Comfort Of Voices was a weekend gathering which took place in Glasgow and online on Sat 24th and Sun 25th Sept 2022, supported by The National Lottery through Creative Scotland. The gathering was for choir and song leaders at all levels of experience and working in any genre who live in Scotland or provide choir and singing leadership for the benefit of Scottish communities.
Delegates were encouraged to take part in conversations about their experiences, challenges and training needs. We discussed suggestions and practical solutions to best ensure sector resilience, future sustainability and growth, and started to explore what could be done at a strategic level to enable this change. The programme was based on a consultation with choir leaders across Scotland in March.
What the Comfort Of Voices gathering offered attendees
- Lots of singing and songs threaded through each session.
- Conversations designed to develop resilience and sustainability, framed around three key questions: What do I need as a song leader? What do my groups need? How can we respond?
- Time for response and discussion as part of each session.
- Opportunities to meet other song and choir leaders from across Scotland, sharing skills, experiences, and approaches.
- A Wee Ceilidh singaround and a dancing Ceilidh.
Read What Next? sector support modelRead Comfort Of Voices evaluation report