Choir
Choir Director: Charlie Gower-Smith
Professional vocal tutors and accompanist
“Another wonderful week of music and friend making.”
previous course member
This rermarkable choir course offers the rare opportunity for work with a professional staff of choir director Charlie alongside dedicated SATB vocal tutors and Jon Lee, our long-standing accompanist.
This is an unparalleled chance to improve on your full range of singingh skills whilst also having a hugely enjoyable week!
Charlie writes: “For 2026 the choir will be looking at contrasting repertoire about night and day. To start we’ll perform Richard Rodney Bennett’s peaceful A Good-Night, which sings of a final secure resting place, and Tarik O’Regan’s I Listen To The Stillness of You, a beautiful and calm setting of D. H. Lawrence.
Then to music of the day, with pieces about the sun – we’ll sing Lili Boulanger’s dazzling Hymne au Soleil, her glorious ode to the sun, and The Canticle of the Sun by Amy Beach, a hymn of praise for the sun, moon, wind, water, fire and earth.”
There are also open singing sessions during the week and the chance to work on shorter small ensemble pieces too.