the experience so much. Perhaps the most heartening thing was the degree of interest and sheer fascination this music aroused amongst our senior boy choristers. It was a joy to see how quickly and naturally these youngsters took to the more complex chants." Paul Trepte, Ely Cathedral Choir

INFORMATION: Tel: 01749 675131 info@english-singers.com