Sue Hollingworth and Liz Garnett presented the second part of our events at The Coton Centre. This was a double stranded event attended by just over 30 people. The emphasis was on training, a very important part of the ethos of the Association of British Choral Directors. About twenty teachers and leaders of singing with young people participated in sessions led by Sue Hollingworth under the auspices of SingUp, the national singing campaign. Liz spent the afternoon with eight conductors on personal development. Both groups came together in the middle of the afternoon to hear from Sue about her work with singers in Scunthorpe and Grimsby.
Everyone had a stimulating and inspiring afternoon and went away with ideas, skills and repertoire to enhance their work with singers over the coming months and years.
I attended the sessions with Liz. Each of the delegates were able to present there own problems and solutions in a very flexible format and I enjoyed the 30 minutes that I shared in discussion with three of them. It was a largely a discussion but there were several moments of singing and two of the delegates conducted pieces that they had chosen. In the final session Liz introduced a peer mentoring scheme that I'm sure that you'll be hearing more about.
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