Regular Local Singings in or near Michigan   

East Lansing Singings
1st & 3rd Mondays
7-9 PM
Edgewood United Church
469 Hagadorn
East Lansing

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Kalamazoo Singings
3rd Sundays from 4-6 pm
2nd and 4th Thursdays (workshop and singing)

Ann Arbor Singings
Second Sundays, 1-4 PM
The Ark, Ann Arbor

Grand Rapids Singings
1st Saturdays, 9:30-11:15 AM

Toronto/Ontario Singings
Third Wednesdays
7:30-9:30

All-day singings

Mid-Michigan All-Day singing
Faith Lutheran Church, Okemos, MI
May 10, 2025

Michigan New Book
All-Day Singing
November 8, 2025

Midwest Convention
Chicago, Illinois
May 30-31, 2025

Kalamazoo All-Day Singing
Carriage Barn, Kalamazoo
July 20, 2025

Michiana All-Day Singing
Assembly Mennonite Church, Goshen, Indiana
July 19, 2025


Central Ontario All-Day Singings
Last full weekend in August

Sacred Harp on youtube

2016 Michiana Singing
2016 Missouri Convention
2015 Midwest Convention (all)
2015 Mid-Michigan Singing
2014 Michiana Singing
2013 Kalamazoo Singing
2010 Alabama Sacred Harp Musical Convention
Video about Sacred Harp singing

What is Shape note singing about?

Brief history of the Mid-Michigan singing.

Shape Note singing resources:

Fasola.org
A compendium of things regarding shape note singing and The Sacred Harp.

Website of Dr. Warren Steel, author, scholar of shape note singing, organ, other music, folklore, etc., etc.

Wikipedia about shape note singing

Online Shape Note recordings

Martha Beverly's photos of singings

1835 Mason's Sacred Harp pdf
(unrelated to The Sacred Harp)

1856 American Church Harp pdf

1860 Sacred Harp pdf

Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
trailer for the PBS documentary on Sacred Harp singing.

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This information is from last year, but should be the same:
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The 2018 Michiana Singing will be held at a new location!

 

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ALL DAY SINGING
&
DINNER ON THE GROUNDS

Thirty-first Annual Michiana Singing

Fasola singing from the 1991 Edition

of B.F. White’s shape note tunebook

The Sacred Harp

The Best Collection of Sacred Songs, Hymns, Odes, and Anthems
Ever Offered the Singing Public for General Use

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Saturday, July 14, 2018

9:30 am E.D.T. to midafternoon

~ local time same as Michigan and one hour ahead of Chicago ~

Fairview Grange

22482 County Road 45 - Goshen, Indiana

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New location: Located .7 miles south of Ox Bow Park

No experience necessary: Come to sing or listen.

Books provided for purchase or loan.

Dinner at noon: local singers bring food.

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For more information contact:

James Nelson Gingerich at (574) 536-8027 or

Samuel Sommers at (574) 226-2014 or scmws @ yahoo.com

 

 

This website maintained by Bob Borcherding, for questions or if you notice any errors, please email gapbob -(at)- yahoo.com. Last updated June 30, 2025.