 Gdansk Choir FestivalFriday, February 17, 2012 - Sunday, February 19, 2012 Gdansk (Poland) will host an International Gdansk Choir Festival from 17-19th February 2012. It's festival for competitive and non-competitive choirs. This year the head of the jury will be composer Vytautas Miskinis together with the Jury members from Macedonia, Singapore Slovakia and Poland. Most events will take place in Concert Hall of Gdansk Academy of Music as well as additional concerts in Gdansk and region. Further details can be found here. |
 Voices Festival, LiverpoolFriday, March 16, 2012 12pm - Sunday, March 18, 2012 1pm A three day festival of a cappella singing curated by Sense of Sound. Performers include Connie Lush and Shlomo and the festival will feature a debate of singing and health. "From hip hop to barbershop and contemporary jazz to choral, Voices a cappella festival will showcase the full range of a cappella singing styles, giving plenty of opportunity for everyone to interact, get involved and get singing!". Festival pass is £30 before 20th Feb and £40 thereafter although tickets are also available for individual events. See www.senseofsound.org for further details. |
 Sing a Cappella! 2012 coaching day & concertSunday, April 29, 2012 9:30am A unique opportunity to be tutored by former Swingle and Voces8 singers, for you to attend as an individual, or as a group. Further details will be posted here shortly. |
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Sweet Adelines (UK) Convention Friday, May 11, 2012 - Sunday, May 13, 2012 |
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Introducing our national executive
11 October 2009. This will be remembered as an historic date for Sing a cappella! - and not just because of the retro numeric progression of 11/10/09! On this auspicious date the inaugural General Meeting was held in the boardroom of The Betjeman Arms at St Pancras International station.
A constitution was adopted and a National Executive Committee elected: Jean Digby as Chairman; Bob Bissett, Treasurer; Tom Digby, General Secretary; Belinda Magee, Membership Secretary; Cathy Davies, Events Co-ordinator; Ian Tolley, Website Manager and Kate Bissett, Minutes Secretary. All were current members of the steering group. One vacancy was left unfilled – that of Public Relations & Marketing Officer. If there’s anyone out there who might be interested in filling this important role, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We can let you have a job description.
Suzi Digby (no relation – honest!) was adopted as our Honorary President by a unanimous vote.
A motion resolved that individual membership subscriptions would be fixed for the year to the date of the first AGM in October 2010. The rate would be £5, but discounts would be offered against future events to those who subscribe. One of our members present at the meeting, Mick Kett, using his experience as Director of Membership Development of BABS (British Association of Barbershop Singers) made some useful suggestions about membership services. At a meeting of the newly elected National Executive immediately following this General Meeting, a possible scheme for group membership was discussed. A proposal will be put to affiliates before the first AGM in October 2010.
Also at this National Executive meeting, it was resolved to co-opt David Robertson of Serenata as an ordinary member of the NEC.
Update: During 2010, David Robertson left the NEC and was replaced by Angela Evans of Vox Concordia. In 2011 we eventually found someone – for the first time –who would take on the role of PR & Marketing. (Hooray!) Jill Barnes from Just A Cappella had her first NEC meeting on 20 March. So we grew to nine members, representing five a cappella groups.
Last Updated (Friday, 25 March 2011 21:18)
