Summer School 2024
Welcome to our Summer School 2024 course.
The teaching for this project ran from 10 June to 15 August 2024,
with a special event live from Finland on 24 August.
Please note recordings are now closed.
SCORES
JUNE SCORES
Dirait-On
by Morten Lauridsen is available from trusted sheet music sellers
(UPC 680160430543)
JULY SCORES
MLK
by U2, arr. Bob Chilcott is available from trusted sheet music sellers
(UPC 073999408096)
The Singing Heart
by Bob Chilcott is available from trusted sheet music sellers
(ISBN 9780193537743)
AUGUST SCORES
Kirjoittaa on minull' miel’ by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi is available directly from the publisher (ISMN 979-0-55005-845-3)
Like As The Hart by Herbert Howells is available from trusted sheet music sellers (ISBN 9780193501638)
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE & LINKS
Entire Summer School 2024 Schedule
JUNE REHEARSALS
JULY REHEARSALS
AUGUST REHEARSALS
REHEARSAL TRACKS
These tracks feature professional singers performing our pieces, to help you learn your part with confidence.
Choose the rehearsal tracks for your voice part to hear your section’s line louder than the others.
These are the tracks used for both our rehearsals and our conducting videos.
June Rehearsal Tracks
July Rehearsal Tracks
August Rehearsal Tracks
KIRJOITTAA ON MINULL' MIEL - PRONUNCIATION
Below are two videos on the pronunciation of one of our August pieces Kirjoittaa on minull' miel. We hope you find them useful.
Kirjoittaa on minull' miel - Pronunciation Guide
Rolling Your 'R's in Finnish
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I propose to write / About the wretchedness of this world.
It is time to take the path / And arise from sleep,
To turn away from evil / And embrace virtue.
Rise up and be vigilant, / And be ever ready.
Where are they / Who lived before us?
Thou must enter the sepulchre / If thou dost want to see them.
They are become ash and dust / And have rotted in the ground.
Rise up and be vigilant, / And be ever ready.
We are born into this world /With pain and woe,
And we live under strain / And arduous labour. /
Finally death gathers us /With dolour. / Rise up and be vigilant,
And be ever ready.
This life is brief / And ends shortly.
Death rides speedily / And overlooks no one.
Death flies over all / And has mercy for no one.
Rise up and be vigilant, / And be ever ready.
O! If thou only couldst know / The joy of the blessed in heaven,
Thou wouldst never seek /The vanity of the world,
But wouldst serve with rejoicing / The Lord of the angels.
Rise up and be vigilant, / And be ever ready.
Thou canst avoid perdition / If thou studiest this while alive,
If thou dost repent truly / And believe in Christ;
Living a godly life, /Thou shalt depart from here joyfully.
Rise up and be vigilant, / And be ever ready.
CONDUCTING VIDEOS
June Conducting Videos
July Conducting Videos
August Conducting Videos
DROPBOX SUBMISSION LINKS
Starting from Summer School 2024, we will ask you to use the SAME Dropbox for a piece, whether you recorded live along with the rehearsal or later with the conducting video. This is because the conducting video is now cut directly from the “conducting track mode” part of the full rehearsal, so everything will match up anyway.
The only exception might be where “chunks” are involved but we will explain this when it arises. In the meantime please assume: “one piece, one Dropbox”. Thank you!
June Dropbox Submission Links
Våren
Dirait-On
To Be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water 1
July Dropbox Submission Links
MLK
The Singing Heart
August Dropbox Submission Links
Kirjoittaa on minull' miel
Like As The Hart
RECORDING DEADLINES AND CONCERT DATE
Submission Deadlines
JUNE DEADLINE
Wednesday 31 July 2024 at 22:00 UK time
JULY DEADLINE
Wednesday 28 August 2024 at 22:00 UK time
AUGUST DEADLINE
Sunday 15 September 2024 at 22:00 UK time
Concert Performance
To be confirmed
COME AND SING EVENSONG IN FINLAND
On Saturday 24 August 2024, we held a special ‘come-and-sing’ day in Finland, which featured our August Summer School pieces. The day was led by Ben and included singing with the Tapiola Chamber Choir at the Olari Church in Espoo, near Helsinki.
The event involved workshops to rehearse these pieces, followed by an Evensong service with a Finnish twist, and concluded with an informal evening reception and kantele workshop in central Helsinki. Special thanks go to members of COTE and Tapiola, Susanna Heinonen and Hannu Ryynänen, for all their help this this project, from recording guide tracks for Kirjoittaa on minull' miel, to arranging everything ‘on the ground’ in Finland.
If you missed the livestream of the Evensong service at the Olari Church, you can watch the recording here:
