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
(contact admin@fasolamichigan.org
for location, etc.)

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

Detroit Singing
Irregular Saturdays
(next singing is
Saturday June 17)
2:30-4:30 PM

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

Nearby all-day singings

Midwest Convention
Chicago, April 29-30
Face-masks optional, proof of vaccination not required.
Same day testing encouraged,
but not required.

Mid-Michigan All-Day singing
Faith Lutheran Church, Okemos, MI
May 13, 9:30-3 PM
Vaccination required

Michiana All-Day Singing
Fairview Grange, Dunlap, IN
July 15, 2023

Kalamazoo All-Day Singing
Carriage Barn, Kalamazoo
July 16, 2023

Central Ontario All-Day Singing
Friends House, Toronto
August 26, 2023

Sacred Harp on youtube

2016 Michiana Singing
2016 Missouri Convention
2015 Midwest Convention selections
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 13, 2023, 9:30 - 3:00 PM

Faith Lutheran Church
4515 Dobie Rd.
Okemos, Michigan

Registration starts at 9 AM
Potluck luncheon

All *vaccinated* individuals are welcome,
be they beginners, experienced singers, or listeners.

RSVP to Anne Missavage
517.381.1321 or ae.missavage@prodigy.net

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.