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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251115T140000
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URL:https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/events/star-in-the-east-an-early-ame
 rican-carols-workshop-2/
SUMMARY:Star in the East: An Early American Carols Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy holiday cheer\, singing with your neighbors\, and cider a
 nd cookies! Join Early Music Michigan and Kalamazoo Sacred Harp singers to
  learn about the traditional American art of shape note singing and practi
 ce the form together with early American carols. Then join EMM at our holi
 day concert on December 6\, 2025 for more early American holiday songs!\n\
 nAbout the Workshop\n\nThe American tradition of shape note singing was de
 veloped in the early nineteenth century and grew out of a movement to enco
 urage congregational and social singing. The notes\, which are printed on 
 a musical staff in squares\, diamonds\, triangles\, and ovals\, are meant 
 to help even beginner singers with no musical background to quickly and ea
 sily learn how to read music and sing. While shape note singing is over tw
 o centuries old\, there are several specific shape note traditions that ar
 e still active and\, indeed\, growing—including Sacred Harp singing\, wh
 ich enjoys a thriving presence in Kalamazoo. Sacred Harp singings take pla
 ce in a hollow square\, with the singers all facing in\, and are often rau
 cous\, spirited\, and joyful events!\n\nIn the first hour of this workshop
 \, Samuel Sommers will offer a general introduction to shape note singing 
 and participants will learn about the shapes\, the syllables that correspo
 nd with them\, and the usual method of singing a song using both the notes
  and the lyrics. In the second half of the workshop\, led by Will Fitzgera
 ld\, participants will practice their new skills and sing a variety of fes
 tive holiday tunes from the shape note tradition together\, including STAR
  IN THE EAST\, which will be sung at the EMM holiday concert “An Early A
 merican Holiday.”\nRegistration details\nRegistration fees\nRegistration
  fees for this workshop are pay-what-you-will\, but we suggest the followi
 ng fees:\n\nStudent: $20\nGeneral Admission: $35\nSupporters’ Circle:
  $50–100\nSponsors will receive an EMM window cling\, their names or a 
 dedication added to our online list of Supporters and our online program f
 or the workshop\, and our annual newsletter.\nWorkshop Sponsor: $100+\nSp
 onsors will receive an EMM window cling\, sticker\, their names or a dedic
 ation added to our online list of Sponsors and our online program for the 
 workshop\, and our annual donor newsletter. \nGroup Registration: If you
  are associated with a choir\, school program\, or other group that would 
 be interested in registering with a group rate\, please contact Becky Str
 aple-Sovers.\nRegistration deadline\nAdvance registration is open until N
 ovember 8\, 2025.\n\nRegistration is open until the workshop begins\, and 
 you can register on-site! Please note that attendees who register online o
 n or after November 9\, 2025 will be asked to print the workshop materia
 ls and bring them to the workshop. (If you are a late registrant and this 
 will not be possible for you\, please contact us as soon as possible.)\n
 Workshop materials\nThe workshop agenda and documents will be made availab
 le to attendees ahead of time. We will have workshop materials for advance
  registrants\, and a limited number for same-day registrants\, but if you 
 are able to\, please consider helping us cut costs by printing out the mat
 erials yourself and bringing them to the workshop!
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LOCATION:Kalamazoo Friends Meeting House\, 508 Denner St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\,
  49006\, United States
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