A "come and sing" event offers people who enjoy singing the opportunity to form a temporary choir ("scratch choir") to rehearse and/or perform choral music, often within a single day. For the musical composition see Chorale. A choir, chorale, or chorus is a Musical ensemble of Singers
These events are ideal for people who would otherwise be unable to commit to regular membership of a choir, or who wish to try choral singing for the first time. Usually the music is familiar to those who attend – e. g. Handel's Messiah, Fauré's Requiem, Verdi's Requiem – though the programme may be chosen to coincide with a festival or other special occasion or time of year or day (e. Messiah ( HWV 56 is an Oratorio by George Frideric Handel based on a Libretto by Charles Jennens. Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( 12 May 1845 &ndash 4 November 1924) was a French Composer, Organist, Pianist Gabriel Fauré composed his Requiem in D minor, Op 48 between 1887 and 1890 The Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral Mass (called the Requiem from the first word of the A festival is an event usually and ordinarily staged by a local community which centers on some unique aspect of that community g. evensong, Nine Lessons and Carols). Evening Prayer is a Liturgy in use in the Anglican Communion (and other churches in the Anglican tradition such as the Continuing Anglican Movement and The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is a format for a service of Christian Worship celebrating the birth of Jesus which is traditionally followed
"Come and sing" events seem particularly popular in the United Kingdom [1]. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
See also group singing. Sing Along is a term describing many videos released by children's media companies in the late 1980s through early 2000s
External links
- "Come-and-sing" (and other events) listed on the British Choirs on the Net website.
- St. James's Church, Bodley Road, New Malden, Surrey, UK, a church that holds bi-monthly "Come and Sing" events.
- "Come and Sing!" events hosted by The Colorado Springs Choral Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in 2006 and 2007. The City of Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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