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


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

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

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

Nearby all-day singings

Midwest Convention
Chicago, Memorial Day weekend


Univ. of Michigan All-day
(Ann Arbor)
April 13, 2024, Burton Tower, Ann Arbor, MI

Mid-Michigan All-Day singing
Faith Lutheran Church, Okemos, MI
May 11, 9:30-3 PM

Michiana All-Day Singing
Fairview Grange, Dunlap, IN
July 20, 2024, 2024

Kalamazoo All-Day Singing
July 21, 2024

Central 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

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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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Mid-Michigan
All-Day Shapenote Singing

Traditional hymn singing, sung from The Sacred Harp,
featuring shaped note-heads to assist in singing

Saturday, May 11, 2023, 9:30 - 3:00 PM

Faith Lutheran Church
4515 Dobie Rd.
Okemos, Michigan

Registration starts at 9 AM
Potluck luncheon

Vaccination against Covid-19 recommended, but not required.

No admission: free-will offering will be taken to cover expenses.
Books are available to borrow and purchase.
Hosted by the Mid-Michigan Shape Note Singers

For information or lodging assistance
call Bob Borcherding at 517-381-1321. (gapbob@yahoo.com)

Faith Lutheran Church is situated on the West side of Dobie Road,
just south of the Dobie Road-Grand River intersection, in Okemos, MI.