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Members of Sense of Sound joined Paloma Faith for her appearance on Radio 1’s Live Lounge last week where they performed the Christmas classic, Fairytale of New York. The stunning vocal arrangement performed by 12 singers alongside Paloma’s band and Roy Stride from Scouting for Girls, was created by Artistic Director, Juliet Russell. Jo Whiley presented the show. You can check it out here:
no comments yetThe courses will run concurrently and the dates can be found below:
Through a cappella singing, this challenging course for beginners will provide an introduction to vocal techniques.
Using contemporary songs we will teach you how to sing with confidence.
Sense of Sound encourages, inspires and develops the creativity of all those taking part.
This course is for those aged 16 and over
The next Introduction to Singing course takes place over 2 linked Saturdays which are as follows:
SATURDAY 6th MARCH 2010
SATURDAY 13th MARCH 2010
Both days run from 11am - 4pm
COURSE COSTS: £100
We were able to try new skills in a relaxed atmosphere and the pace was spot on! There was support for all abilities and concentration spans. We were taken seriuosly and there was no embarrassment.
Fantastic! Juliet is always enthusiastic and never ever makes anyone feels under-confident or unable to sing. The actual singing in a group was brilliant!
Through a cappella group singing, this challenging course will provide an exploration of musical styles from African to contemporary pop, soul and R’n’B.
This course is suitable for those people with some experience of singing (or natural ability) or for those who have completed our Introduction to Singing course.
The course takes place over a period of twelve weeks with weekly two hour sessions and culminates in a public performance.
This course is for those aged 16 and over
The next Singing in Harmony course begins on WEDNESDAY 14th APRIL 2010
The course runs from 6-8pm and the final performance will take place on the evening of WEDNESDAY 30TH JUNE 2010 (venues t.b.c.)
COURSE COSTS: £155
no comments yetI aways feel much better physically & emotionally after singing. A great tonic!
Following on from the hugely successful 21 date tour with Russell Watson earlier this year, members of the choir also joined him at the Grand Palais in Paris earlier this month. The event attended by 2,000 delegates was the first of 2 dates in this month’s calandar, the 2nd being a television shoot at Manchester Cathedral for Songs of Praise which is due to be broadcast in January 2010.
We will keep you updated when we know the exact dates that the programme goes on air.
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Members of Liverpool based Sense of Sound Singers feature on the new highly acclaimed Thea Gilmore Christmas album, Strange Communion.
Following the recent trend towards more non-denominational celebrations the album opens with the beautiful a cappella track, Sol Invictus, vocally arranged by Artisitc Director, Jennifer John and featuring the choir.
After joining Gilmore for 2 live dates at Pacific Road Theatre, Birkenhead and Band on the Wall, Manchester the track went down a storm live and the choir were also invited to be her featured guest at both performances.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/dec/11/theo-gilmore-strange-communion
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-thea-gilmore-strange-communion-fullfill-1837835.html
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/othermusic/Album+review+Thea+Gilmore+Strange+Communion-9949.html
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article6959014.ece
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The Barbican is excited to bring back its alternative Yuletide concert for the second year running, following last year’s memorable sell-out debut. Featuring Sense Of Sound Singers, Richard Hawley, Ed Harcourt, Josephine Foster, Amiina with Kippi Kaninus & Paul Lydon, Polly Scattergood, Alasdair Roberts, Eliza Carthy, The House of FairyTales & more to come MC Jeremy Hardy MD David Coulter This year’s deliciously dark evening of festive entertainment features an all-new line-up. Amongst the guests for this year’s Twisted Christmas will be he haunting Scottish folk musician Alasdair Roberts, the always-adventurous Sense Of Sound Singers, (graduates of BBC1’s Last Choir Standing competition), Sheffield legend Richard Hawley, the critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist Ed Harcourt, Colorado’s psych-folk chanteuse Josephine Foster, members of Icelandic string quartet, and regular Sigur Ros collaborators, Amiina, who will perform with compatriots Paul Lydon and Kippi Kaninus. Also, Simon Fisher Turner revives his King of Luxembourg alter ego especially for this concert. Plus the remarkable Polly Scattergood, t and the remarkable Mercury nominated, multi BBC Radio 2 Folk music award winner Eliza Carthy, the House of Fairytales and more to be announced! ‘The Barbican looks beyond the tinsel to find the darkness beneath’ The Guardian FreeStage pre-show: Cold Turkey : 6.45pm - 7.15pm |
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DaDaAwards
Sense of Sound is delighted to be involved in this year’s DadaAwards ceremony which takes place on December 3rd at The Hilton hotel in Liverpool. The only UK Awards ceremony that acknowledges the workof deaf and disabled artists, the evening will consist of a cabaret, fine feasting, awards, laughter and song.
So Many Excuses will host the event, a rebirth of No Excuses; Mandy Colleran, Ali Briggs and Mandy Redvers Rowe reform for this fabulous evening. From attending rallies, creating mayhem, and a movement as well as completing commissions for the BBC, they’re ripe for re-emergence in their continued quest for equality.
