Felixstowe
Where
& when?
VENUE LOCATION
The Welcome Hall, 187 High Rd, Trimley St Mary, Felixstowe IP11 0TN
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DAY & TIME
Every Thursday morning from 10am – 11.30am.
SESSION LENGTH
Each session starts with exercises and warm-ups before we get into singing, and lasts 90 minutes.
GETTING IN
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What’s
It LIKE?
Here are some action shots from our group practice sessions at The Welcome Hall, Trimley.
Photos courtesy of Buffy Thompson.
Want
to join?
Want to join our Felixstowe choir?
Come and try a session to see if you like what we do and how we work. We’re enormously proud of our choir ethos, which sets out our standards to help everyone have fun, develop and flourish within an outstandingly positive and supportive environment.
If you want to join we’ll ask you to complete a short registration form so that we can contact you and keep you up to date. There’s a one-off joining fee of £10 and membership costs £106 per term, payable monthly to spread the cost (£26.50 per month, although concessions are available so talk to us if affordability could prohibit you joining). You’ll then receive your welcome pack which includes our ethos, a folder for your music and we’ll get your Pop Chorus name badge printed.
choir leader
Yula Andrews
Founder of Pop Chorus
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FIND YOUR 'PART'
Our choirs sing in 5-part harmony and voices are arranged into ‘tops’, ‘middles’ and ‘bottoms’.
You may already have a clear idea of your vocal range. You’ll discover that your choir leader is like a mystical sorting hat, helping you to find the best part to sing!
Fun, focused rehearsals
Each session starts with breathing exercises and vocal warm-ups, followed by learning new repertoire (we tackle several new songs each term, so it’s pretty fast paced) and singing through songs from our existing repertoire.
We teach the songs part by part, and most members scribble arrows, diagrams and notes on their lyrics as they learn – whatever works for you. And of course, this is all backed up the fabulous home-learning resources we provide.
Practise at home
On the members’ area of our website you can access MP3 recordings, lyrics and video tutorials to teach your part’s harmonies. The MP3s use guide vocals to emphasise your part against the others, or you can hear all parts singing together. (We don’t provide ‘notes’ or sheet music).
HELP AT HAND!
Don’t worry if you’ve not sung before – we can ‘buddy you up’ with a member in your part to help you find your way. We have an active, supportive Facebook members page. And the Pop Chorus team are easily contactable for additional help.
Pop Chorus welcomes adults of all abilities
Come and try a session to see if you like what we do and how we work. We’re enormously proud of our choir ethos, which sets out our standards to help everyone have fun, develop and flourish within an outstandingly positive and supportive environment.
