Regular Local Singings in or near Michigan
East Lansing Singing
1st & 3rd Mondays, 7-9 PM
Edgewood United Church
469 Hagadorn, East Lansing, MI
Kalamazoo Singing
3rd Sundays from 4-6 pm
(Vaccination required)
Ann Arbor Singing
Second Sundays, 1-4 PM
The Ark, Ann Arbor
Grand Rapids Singing
1st Saturdays, 9:30-11:15 AMToronto/Ontario
Third Wednesdays
7:30-9:30Nearby all-day singings
Midwest Convention
Chicago, Memorial Day weekend
Univ. of Michigan All-day
(Ann Arbor)
April 13, 2024, Burton Tower, Ann Arbor, MIMid-Michigan All-Day singing
Faith Lutheran Church, Okemos, MI
May 11, 9:30-3 PM
Vaccination required
Michiana All-Day Singing
Fairview Grange, Dunlap, IN
tentative July 20, 2023
Kalamazoo All-Day Singing
Tentative July 21, 2023Central Ontario All-Day Singing
Friends House, Toronto
August 31, 2023
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
Sign-up for email notices for local singings in East Lansing
and/or regional singingsWhat 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
Martha Beverly's photos of singings
1835 Mason's Sacred Harp pdf
(unrelated to The Sacred Harp)Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp
trailer for the PBS documentary on Sacred Harp singing.
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!
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
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 April 12, 2024.