Our 2025 Choral Workshops are a rare and rewarding opportunity for keen amateur singers to explore a variety of music inspired by The Sixteen’s own Choral Pilgrimage.

Under the guidance of expert workshop leaders including Harry Bradford, the workshop will include advice on vocal technique (breathing technique, invigorating warm-ups, voice production) as well as performance interpretation and historical context.

The repertoire will be based on music from our 2025 Choral Pilgrimage: Angel of Peace, which offers a slice of tranquillity in many forms courtesy of luminous, purifying music traversing six centuries. From the enraptured songs of Hildegard of Bingen to the magical realm of a brand new work by composer Anna Clyne, nine pieces of music from across the centuries speak of peace and acceptance and the ecstatic joy their reassurance can bring.

 

PROGRAMME

  • John Taverner

    ‘Agnus Dei’ (III – excerpt) from Western Wind Mass

  • Arvo Pärt

    Tribute to Caesar

Listen to the two tracks on Spotify here - https://spoti.fi/4gWVH3N?r=qr

Music, plus supporting resources, will be sent out at least one month before the workshop date.

Harry Bradford

Harry is a graduate of our Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar programme (2019) and received intensive training from both Harry and Eamonn during this time.

Having completed the Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholarship scheme in 2018-2019, Harry Bradford has gone on to collaborate with a number of the world’s finest vocal ensembles including the MDR Rundfunkchor Leizpig, the Eric Ericsons Kammarkör and the Swedish Radio Choir.

He is the conductor and co-founder of the professional vocal ensemble, Recordare, (formed as a result of the Genesis Sixteen Scheme) with whom he has performed extensively across festivals in the UK. He holds permanent positions as the Musical Director of the Thames Philharmonic Choir, the English Baroque Choir and North Herts Guild of Singers.

​Recent career highlights include Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem and JS Bach B Minor Mass at Cadogan Hall, Handel Israel in Egypt at St John’s Smith Square and CPE Bach Magnificat at the St Endellion Easter Festival.

Venue details

Vicars Hall, Chichester Cathedral

The Vicars’ Hall can be accessed directly from the cathedral green (South Street), without entering the main cathedral building

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