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Welcome to the website of Wild Harmony. The site is under perpetual development!
WILD HARMONY is a small, friendly South Brent based community choir, which meets regularly to share the fun of singing together and learning songs and harmonies from around the world.
Emily Roblyn leads Wild Harmony. Emily grew up in Canada and was encouraged to harmonise and perform from an early age so that singing is so much a part of her she doesn’t ever remember being without it. She is passionate about sharing her love of people coming together to sing and the magic of harmony.
The SONGS part of the website includes words of all songs we sing or have sung with Emily and collections of some earlier Wild Harmony leaders. This section been temporarily disabled to enable us to deal more formally with copyright issues and may be returned in due course with members access and a password.
[Until then you will not be able to use the following guidance:
To find a song, click on the ‘Songs’ tab along the top, then look at the list of songs and categories.
Most songs also have an attachment in Word with the lyrics for printing out if you wish.
Where we have recorded Wild Harmony singing the song either in performance or rehearsal that is also on the webpage - click on the music attachment
Wherever possible I have acknowledged songwriters and arrangers. My apologies for any omissions or errors.]
AS A RESULT OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, WILD HARMONY SESSIONS AT MILLSWOOD COTTAGE ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL FUTHER NOTICE
- SALA KAHLE (stay well).
‘Wild Harmony’: is having to adapt and change in response to the current situation. While we can’t meet in person to sing together, Emily Roblyn is running Wild Harmony remotely via Zoom. Whilst not the same as being in the same room, it is a chance to connect with each other and continue to sing! Join us for a sing and a bit of a catch up (you’ll have to bring your own wine though!). We will learn new songs and sing along to songs that we know and love singing together.
New dates and times during the crisis replace those previously announced for the term (NB slightly earlier and shorter times as on-line sessions are a bit more intensive than face-to-face sessions)
Friday 12 & 26 June; 10 July from 7:30 – 9pm
The Zoom sessions will continue unless/until the current lockdown situation is lifted. Details of how to join the Zoom sessions and how you can pay Emily (please remember that leading choirs is Emily’s income) are emailed out via the Wild Harmony mailing list. Emily would like to offer all these sessions free of charge to anyone who would like to come. However, if you feel like you would like to offer a donation for the teaching, please feel free to pay what you can afford (suggested donation £5). Please email John - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., if you would like to be added to the Wild Harmony MailChimp distribution list (only if you are not already on it). See: http://wildharmony.org.uk/.
Sound Song and Silence (‘Quarantine sessions’): On Sunday evenings from 7:30 – 8:30pm (June dates to be confirmed) (arrive 5 minutes early for a prompt start). If you fancy more singing in your lives, Emily is running evening singing sessions combining a mindfulness perspective with the experience of singing…. it can be heart-opening, heart-connecting and very uplifting. Maybe just what we need right now. It is a chance to sing some beautiful songs as a meditation and as a way of supporting us to be here with what is…. just as we are. We will learn a song or two, make some sound and end with a singing meditation. These sessions are open to anyone who wishes to come. A suggested donation of £5 for the teaching would be really appreciated but please come if you feel drawn to, even if you can't afford that right now. For details of how to access or donate, see: Facebook.
For information about events in South Brent see: 'What's on in South Brent'
For information about events in the South Devon Area see: http://hubcast.co.uk/eventpromotion/whats-on/
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SOME OTHER EVENTS WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST TO WILD HARMONY DEVOTEES
Please be aware that many advertised events have been cancelled or postponed as a result of the current coronavirus pandemic.
'Connecting Voices' - Online Singing Session (in happier times Dartington Monday Fun Choir): Weekly by Zoom on Mondays from 5.30 - 6.30pm led by Fran André (who will be familiar to Wild Harmony singers). As of March 2020, due to Corona virus emergency situation we have moved online. Every Monday (not Easter Monday 13 April) we meet on Zoom. If you are interested, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details of the Zoom link, password and how to pay. Fran is offering some 'road test your connection' sessions if you are new to Zoom. All are welcome! The songs we sing will be simple, accessible harmony songs from all around the world which will be taught by ear. We can't sing together on Zoom because of the delay, but you can see each other and hear me! Singing in community is our birthright, a pure and simple oxytocin producing blast to connect us with our fellow humans and with our hearts! And we can't be together doing it right now, but we can christen our homes with song in the e-presence of each other! Suggested donation £5.
NEW!: Singing with Soul with Fran Andre! Come and sing Soul, Gospel, Funk, Motown and more with Fran on a Tuesday morning from 11-12, or a Thursday early evening from 6-7pm (same session on the Tuesday or Thursday, so come to either). Singing online is nothing like face to face, it's true, and there will come a time where will sing together in person again (hoorah!), but for now there are benefits to singing online, and Fran is managing to uplift people in this medium which makes her happy too! You can sing your heart out in your own home, and experiment with improvising and making up your own parts if you want to. Come and try it out - the first sessions on Tuesday 2 June; Thurs 4 June will be absolutely FREE! Session cost (after free sessions): £5 per session (children always FREE). Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89175923983?pwd=aUs0b3ZIbmdzRm9UQzFzcE5DSTV1dz09; Password: 478169. Payment link: https://paypal.me/franandre. For more information see the Singing with Soul! Facebook event page - www.facebook.com/events/240896277219257/, or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
See BBC Spotlight item about the video of ‘Higher and Higher’ made by ‘Soul of the City’, Fran’s Exeter based choir to raise money for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the NHS. https://www.facebook.com/soulofthecitygospelchoir/videos/3519075991441812.
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