Events

Updated Oct 2, 2026  

For all events listed below, all are welcome, no experience necessary, and song books will be available for loan or purchase.

• Saturday, October 10, 9:30am – 3:00pm: Valdosta All-Day Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition at The Burnt Church, 217 E Burnt Church Road, Lakeland, GA 

• Sunday, October 11, 1pm-3pm: Orlando Monthly Singing at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1655 Peel Avenue, Orlando. We sing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and other books as attendees desire.  

• Sunday, October 18, 3:30pm – 5:30pm: Sweetwater Monthly Singing at Church of the Mediator, 501 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL. Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition. Every 3rd Sunday of the month except December.

• Sunday, October 25, 1:00 – 3:00pm: Jacksonville Monthly Singing at St John's Lutheran Church, 1950 Silver St, Jacksonville, FL, United States, Florida. Every 4th Sunday of the month.

• Sunday, November 1, 1pm-3pm: Orlando Monthly Singing at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1655 Peel Avenue, Orlando. We sing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition and other books as attendees desire.  (note: 1st Sunday of November, not the usual 2nd Sunday!)

• Sunday, November 8, 6pm-8pm: Home singing at the home of Dean and Rachel in Oviedo. Contact Rachel at respeer@gmail.com or 301.943.0515.  Our Weekly Practice Singings in Oviedo are shifting to an ad-hoc basis for the next few months due to scheduling conflicts. Any time you want to sing, we'd love to host, so please email or text me (Rachel) with your preferred dates: respeer@gmail.com or 301.943.0515. We often do some singing-school-style instruction and slow practice of parts especially for new singers. We sing from a variety of shape-note tunebooks including The Christian Harmony, 2010 (DoReMi, 7 shapes), and 4-shape books including The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition, The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition, 2012, The Shenandoah Harmony, and The Valley Pocket Harmonist. Please feel free to invite friends and let me know if you plan to come, would like email or text-message reminders, need our address, or have any questions. 

• Sunday, November 29, 10am – 2:30pm: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition (2012), every Fifth Sunday. Please bring food to share for a potluck lunch. 

• January 9-10, 2027: 4th annual Central Florida Sacred Harp Singing Weekend. Saturday, January 9, 2027 at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (Conway Hall), 1655 Peel Avenue, Orlando. 9:30 am―10 am: Singing school 10 am―3 pm: Singing from  The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition with dinner on the grounds. Saturday evening social at Rachel and Dean's home in Oviedo with Singing from The Christian Harmony, 2010; dinner; and singing from The Shenandoah Harmony and The Valley Pocket Harmonist. Sunday, January 10, 2027 at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. 10 am―2:30 pm: Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition (2012) with dinner on the grounds. 

• Saturday, January 30, 2027: Shenandoah Harmony All-Day Singing + evening social with singing from The Valley Pocket Harmonist. Save the date, more details to come! 

• Sunday, January 31, 10am – 2:30pm: Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, 17385 Bethlehem Road, Lithia (Old Chicora), Florida. Singing from The Sacred Harp, Revised Cooper Edition (2012), every Fifth Sunday. Please bring food to share for a potluck lunch.

General reminders: 

• • If you're interested in carpooling to singings, please post on the facebook event pages or contact Rachel - respeer@gmail.com or 301.943.0515

  • Regular monthly singings in Tallahassee: 1st Friday - Denson book singing and 3rd Friday - Cooper book singing. Both held at Quaker Meeting House, 2001 S. Magnolia Drive, Tallahassee, from 7 - 9 pm with a break for snacks. Loaner books are available.  For Tallahassee Sacred Harp Singing event reminders, please email Marja at mjkatma@gmail.com to be added to their email list. 

  • For Cooper Book singings in the Florida panhandle and southern Alabama, see http://www.sacredharpbook.com/calendar-of-singings/

  • For the most complete listing of shape-note singing events throughout the US & around the world, see https://shapenotesingings.com/ 

  • Check https://www.facebook.com/groups/OrlandoFaSoLa for updates on singing in the Orlando area. 

  • If you would like to receive monthly email reminders, send an email to respeer@gmail.com

Hope to sing with you soon! 

Rachel