The evening will debut the DaDaSings choir, working with Sense of Sound, Ayotunde Falona and Caroline Parker. A group of hearing singers and deaf signers will delight the senses and bring a fresh perspective to signed song.
Hilton Liverpool, L1 8LW
Tickets £50, Book a table of 10 for £500
Telephone: 0151 707 1733 Email: events@dadahello.com,
Minicom: +44 (0)151 706 0365 Fax: +44 (0)151 708 9355
Book your ticket now by contacting DaDa – Disability
& Deaf Arts direct.
NOMINATE YOUR FAVOURITE ARTIST FOR A DADA AWARD!!
The DaDaAwards are here again! Please download a copy of the Nomination Information and a Nomination Form and get them to us now! Please contact faye@dadahello.com if you need any further information.
This years Awards are sponsored by: Northwest Regional Development Agency, ITV Productions, The Mersey
Partnership, National Museums Liverpool, Breakthrough UK and Culture Liverpool (Liverpool City Council)
Audio description, with sign language and palantypist.
no comments yetThe Re-entry of Malcolm Lowry into Liverpool: A Song Tricycle
Saturday 21 November at 8.00pm at the Bluecoat
Sense of Sound’s latest collaboration sees members of the choir working with poet, Ian McMillan and composer Luke Carver Goss.Well known for his work on national radio, notably BBC Radio 3’s language and literature cabaretThe Verb, Ian McMillan - ‘the John Peel of poetry’ - is creating a song cycle about Lowry, whose 1947 novel Under the Volcano is a modern classic, often positioned in the top 100 novels of the 20th Century.
Commissioned for the Bluecoat’s Lowry season and written with composer Luke Carver Goss, the piece will be performed by Liverpool’s Sense of Sound choir.
A ukulele player and jazz lover, music was important to Lowry, who was born on Merseyside. The songs imagine him revisiting Liverpool, and look at three strands of his life: the sea, writing and drink. They also reflect Lowry’s inventiveness as a writer, the dreaminess of his incandescent prose. Bridging the space between poet and choir, speech and song, river and land, the choral music is a metaphor for the River Mersey as it flows through the city and in and out of Lowry’s life and work.
Our new work follows Lowry as he travels dark roads and tortuous landscapes of the mind, from Liverpool to Mexico and back again. It contains songs of drink, doubt, death and despair, but also of stoicism and life-affirming jazz – and gives the audience a chance to ask ‘What if Lowry had lived longer and stayed in Liverpool. What then?’ - Ian McMillan
Tickets £5.00 from Tickets and Information at the Bluecoat, 0151 702 5324 or visit www.thebluecoat.org.uk
We have 2 new exciting courses beginning later this month in Liverpool. Our ever popular Introduction to Singing course followed by our Singing in Harmony course will take place at The Bluecoat in the heart of Liverpool city centre.
Details of these courses are in the Courses and Workshops section on the left of this page. In order to secure a place please call us in the office on (0151) 702 7799 to discuss payment. We offer flexible payment opportunities so please feel free to discuss this with us.
We will also be running masterclasses in the new year so please keep checking this space for details.
no comments yetSense of Sound Choir is going to beholding some auditions on Friday 10th July at The Bluecoat, Liverpool city centre. We are particularly looking for soprano singers but will consider other exceptional singers too.
There are on 26 auditions slots so please get in touch with us ASAP if you wish to secure a place. Each audition slot will last for 10 minutes only and you must come prepared to sing 1 complete unaccompanied solo piece in a contemporary style.
Applicants must be over 18 and ideally have experience of public performance. We are looking for confidence, passion and strong harmony skills. You must also be an excellent team player.
YOU CAN SECURE AN AUDITION SLOT IN 2 WAYS ONLY:
By either phoning the Sense of Sound office in Liverpool on 
(0151) 702 7799
OR by emailing me (choir manager) to jenny@senseofsound.net
It would be helpful if you could email a CV (if you have one) of your singing experience and your musical abilites eg. whether you play any instruments, read music etc.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Jennifer John (choir manager)
no comments yetCalling singers!!! Do you want to make new friends?
Do you enjoy singing, MCing or beat-boxing? Do you want to explore new styles of music? Do you want to work alongside professionals in the borough? If the answer to any of these questions is YES then we at Sense of Sound we would love you to come and join us!
If you are aged between 11 and 18 and are free on Thursday afternoons between 4.30pm and 6pm, then please come along. No previous experience required.
THE SESSIONS ARE COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE
Dates: Thursdays 4.30 – 6pm from 4 June
Venue: Greenwich Theatre, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London, SE10 8ES
Sing Up Greenwich
Sense of Sound is running Sing Up Greenwich, a singing project for children, young people and their teachers in the borough. Click here to find out more.
Summer School
Sense of Sound is also running a summer school in the week commencing 10th August. This will be for young people aged 13-16 and will include song writing and singing techniques.
For more information, please contact Juliet Russell on (0207) 229 6633 or email her at juliet@senseofsound.fsnet.co.uk.
Sense of Sound's mission is to always be at the forefront of vocal education and to provide training, employment and promotional opportunities at the highest level in the creative industries for singers and songwriters across the U.K. and internationally.
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