Change of date: Sing and Swing now Saturday 23rd January 2010

Due to circumstances beyond our control we have had to change the date of our much anticipated Sing and Swing with Jonathan Rathbone. All the other details remain the same, so if you want to find our how to sing 'swing' with style, check out the details of this great day's activities.

It was lovely to receive this email

I have to tell you how much I so thoroughly enjoyed our Singing Allowed course last week. As always I found it to be a really enjoyable and relaxing day. The choice of music so varied. I wake up in the morning with one or other of the songs in my mind. The venue was very pleasant also. I thank you both for the hard work and dedication. It is quite clear that you work well together and enjoy the events also. Roll on the next time.

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We enjoyed it very much too, Dance to your Daddy has become my latest 'earworm'! I hope the rest of the participants are getting free from troublesome returning songs. Frances

Fun on the farm

What a wonderful 2 days at Elms Farm with Singing Allowed. Having fun, eating and drinking were also allowed as you can see here!

Sing the Stave

The giant keyboard came into its own, though 'playing' it upsidedown and in reverse was not a skill I had mastered! ....Must practise for next time....
Half of the course members were new to Arbutus so that was particularly pleasing, not that we don't love all our faithful returners, of course we do!

Comments included "As a musician I was amazed at the way the important aspects of singing were delivered. There was no overwhelming jargon or anyone looking embarassed."

"I feel more confident about rhythms in music and I was pleased that I knew more than I thought"

"I was pleased to do more singing than I expected"

Many thanks to you all for coming along, we are now looking forward to the next two courses, Hiawatha and Singing Allowed. Don't forget to enrol to secure your place soon. www.arbutusmusic.net

Giant Stave!

Oh dear, what have I let myself in for
A giant stave it is then.....I hope.
Watch this space for further updates, or even better enrol for the course and see it in use.
www.arbutusmusic.net/stave.html

Singing the Stave course 18th June

Preparation is underway with the creation of a giant keyboard!

You'll have to sign up for the course to find out what fun this is going to be.

www.arbutusmusic.net/stave.html

I'm waiting for Christine to think what a good idea a giant sized stave would be..... Let's hope not! (Frances)

Online enrolment gets going

Online enrolments have started to arrive! I am sure that it is going to be easier for all, so thanks to those who have tried it. We would appreciate any feedback on the experience.

Thanks

Arbutus Music ventures into online enrolment

Yes! You can now enrol on any Arbutus Music course online using a credit card or Paypal. Just visit www.arbutusmusic.net to see what courses are running over the summer.

Arbutus Music ventures into online enrolment

We are hoping to move onto online enrolment this week. It will be possible to enrol and pay for courses online using a credit or debit card or your Paypal account. This will save you having to print out the enrolment form, write out a cheque, write an envelope and then find a stamp!

Welcome to the Arbutus Music Blog!

Frances and Christine are working on two new workshops and preparing a new version of their very first Arbutus course 'Singing Allowed'

The two new workshops are Sing the Stave, lots of singing with help on how to convert the notes on the page into wonderful confident singing!

The second is a Singing Day when the subject matter will be Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Whether like Frances you remember it from your youth or like Christine you have never sung it before, you are sure to have a lot of fun. This work has seriously gone out of fashion so this may be your only opportunity to get to know it.

For more information on all out courses visit our website www.arbutusmusic.net