3. Singing Schedules, Websites, Facebook Pages, and Newsletters
National/International Singing Schedules, Newsletters, and Facebook
Pages on the Web:
The
Sacred Harp Singing website, by Warren Steel at the University
of Mississippi Department of Music, has updated singing schedules:
- Schedules
of annual singings from The Sacred Harp 1991 Edition,
The Sacred Harp Cooper Edition, Christian Harmony,
Harmonia Sacra, and The New Harp of Columbia.
- Annual
Singings in Mississippi
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Regular
Local Singing List, now compiled by Jeremiah Ledbetter as part of his shapenotesingings.com website (described below); previously compiled by Annie Grieshop. This is an up-to-date list of known shape-note singings from several
tunebooks (including several editions of The Sacred Harp,
Christian Harmony, New Harp of Columbia,
Harmonia Sacra, Northern Harmony, and others)
listed by state (U.S.) or nation. A regular singing is defined here as one that
takes place four or more times a year and that draw singers from their immediate
locale. In the South these are often called "practice sessions." Note: Information about regular singings sent to Annie Grieshop will be forwarded to Jeremiah Ledbetter. - Links
to webpages
for Regional Singings and Conventions and Special Events and
Publicity, compiled by Warren
Steel. The many webpages describing regional singing activities,
schedules, and conventions are listed. A
recently added section provides links to many news articles and radio
programs about Sacred Harp singing.
Shapenotesingings.com: Annual and Regular Singings compiled by Jeremiah Ledbetter. Responding to a need for an online table of singings from various tunebooks with the latest up-to-date information, Mr. Ledbetter has created wonderful and highly useful Excel-based tables of annual and regular singings throughout the world. The fields (columns) in the Annual Singing table include country, state, city, tunebook, generic dates, actual dates of upcoming singings, and singing name. One can sort a given column to quickly find singings with one's parameters of interest. At the right of each singing entry is an Info box with details about contact information, venue address, website, and a Google map of the location. The Regular Local Singings table is similar but with fewer sortable fields. Singings from the following tunebooks are listed: The Sacred Harp 1991 Edition, The Sacred Harp Revised Cooper Edition, the J.L. White edition, Christian Harmony 2010 Edition, Christian Harmony 2015 Folk Heritage Edition, Colored Sacred Harp, The Georgian Harmony, The Missouri Harmony 2005 Edition, New Harp of Columbia, The Shenandoah Harmony, The Social Harp, and Southern Harmony. The information about singings comes from various sources including the Sacred Harp Friends Facebook page and submissions by singing organizers. Importantly, any changes in singing information such as cancellation or venue change should be submitted promptly using the online form.
Schedules of singings in UK, Ireland, Europe, and Pacific on the UK Sacred Harp website. Although labeled "UK Sacred Harp Calendar" this useful calendar has a much broader scope, listing details of all-day singings during the next 12 months and local singings throughout the British Isles, Europe, and the Pacific The website is described as still under development.
The Sacred Harp Book Co. website
has a calendar of Cooper
Book singings in the southeastern U.S. Singing venues (often
churches) are listed with addresses and GPS coordinates linked to Google
Maps that pinpoint the locations.
Christian
Harmony Website now for both editions, maintained by
Mary Baumeister and others. Information, schedules, and minutes of
singings from both the 1873 Walker edition of Christian Harmony in
western North Carolina and the Christian Harmony 2010 Edition
elsewhere. There is also sections presenting recipes, minutes of singings,
and ordering information for tunebooks.
The
Harmonia Sacra Society website. Schedules of singings from
The Harmonia Sacra in Virginia are listed.
Sacred Harp Publishing
Company Newsletter edited by Jesse Pearlman Karlsberg
and Nathan Rees. This online newsletter was started in 2012 by Mr.
Karlsberg, vice-president
of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company, the publisher of the 1991
Edition. It features articles and reports of national and
international interest about Sacred Harp singing and singers. It was
initially published two or three times per year, but publication paused in 2017.
The Sacred Harp Publishing
Company's Facebook page.
Sacred Harp Friends
Facebook Group. This group is open to Facebook users who
are Sacred Harp singers and close friends of singers. It is both an announcement forum and a discussion forum, particularly when photos and videos are featured. It has become the premier place to post announcements of singings and conventions, and on a more somber note, illnesses, deaths, and funerals of singers. Musicological issues are also discussed. A very active group with around 3800 members as of August 2023.
Youth of Sacred Harp Facebook
Group. The description states, "This page is for the use of
posting singings and interacting with other young adults in the world-wide
Sacred Harp
Community." The membership seems to be mainly young adults rather than
younger youth.
