Regular Local Singings in or near Michigan
East Lansing Singings
1st & 3rd Mondays, 7-9 PM
Edgewood United Church
469 Hagadorn, East Lansing
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 AMToronto/Ontario Singings
Third Wednesdays
7:30-9:30All-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
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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.
The Mid-Michigan Shapenote singing group was formed in 2005 by Bart Casad, Anne Missavage, and Bob Borcherding, initially meeting at Grace Lutheran Church, where Candy and Larry Farmer were members. We were supported and joined in our singings by singers from Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo. Unfortunately, Bart Casad moved away soon after we started singing.
Tom Malone came to East Lansing in the summer of 2005 and helped propel the group forward. In 2006 we started meeting in our homes, closer to East Lansing. In 2008 we moved to the basement of the Green River Cafe, which closed not too long afterward, then we started meeting at David Stowe's church, Edgewood United Church in East Lansing, where we have been meeting since 2009, at which time Tom Malone completed his doctorate and moved away. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 7 pm, though occasionally we have a backyard barbeque when it coincides with Labor Day, etc.
We continue to sing and travel to others' singings, giving workshops, etc., as we may. Please visit us!
This website maintained by Bob Borcherding, for questions or if you notice any errors, please email gapbob -(at)- yahoo.com. Last updated April 28, 2025.