WMA 68th Summer School of Music

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Some recommended links:

Wortley Hall
a beautiful stately home in South Yorkshire, now owned by the Trade Union movement.

the Alan Bush Trust
Alan Bush was a composer and musician who was heavily involved in setting up both the WMA and the Summer School. The Alan Bush Trust keep his music alive and in the public eye.

Topic Records

Founded by the WMA in 1939 - now an independent voice in British and World folk music.

whi music
whi music is the label and online presence of phil hargreaves, jazz tutor for the WMA Summer School.

dogcatchicken
Dogcatchicken is the stage name of Tim Martin, also of the WMA EC.





CHOIRS


Clarion Singers
singing in Birmingham for peace & socialism since 1940

Liverpool Socialist Singers
formed three years ago, and already a mighty force

Bristol Red Notes
Red Notes is a Bristol-based socialist choir which campaigns for peace, justice, freedom and internationalism.


Red Leicester
A very active choir committed to promoting peace. green and red politics. It has sung since 1995 historical and contemporary songs expressive of social and political protest and songs of worldwide celebration, struggle and change.


Achord (Bradford)
Songs from countries near and far united by themes of peace, justice and harmony.



Bradford Voices
Bradford Voices is a Community Choir singing songs from all over the world including songs of celebration, peace and freedom.



Bolton Clarion
Bolton clarion Choir sings songs which are committed to broadly socialist aims.



Bradford Women Singers
A women's singing group since 1984 supporting a range of events. Connected to each other by music, politics and friendship.



Calder Valley Voices (Hebden Bridge)
This Community Choir sings songs of peace, freedom. struggle and liberation.


 Cor Gobaith (Aberystwyth)
This choir sings in Welsh and English. Songs against war and oppression, and it campaigns to support peace, social justice and environmental sustainability.


 Corista
Corista sings songs from Chartists to modern political songs.

 


Protest in Harmony. Edinburgh
This is a radical singing group singing a broad range of songs from world traditions of protest, peace, human rights, environmental justice.


 Raised Voices
This is a political street choir committed to performing a wide variety of songs for peace justice, the environment and humanity.


 Red and Green
This London based choir sing socialist, environmental, and anti-war songs-including old and new. English, other European, North and South American, South African, at demos including anti-war, anti-airport expansion, climate change.



Manchester Community Choir


 

Nottingham Clarion
This choir began life by singing to raise money for the families of striking miners. Sings many well-known socialist anthems, international songs of peace and freedom. In support of people's struggles against racism, and for women's rights and the environment.

 

Sheffield Socialist Choir
Who we are. This isn’t the end of History. We sing to change the world. We’re still swinging those hammers to ring out justice and freedom from the UK’s “Steel City” here in South Yorkshire. We can raise your roof with a rousing “Internationale”. But we can also rock the street to radical rhythms from Southern Africa, Latin America, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and Ireland. Yes, we are hip-shakingly political.


Strawberry Thieves
We are a choir of about 20 people, and are based in South-east London, although we travel well. Strawberry Thieves was formed in 1996, the centenary of the death of William Morris, one of whose designs we are named after. We sing at demos, Stop the War events, labour movement meetings, birthday parties and at the annual Street Music Festival and the biennial Raise Your Banners Festival of political song. Our repertoire draws on modern songs, as well as the wealth of political song which chronicles the history of struggle over the centuries, both in Britain and abroad.


Choir, Choir Pants on Fire
This is a an all womans' choir of trade unionist workers based in New Zealand, existing or retired   Some of their own compositions are on CD and use some of the ideas from the Maori folklore.