Manchester Folk Festival 2023: Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands

Singing Workshop and Live Performance

Presented by: English Folk Expo

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0	MANCHESTER: Multiple Venues
P	Saturday 21st October, 2023
N	1:30pm

Event information

Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands is an opportunity to learn, experience & explore traditional folk song with some of the very best vocal teachers in the business in a 2-hour vocal technique workshop which takes place on the afternoon of Saturday 21st October. Following the workshop, attend the very special evening performance in which you will have the opportunity to join with some parts of the performance from the comfort of your seat.

If you are unable to take part in the workshop, a limited number of 'performance only' tickets will be available.

The workshop will take place between 2pm - 4pm at Victoria Wood Hall in Hallé St Peter's. The following evening performance takes place in Hallé at St Michael's (just over the road from Halle St Peter's) at 8pm (doors at 7.30pm)

Maddy Prior and Rose-Ellen Kemp have been running Stones Barn singing courses and retreats for 20 years in their converted barn at Maddy’s home in Cumbria.

Rose-Ellen’s Speech and Language Sciences study and Maddy’s training as a singing teacher with the Complete Vocal Institute have added to their wealth of music industry and stage experience to create a unique offer of a creative yet scientific, experiential yet academic, fun yet valuable approach to teaching voice work.

Both life-long and accomplished songwriters, they love to arrange for voices and often sing traditional pieces together.

Now joined by Bridie Jackson (creative artist, folk award winner, instrumentalist) and Jerry King (piano accompanist, choir leader) a new group has formed under the name Forgotten Lands (so called after the farming movement and music festival in the border region where they are rooted).

Maddy Prior & Forgotten Lands will showcase what the human voice can do and encourage you to sing too. We will explain our vocal teaching methods and demonstrate why everyone should sing plus lots of powerful songs and lush four part harmony.

Bridie Jackson is a creative, versatile and Radio 2 Folk award winning musician based in the Northeast. Well known for her work as a Composer, Songwriter, Instrumentalist, Teacher, Choir Leader and Performer. She has worked on many and varied musical projects and commissions.

We use a range of venues at Manchester Folk Festival and although all are accessible, in order to give the best possible experience, we need to let some venues know in advance if we have any audience members who are wheelchair users or require assistance. If you are a wheelchair user or require an essential companion ticket, please email info@englishfolkexpo.com to let us know before purchasing a ticket.

Jerry King is a skilled Piano Accompanist, Musician, Songwriter, Church Organist and Choir Leader based in Cumbria. He tours festivals throughout Europe in a group called ‘The League of Extraordinary Ukulele Gentlemen’.