Ali BurnsCommunity Choir Director
Workshop Leader
My work is all about people singing together in harmony. I love the way that singing can unburden you from daily life and it’s this that inspires my workshops and my songwriting. I’ve always been fascinated by the sound of voices singing: it doesn’t have to be a great voice – in fact quite the opposite - I think I’m inspired just by the fact that people’s voices are so closely connected to themselves and that they are prepared to stand up and sing – this is me – this is what I sound like! And when you put many voices together, the strong support the weak and the whole is such a magnificent thing - so much larger than the sum of the parts. The songs I teach in my workshops reflect a variety of sources: many are my own songs either with text I’ve written myself or settings of other writer’s words; some are from the research work I do in traditional song archives around Britain – you can read more about that on the Singing Workshops page; some are from the many vibrant singing cultures around the world and some are written by other contemporary songwriters and composers. “I want to recreate the richness of harmony that makes songs of oral traditions around the world so satisfying and joyful to sing but with words that root the work firmly back in my own culture” Have a look round my website and if you have a project that would fit my work I’d be delighted to talk to you about it. Ali Burns 01556 503 646 What’s new this month? February workshops: See Diary page for more details |
Past Workshops for Organisations
20,000 Voices, Northumberland |