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Voices Raised

The Voices Raised project was devised by CCI and Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre to inject new life into one of England's - and Cumbria's - greatest traditions: Choral Singing. Everywhere choral societies, which have been for almost two centuries the backbone of the English music scene, are experiencing the same problem of recruiting young singers to their ranks. Voices Raised aimed to show young people what opportunities there are in choral singing for a life-long activity and also encouraged local choral societies to look at ways of making themselves more attractive to young singers.

From October 2003 through to June 2004 there were monthly workshops for young singers at the Brewery run by national experts in the fields of Barbershop Singing, Folk and World Music, Gospel Singing and Music Theatre. On Thursday 24th June these styles reappeared in a day of workshops and rehearsals at the Brewery. Here are some pictures of that workshop day…

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  • About Us
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    • 2022
    • 2023 >
      • Beethoven's 9th Symphony
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        • Wordsworth 250
        • New Year's Eve 2021
      • 2020
      • 2019 >
        • Berlioz Te Deum
        • Early Music Day
        • New Year's Eve 2019
      • 2018 >
        • Parry Centenary Concert
        • New Year's Eve
      • 2017 >
        • Mozart: Requiem
        • Choral Day
        • Elijah
      • 2016 - More Haydn Messe-Fest events
      • 2016 - Dream of Gerontius
      • 2015
  • Staging for Hire
  • CCI archive
    • 2014 - WWI Centenary >
      • Britten: War Requiem >
        • Acknowledgement of grants
      • New Year's Eve
    • 2013
    • 2012 >
      • July 2012 - The Song of Hiawatha >
        • Hiawatha - Pre-Concert Activities
        • Hiawatha - Concert Photographs
      • New Year's Eve 2012 - Cartmel Priory
    • 2011 - Sing Out for Marie Curie >
      • 2011 - New Year's Eve photographs
    • 2010 - 10th Anniversary Concert - Out of Darkness >
      • "Out of Darkness" - Photographs
    • 2009 - New Year's Eve in Cartmel Priory >
      • New Year's Eve 2009 Photographs
    • 2008 - Vaughan Williams Festival >
      • Vaughan Williams Festival Events
    • 2007 - July - Poulenc Gloria and Berlioz Messe Solennelle
    • 2005 - November - Britten's War Requiem
    • 2004 - Voices Raised and Carmina Burana >
      • Voices Raised
      • Carmina Burana
    • 2002 - July - Vaughan Williams Sea Symphony
    • 2000 - March - Beethoven Missa Solemnis
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