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 The Sixteen’s associate conductor Eamonn Dougan, the workshop includes 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.

Eamonn Dougan
Associate Conductor, The Sixteen

Eamonn is The Sixteen’s Associate Conductor, and is passionate about inspiring and developing the next generation of choral conductors. He co-leads on our young artists’ programme, Genesis Sixteen, alongside Harry Christophers, training young singers and conductors.

He is an inspirational communicator with a wide-ranging repertoire and is a renowned vocal coach and baritone. Eamonn is founding Director of Britten Sinfonia Voices, Music Director of the Thomas Tallis Society, and Chief Conductor for Jersey Chamber Orchestra.

Upcoming projects include returns to conduct MacMillan’s All the Hills and Vales Along for the Cumnock Tryst’s tenth anniversary Birthday Gala concert, a return to Chamber Choir Ireland in addition to his directorship of CCI’s training programme ‘CCI Studio’, Ars Nova Copenhagen, and recording with De Profundis on Hyperion for the 4th Morales disc in the series. Eamonn will also lead a new programme for ‘The Song Company’ on its May/June 2025 Australian tour.

Venue details

Blackburn Cathedral

Cathedral Close Blackburn BB1 5AA

Blackburn Cathedral in Lancashire is one of England's newest Cathedrals with a rich history & heritage of worship, music at the heart of the community.

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