Underskog

Sacred Harp singings are an occasion for people from all backgrounds and all musical capacities to gather, sing and be sung at, and also to have a chat with a cookie & tea in the break, of course.
Sacred Harp is not performance oriented, and therefore you don’t have to sweat to sound amazing, or stress if you can’t make it every time, because we’re not getting any closer to the concert ;-)
On top of that there is no one director, even the melody vs. accompaniment hierarchy is not so pronounced if at all present, and a culture of pot luck-food and great hospitality is connected to the practice, making many feel instantly at home in this community that now spreads throughout the USA and Europe.

Address: Uranienborgveien 2 (Yellow house behind Slottsparken, entrance Parkveien!!)
there’ll be sacred harp-indicators up at the entrance guiding you.

Schedule Sunday 8th of december:
14:00 – 15:00 Singing School (slow studying of songs + practicing leading!)
15:00 – 15:15 break. there’ll be tea & coffee, please bring along something to add to the snack-table, anything from home-baked pie to store bought-cookies are warmly welcomed.
15:15 – circa 16:15 Regular Singing (here we will sing through song after song as fast as we collectively feel comfortable with ;-)
16:15 – 16:30 break.
circa 16:30 – 18:00 Showing of “Awake, my Soul!”, a lovely documentary about Sacred Harp-singing, directed by Matt Hinton (this screening is with consent of Matt).

We’ll be singing from the Sacred Harp Songbook (Denson edition). Since two boxes have happily arrived in Oslo, we should have enough books and loaners for everyone, hence no songlist this time!