A women’s choir is helping bring cheer to its members and audiences with its harmonious versions of pop hits
A choir in South Manchester is helping members focus on the positives, even while the news around the world may be getting some of us down. Choirs Manchester is the brainchild of Sarah Adams, who believes we could all feel a little better if we sing out loud and proud - and next month the choir is raising money for charity with a live show.
Choirs Manchester has no audition process for new members, and you don’t have to sign up for a month, or term. You just book online, turn up and sing, meaning it's low pressure even for new members. Singer-songwriter Sarah, who released her first solo EP under the name And Loops in March, says that she relishes the choir as something apart from the “getting further, getting noticed” drive that makes up her musical career.
Singing as a ‘low’, ‘middle’ or ‘high’, Sarah leads her singers through seemingly complex harmonious arrangements of pop songs, teaching them by ear with lyric sheets. Recent run-throughs have included Fighter, Running Up That Hill, Use Somebody, Ray of Light and What Is Love. “I was part of a gospel choir and they did a vocal development programme and at the end of it you had to perform. I signed up to it because I knew I had to face it. # Instagram As well as the weekly choir sessions, Sarah also runs occasional Saturday morning a cappella workshops, where singers work on one song over the course of 90 minutes and sing it through unaccompanied by instruments at the end.
After that is a special show that Sarah has arranged - a fundraiser for Doctors Without Borders at the Carlton Club in Whalley Range. Taking place outside the venue on Thursday, July 11, at 7pm, the event will be free for people to attend but there will be an opportunity to donate - by cash and electronically.
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