THE BEGINNINGS:
The Sacred Harp singing in Poland started in Poznań and in Jarosław in the early XXI century. 🙂
In Poznań, Magdalena Zapędowska – Eriksen schooled several students of hers while she was teaching at the Poznań University.
With her help, the first Sacred Harp Singing Workshop was organized in Jarosław as a part of the Old Music Festival „Song of Our Roots„. The workshop was led by Tim Eriksen & Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg on 17-24 August 2008.
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THE FURTHER STORY:
In October 2009 we had a Sacred Harp Singing School taught by Allison Blake Schofield
http://www.helpmetosing.blogspot.com/, 22-25 October 2009 in Dominican Monastery, Warsaw.
Then also, on October 25, we had First Poland Sacred Harp Singing
http://fasola.org/minutes/search/?yr=2009&n=3205
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On 18-20 March 2011 in Warsaw Aldo Thomas Ceresa & Michael Walker led another Sacred Harp Singing School. http://www.fasola.blogspot.com/
56t – Columbiana
112 – The Last Words of Copernicus
148 – Jefferson
Recordings are available thanks to Aldo Thomas Ceresa & Michael Walker.
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Moreover, all this time we organized our local all-day singings, like:
– New Year’s Eve Singing in Poznań – December 2009/January 2010
– All-day Kaszuby – July 2010
http://fasola.org/minutes/search/?yr=2010&n=3393
– Poznań All-day Sing – November 2010
– All-day Józefów – January 2011
– Poznań All-day Sing – May 2011
– All-day Falenica – January 2012
– Poznań All-day Sing – February 2012
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We are a part of a wider Sacred Harp Singing community in the USA and Europe and we often travel to meet and sing together.
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The First Sacred Harp All Day Singing and Singing Workshop in Czech Republic took place on Nov 26-27 2011 in Prague. It was coorganized by Magdalena Gryszko and Błażej Matusiak, with Aldo Ceresa as a Singing School Master 🙂 Information and some memories can be found on Facebook page of the event: the 1st All Day Sing inPrague