Sight-singing has been in steady decline in contemporary culture for some time. The reasons are numerous and complex, but the outcome for our choral work here at SUMC is a continual drop in the number of voices that read choral music and that are familiar with the basics of singing. So, for the last year we have offered a class in sight reading music. ANYONE in the SUMC community who wishes to learn how to sight sing may come weekly at 7:15pm, a time that is not too early for working adults and not too late for youngsters and seniors every Thursday.
Interested residents from Sudbury and neighboring towns who want to improve their singing are welcome to take advantage of this free continuing education opportunity.
There are no prerequisites for "Singing School". Just show up. We will meet you where you are vis Ă vis your singing voice and how you wish to use it. Rob and I have long experience in working with choral music and, between us, there is pretty much no singing situation we have not seen. So take a break from whatever it is that is claiming your time Thursday evenings and join us. We would love to have you in class!
The text we will use for Singing School is available here. It is in the public domain, so you are free to load it into the device of your choice or to print out what you need of it.
If you would like to sign up before class meets so we can prepare for you, kindly sign up here.