About

We are a choir of about 60 members and we sing a varied range of songs and styles (usually in 4 part harmony) from British, European and American contemporary community songwriters, all of which have been carefully chosen to sound right when sung by an unaccompanied choir.   We perform several times a year within the local area.

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If you would like to join the waiting list, then please contact us and we will be in touch as soon as a place becomes available. We don’t hold auditions and you don’t have to read music to join us!

We rehearse on Tuesday evenings over about 15 weeks for each of two concert seasons:  a Spring/Summer performance series usually around the Summer Solstice in June; an Autumn/Winter set of performances  usually around the first week of December.

Before every concert season, we hold a day-long workshop (typically early September and late January/early February) to introduce the music we’ll be learning for the season ahead.  These workshops are an ideal opportunity for new members, if space is available, to see how we learn and sing together.

Kate Howard

Kate began her musical career by studying classical singing from an early age but she swiftly moved into left wing politics where she set up some of the UK’s first community choirs.  She now lives in Moniaive where she runs Cairn Chorus community choir and is excited to be directing the newly formed Castle Douglas based SongWave community choir.

Kate was a long time performer with Vermont based touring choir ‘Northern Harmony’ and lead their teenage programme ‘Village Harmony’ for many years. This enabled her to work with many stunning world music teachers.

She has a big heart, powerful voice and a joyous approach to singing. She works with groups to create an authentic sound and is passionate about creating community through song.

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