From the front of the choir: Holiday time!

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Sunday, August 12, 2007

Holiday time!

No blog this week as I'm off sunning myself in 30°C temperatures in the Baltic states! Stay tuned for more next week.

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About Me

Chris Rowbury: I am a singing workshop leader specialising in unaccompanied harmony songs from around the world. I lead community choirs and run regular singing workshops with a wide range of themes.

I am a member of the Natural Voice Practitioners' Network and share their beliefs that everybody can sing (so I don’t hold auditions, anybody is welcome to join) and that nobody should be denied access to music (hence I don’t use written notation, all songs are taught by ear).

I founded and currently run the communtiy choir The OK Chorale in Woodbridge, Suffolk.

I am the founder of the UK community choir WorldSong in Coventry and led Woven Chords in Stamford from 2000 to 2010. Until recently I also led a 12-piece women's ensemble Vox Mondiale and a more theatrical project: FOOT + MOUTH voice-theatre.

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