Singing in a Group – About Ensemble Music
One of our most beloved programmes at Lilanoor, The Vocal Circle, is a space of comfort and discovery where people get together one hour every week to explore sounds, work on songs from different cultural contexts, experiment with harmonies and explore the potential of creating new affinities and collectives through music and sound. The idea is to spend an hour every week, doing the one thing which has rightly been called one of the greatest joys there is - that of singing together! It brings people together and makes the heart smile, while simultaneously exploring complex musical ideas in a way that makes time fly. The love shown by students and artists towards these sessions made us want to delve a little deeper into ensemble singing and choir as a genre, how it began, what are the types and how it makes one feel.
