Come and Sing - The Baroque Masters

Join us in the historic Channing Hall in the centre of Sheffield for an uplifting day singing Baroque music from the masters including Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach, Handel, Telemann and other classic choral pieces. Our sing days are relaxed and informal in nature and we receive excellent feedback from participants (the cover picture is from our most recent sing day in Horsforth). However, they do require some work! As such, some sight-reading ability and experience of choral singing is an advantage to get the best out of the day. We will provide copies of the music for use on the day as part of your ticket price (obviously if you prefer to bring your own copies please feel free to do so). Tim loves all music, but baroque is one of his favourites so you are are assured that he will be imparting his considerable knowledge about the composers and music and also vocal hints to suit the style of the music. Here is a list of music we will be looking at:

• Dietrich Buxtehude - Cantate Domino (in full)
• Maurice Greene  - Lord, let me know mine end (in full)
• William Croft - Burial Sentences (excerpts)
• George Frederick Handel - From the East unto the West (Solomon) (in full) / Since by man (Messiah) (in full)
• Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria (excerpts)
• George Philip Telemann - Laudate Jehovam (excerpt)
• Johann Sebastian Bach - Awake us Lord, and hasten (in full) / Rest here in peace (excerpts) / Round me falls the night (in full)

There will be recordings of most of these available on YouTube. For note learning, John Fletcher's rehearsal website is very useful and many of these pieces will be on it (there may be a small subscription charge): https://johnfletchermusic.org/

Sheffield has a fantastic transport system with not only trains, but buses and trams which extend far out of the City so you don't necessarily have to drive into the City, but park somewhere out of town (at Meadow Hall for instance) and get the tram in. Here are details of some parking options nearer the venue from the Channing Hall's website:

https://www.upperchapelsheffield.org.uk/contact/parking-in-sheffield-city-centre.php

Here is an outline of the itinerary for the day: 

Registration:                                                         11.30 - 12.00 

Singing session 1:                                              12.00 - 13.30

Break:                                                                      13.30 - 14.00

Singing session 2:                                              14.00 - 15.30

Break:                                                                      15.30 - 15.45

Review of pieces learnt:                                   15.45 - 16.30

The ticket cost includes refreshments. Each attendee on the day will receive a £5.00 voucher which can be redeemed against future sing days, holidays, or other TKM products. If you already hold a voucher from a previous sing day, then you can redeem it at checkout using the code on the voucher.

If you wish to pay 'offline' please contact us directly at mail@timknightmusic.com and we will apply the discount manually.

Notes: Tim Knight Music (‘TKM’) is GDPR compliant and our policy is available on request. Any personal details provided to us will only be used by TKM for the purposes of communicating about its products and services and not shared or sold to a third party. TKM reserve the right to replace Tim Knight as the Event Leader if, for any reason, he is unable to run the event. Participants are required to have their own valid travel insurance if appropriate (please make sure this covers cancellation due to Covid) and attend TKM events at their own risk. Unfortunately, we cannot offer a refund due to non-attendance.