Dinner on the
Grounds Facebook Group. A large group devoted
to the sharing of recipes and cooking tips for potluck meals at Sacred
Harp and other shape-note singings and conventions.
Shenandoah
Harmony Facebook Page. Announcements and information about the
Shenandoah Harmony tunebook.
Christian
Harmony 1873 Facebook Page
Harmonia Sacra
Singers Facebook Group
The Colored Sacred Harp
by Judge Jackson Facebook Page has postings about singings
from this tunebook and related activities.
The
African American Shape Note Singing Project Facebook Group
by Chiquita and Benny Walls. Ms. Walls teaches American history at Rust
College in Holly Spring, MS. She is an authority on Mississippi's African
American shape-note tradition, as described in an
article
she wrote in 1999. She and her late husband Benny Walls began the African
American Shape Note Singing Project Facebook page to foster the
African-American shapenote singing tradition which includes Sacred Harp,
Christian Harmony, and seven-shape Gospel-style music.
New Harmony Facebook Group. This private group is a place for Sacred Harp and other shape note-style composers to be able to have song-writing discussions, post songs, and get feedback on the songs. Only members of the group can see who is in the group and what they post.
Schedules of Sacred Harp Singings Found in Minutes
Books:
Sacred Harp
Singings: Minutes and Directory, produced annually by the Sacred Harp Musical
Heritage Association. An indispensable annual book for singers
desiring to network, travel, and sing from The Sacred Harp (1991 Edition) in major
singings throughout the U.S. The professionally designed and printed
softbound book contains (1) schedules and locations of annual Sacred Harp singings and conventions for the current year, listed by date, (2) a schedule of local periodic singings with contact names and addresses, listed by state and city, (3) minutes of the previous year's
annual singings listing the songs sung (by page number) and the leader for
each song, (4) information about prominent, lifelong, but now deceased
Sacred Harp singers, and (5) names of individuals who died during the previous
year and who were remembered at Memorial Lessons reported in the minutes.
The book is oriented toward singings from the
1991 ("Denson") Edition of The Sacred Harp, but in recent years it has included a number of
major singings from the Cooper Edition of The Sacred Harp and other tunebooks such as Shenandoah Harmony, Southern Harmony, and Norumbega Harmony. Starting in 2021, Minutes book can be ordered on Amazon in the US and internationally, Barnes and Noble in many locales, as well as many other online booksellers (search for: Sacred Harp Minutes or Sacred Harp Singing Minutes). The ISBN for the 2021-22 book is 978-0-578-34470-6. Shipping may be free for loyalty members of Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The US price for the 2022-2023 book is $9.00 plus tax and shipping. The 2022-2023 book is shorter than usual because of cancellations necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In future years, the book price is estimated to be $10.00 plus tax and shipping.
"Singings This Week"
e-mailed announcements. David Ivey, for the Minutes Book Committee,
e-mails weekly announcements of singings to take place during the coming
weekend. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, e-mails were sent to subscribers of the Fasola-Singings Google
Group (described in chapter 4). Most but not all
of the listed singings use The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition. The
source of information is the directory section of the minutes book described
immediately above.
Minutes of Sacred Harp Cooper Books Singing
Convention[s] This annual pamphlet compiled by Audrey
Barfield provides minutes of many of the annual Cooper book singings in
Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi. There is also a calendar of most of
the annual Cooper book singings for Alabama and Florida, as well as
some information on the Cooper Book, photographs of officers of the Sacred
Harp Book Co. and of deceased singers. It is available from Aubrey Barfield,
1469 Cypress, Niceville, FL 32578 for $3.00 per copy postpaid. (For Cooper
book singings in Texas, see the Schedule
of Sacred Harp Singings in Texas webpage.)
Regional Websites, Facebook Pages, and Newsletters:
Note on Facebook Pages: Many Sacred Harp
and shape-note singing communities now maintain interactive Facebook pages
in addition to, or instead of, traditional websites. A login to a Facebook
account is required to see the content of most Facebook pages. Organizers of singing
groups should be aware and appreciative of the fact that some singers
refuse to join Facebook out of valid privacy and security concerns. Thus,
it is important to announce singings by e-mail lists and websites as well as Facebook. The list below includes Facebook groups (public and closed) and announcement
pages without attempting to be complete. Facebook pages for collegiate
singing groups are generally not listed. Traditional websites and Facebook
pages are listed together by region. Some of the traditional websites listed
below appear to be out of date but are still listed, as they may contain useful
information. NOTE: Some singing groups listed below may be inactive -- temporarily or permanently -- because of the Covid-19 pandemic and other reasons.
