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MUSIC WORKSHOP & CHOIR is an on-going, friendly group that has grown over 28 years.

VENUE:

Ashton Gate Primary School, Ashton Gate Rd, Ashton Gate, Bristol 3.

£££ COST

£60 for 10 weeks. (£20) for DHSS claimants who provide evidence of current receipt of benefit).

£30 for those who attend the choir session only.

This fee includes the music, which will be lent to you.

You are welcome to attend for one evening session before you decide to pay and enrol.

However applying by the 16th April 2008 will facilitate ordering music & organising groups by standard.

DATES & TIMES (See end of this section for other dates).

The next course begins on Wednesday 23rd April 2008.
The concert (see below) will be on Friday 23rd May 2008 at 8 P.M.
All other meetings will be on a Wednesday evening.

Please apply by the 16th April 2008, when groups and music will be organised.
Late applications will be considered sympathetically, but applying in good time makes it easier to place you in a suitable instrumental group and have music ready for you.


SELF-HELP INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS: 7.30 to 8.30 P.M.


Grouping by standard if possible. Some guidance is given.

There is a wide range of standards, from beginners to intermediate and advanced.

Various instruments are played. Complete beginners usually start by learning to play the recorder.

On alternate meetings we meet as an orchestra for the last 20 minutes of this session.

Beginners are encouraged to join this popular session and play what they can.



CHOIR: 8.45 to 9.50 P.M

Some instruction is given in vocal exercises, ear training, & sight singing.

We sing a varied repertoire of music from different periods & styles.

Some music is learned by ear or sung from memory.

You are welcome to join just the choir, for the second half of each evening only, but nearly everyone enjoys attending both sessions. Learning an instrument will help you learn to read music, and you will get to know a small group of people in the instrumental group before the whole group comes together for the choir in the second half. Singing also helps instrumentalists play musically and expressively.

DATES FOR AUTUMN TERM 2006

First meeting - 3th October 07

Last date for application - 26^th September 07

Practice Concert - 28th November 2007

Concert - 7th December 2007 (Friday)

 N.B. There are two meetings in the last week.

DATES FOR SPRING TERM 2007.

First meeting - 9/1/08

Last date for application - 2/1/08

Practice Concert - 5/3/08

Concert - 14/3/08



DATES FOR SUMMER TERM 2007 (6 WEEKS):-

First meeting - 23/4/08

Last date for application - 16/4/08

Practice Concert - 14/5/08

Last Wednesday meeting - 21/5/08

Concert - 23/5/08

  N.B. There are two meetings in the last week.

YES, YOU ARE GOOD ENOUGH

We welcome beginners, including those who have never played an instrument or sung in a choir before.

Those who think they cannot sing in tune are also welcome.

The friendly and accepting atmosphere promoted by this approach is valued by members of all standards.

Intermediate & advanced players and singers are regular members.

Most people return to the group year after year.


THE CONCERT is held on a Friday at the end of each term. We perform for ourselves only - a very encouraging audience! No outsiders are invited. Everyone works hard for this special occasion.

REGULAR ATTENDANCE & practice between weekly sessions are important and only fair to others.

Application form Please print one and send by post.

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Further information
from John Featherstone. Tel. (0117) 974 1937.

E-mail: John@music-and-choir.co.uk