Regular Local Singings
in 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
cancelled for pandemic until further notice
(prior singing time: 2nd Sunday, 1-4 pm)

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

Upcoming regional all-day singings, each requiring vaccination & good health, as a minimum:

—Midwest Convention, Chicago
May 28-29, Location TBD
Vaccination required &
possibly a negative covid test will be required

—Mid-Michigan All-Day singing
May 7, 9:30-3 PM
Vaccination required

—Michiana All-Day Singing
tentatively July 16, 2022
(details being worked out)

—Kalamazoo All-Day Singing
July 17, 2022
Oshtemo Grange, Oshtemo, MI
Vaccination required

Sacred Harp youtube videos:

2016 Michiana Singing
2016 Missouri Convention
2015 Midwest Convention selections
2015 Mid-Michigan Singing
2014 Michiana Singing
2013 Kalamazoo Singing
Video about Sacred Harp singing

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One page introduction to shape note singing, suitable for printing
and handing out at singings.

Brief history of the Mid-Michigan singing.

**Other Links**

Shape Note singing resources:

http://fasola.orghttp://home.olemiss.edu/~mudws

Wikipedia about shape note singing

Online Shape Note Singing recordings

Martha Beverly's photos of singings

Mason's Sacred Harp (or Eclectic Harmony) 1835 edition PDF

Download a pdf of the
American Church Harp from 1856

1860 Sacred Harp Download

Movie Trailer for
Awake My Soul:
The Story of the Sacred Harp,
PBS documentary about Sacred Harp Singing.

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Ann Arbor singings occur on the 2nd Sunday of each month, from 1-4 PM, September through June, at the Ark Coffeehouse, though occasionally the date might be moved because of conflicts.

Contact Charlotte Wolff at cawolfe -at- umich.edu for questions/more information.

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