Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival

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Singing is good for the soul and our wellbeing.

The Narberth A Cappella Festival (NAVF) returns in February after a year’s rest. Come along and find out just how Singing is good for the soul and our wellbeing, both in the listening and in the participation. The NAVF Festival will feature a Saturday evening concert with a rich line up of performances, singing workshops to bookend the festival and a very special additions of a Singing Feast, a Celebration of Community and Song and the launch of the new singing project Raise Your Voice Pembrokeshire. NAVF info: https://span-arts.ticketsolve.com/shows/873616169 There is a growing body of scientific evidence explaining what community singers have always known, that singing’s good for us! The Sidney de Haan Centre for Research, which is part of Canterbury University, has been researching into the health benefits of singing for more than a decade and reports that singing brings about  “a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely an absence of illness or infirmity.” This is what Span Arts have found out too with their inspiring community singing projects over the last 5 years. The intergenerational choir Côr Pawb has been promoting the wellbeing benefits of singing through their community singing days and performances. […]

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Some Good News: Narberth’s A Cappella Voice Festival returns in February.

We are so excited to announce that Narberth’s A Cappella Voice Festival (NAVF) returns with an uplifting biennial celebration of voice over the weekend of 15/16 Feb 2020 in The Queens Hall, Narberth. The NAVF Festival is a wonderful opportunity for people to come together to share in a joyful weekend of singing. This year, we have a Saturday evening concert with a rich line up of performances, singing workshops to bookend the festival and a very special additions of  a Singing Feast, a Celebration of Community and Song and a very extraordinary record-breaking attempt. NAVF Saturday Concert, 15 Feb, brings captivating performances from Semi Toned, Exeter’s award winning all male choir (Barbershop harmony), Ye Vagabonds (Irish folk) and Durga Ramakrishnan (Indian). The workshop programme, 15/16 Feb features Irish/folk, Indian, Corsican, Georgian, Welsh and Looping alongside Molara’s Sing for Wellbeing clinic. Singing Feast, 15 Feb, is a fantastic opportunity to feed the soul as well as the stomach.  Performers and participants will sing for their supper from a menu of songs and food from around the globe.  Manchester charity, Heart and Parcel, will also share their inspirational community building story bringing migrant women together through dumplings. Celebration of Community and

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