Come and sing

A "come and sing" event offers people who enjoy singing the opportunity to form a temporary choir ("scratch choir") to rehearse and/or perform choral music, often within a single day.

These events are ideal for people who would otherwise be unable to commit to regular membership of a choir, or who wish to try choral singing for the first time. Usually the music is familiar to those who attend – e.g. Handel's Messiah, Fauré's Requiem, Verdi's Requiem – though the programme may be chosen to coincide with a festival or other special occasion or time of year or day (e.g. evensong, Nine Lessons and Carols).

"Come and sing" events seem particularly popular in the United Kingdom.

See also

• group singing

External links

• "Come-and-sing" (and other events) listed on the British Choirs on the Net website.
• St. James's Church, Bodley Road, New Malden, Surrey, UK, a church that holds bi-monthly "Come and Sing" events.
• "Come and Sing!" events hosted by The Colorado Springs Choral Society, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, in 2006 and 2007.
• "Come and Sing!" events hosted by Brisbane Concert Choir, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 2003 to 2011.
• "Come and Sing" project organised by Tideswell Male Voice Choir, Derbyshire, England, in 2010.