Mondays from 7 pm - 8:30 pm: 11/28, 12/5, 12/12, 12/19
All voices welcome! 

The Sacred Harp tunebook represents a tradition of community part-singing that goes back to Revolutionary-era New England and is today widespread and lively. Sacred Harp (or fasola, or four-shape shapenote) singing has a distinctive sound (loud, open, rhythmic), text repertory (death-haunted hymns), organization (democratic), form in space (the hollow square), and look on the page (the triangular, oval, square, and diamond note heads). This class will introduce the tradition and teach you how to read and use the shapes, and we will sing some characteristic and favorite tunes. The class should be of interest to people interested in bluegrass, gospel, and old-time music, or who just want the pleasure of making music in community. You do not need to be “a singer” to sing Sacred Harp – it is open to all.

Nancy Mandel has been singing Sacred Harp for 16 years. She leads the monthly Brooklyn three-book singing, has done (nearly) all the big-singing jobs from registration table to Chair, and found the Prospect Park loggia for Covid-era outdoor singing. We’ll also have visitors from the New York Sacred Harp community.

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