Cantemus Cum Spiritu at Southwark Cathedral 21st & 22nd October 2023

Cantemus Cum Spiritu events are for advanced singers, and exist in order to allow people who are considered leaders within their own choirs to have the chance to come together to sing music to a high level. It is taken as read that, if you choose to apply for a Cantemus event, you will arrive either fully prepared musically or able to sight-read the music. The expected standard is that each singer will be capable of holding their own line, without the aid of singers around them, in order that, at the start of each event, we can hit the ground running and take your singing to another level.

Cantemus Cum Spiritu exists to help singers to find the joy in church music in the hope that the experience of working with other singers of a similar level will have a knock-on effect on the health and strength of their home choirs. We start each event from the point of being confident that we know the notes and words, so that we have the chance to really explore the music and to enable all the singers to reach their expressive potential.

On 21st & 22nd October 2023 we will be singing the weekend at Southwark cathedral.

The programme for the weekend will be as follows:

Saturday 21st

10.45 Meet

11.00 Rehearse

13.00 Lunch

14.30 – 15.30 Rehearse

16.00 Evensong

Sunday 22nd

9.30 Rehearse

11.00 Eucharist

13.30 Rehearse

15.00 Evensong

The proposed programme with be Jason Smart Responses, Stanford in G Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Walmisley in D Minor Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Byrd 4 Part Mass, Stanford Justrum Animae, Saint Saens – Ave Verum Corpus, Boyce – All the ends of the world

There will be 32 places available on this event: 14 Sopranos, 6, Altos, 6 Tenors and 6 Basses.

Uniform for the weekend will be white shirt (plain, with collar and long sleeves, tucked in), black skirt (of at least knee length) or trousers, plain black tie for the men, black shoes.

The fee for the weekend is £70. No accommodation or food is provided with this event. In the event of cancellation by the singer, no refunds will be made. If an applicant is not selected for the event, a full refund of their deposit will be made. In the event of a cancellation of the course, a full refund will be made.

Applications for this course must be received by 31st July 2023

You could get a 10% discount on this event