A. Southern and South Central United States
A1. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Florida
Sacred Harp Singing
in Georgia
is the Atlanta-area Sacred Harp singers' guide to shape note singings
throughout Georgia. It lists
monthly and annual singings and special events, as well as information and
resource links. The directory of Annual Singings in Georgia and northeastern
Alabama, developed by Debora Grosse, has links that bring up Google maps
showing the precise singing locations, which are also plotted on a broader,
zoomable regional map. The extensive monthly schedule of singings
in Georgia can be sent to subscribers by e-mail, as explained on the webpage.
The website also provides a novel schedule of Note Singing in Georgia,
an African-American seven-shapenote gospel singing tradition.
Atlanta
[GA] Sacred Harp Facebook Page. This is a community page with
announcements by the administrator.
Sacred Harp
Atlanta Facebook Group
Athens
[GA] Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Hoboken
[GA] Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Savannah [GA] Sacred Harp
Singers website.
Valdosta [GA]
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singings in Alabama.
This website created by Karen Freund in consultation with David Ivey
presents schedules of annual and regular local singings in Alabama
(both 1991/"Denson" and Cooper editions), information on Camp Fasola, and
the Alabama State Sacred Harp Musical Convention. There is other interesting
material, including video and audio recordings.
Alabama Sacred Harp Facebook
Page
Crenshaw County [AL]
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Camp Fasola [AL] Facebook
Page. Camp Fasola is described in Chapter 10. Videos of the some informative teaching sessions in 2023 can be viewed on this page.
Sacred Harp Singing -
Salem UMC, Cedar Bluff, AL Facebook Group
Shiloh Sacred
Harp Singers of Northwest Arkansas. This webpage describes the
Sacred Harp singing activities in Springdale, Arkansas.
Arkansas
Sacred Harp Facebook Page
Mississippi
Singing Schedule. This list, which includes Sacred Harp and
Christian Harmony singings, is maintained by Professor Warren Steel of
the University of Mississippi.
Mississippi Sacred Harp
Convention Facebook Group, with information about all aspects
of shape-note singing in Mississippi.
New Orleans Shapenote
Facebook Group
Tallahassee
Sacred Harp Facebook Page
Jacksonville
Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
Pensacola
Sacred Harp Facebook Page
Orlando (FL)
Sacred Harp Facebook group.
A2. Tennessee and Kentucky
Nashville Sacred Harp Facebook
Page
Sacred
Harp Singing [in
Chattanooga and Cleveland, TN] Information about singings in
Chattanooga and Cleveland, Tennessee, maintained by John Lamb.
Chattanooga Sacred
Harp Facebook Page
Memphis Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Collegedale
[TN] Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Harpeth
Valley Sacred Harp Singers. This site contains information
about Sacred Harp singing activities
in Tennessee, particularly in the Nashville area.
Old Harp: The New Harp of Columbia Newsletter,
founded by the late Larry Olszewski, now edited by Ann
Strange, Lois Luebke, and Tina Becker. This is the only newsletter covering
New Harp of Columbia singings (primarily in east Tennessee).
It contains singing schedules, interesting articles, photographs, and
information about recordings. It is published and professionally printed
once a year, at the end of January. The ISSN is 1546-038X. Its subscription
price is currently under review, but the editors will accept donations by
mail. Make checks payable to "Old Harp" and mail them to Old Harp
Newsletter, 307 E. Lake Forest Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920.
This newsletter is also available as a PDF on the Old Harp Singing Web
site (described immediately below).
Old Harp Singing in
East Tennessee/
New Harp of Columbia Shape Note Singers,
maintained by Chris Stoddart. This webpage is an introduction to New
Harp of Columbia singing and has a detailed calendar of upcoming
singings with contact information, as well as links to the on-line latest
issue of Old Harp: The New Harp of Columbia Newsletter.
There is also a Listserv for New Harp of Columbia singers
and supporters. Contact Chris
Stoddart for more information.
Old Fields Singers
[TN] and Old Fields Singers Facebook Group provide information about singings from The
Christian Harmony in Johnson City, TN.
Ohio
Valley [KY] Shapes, provides information about singings and major
events in Louisville, KY and southern Indiana.
Ohio Valley Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Kentuckiana (Louisville, KY) Sacred
Harp Singing Facebook Group
Letcher County
KY Shape Note Singing Facebook Group. Singings take place
in Whitesburg and Neon, KY.
A3. The Carolinas
Appalachian
Association of Sacred Harp Singers by Raphael
Finkel. This webpage provides schedules of singings from The
Sacred Harp and The Southern Harmony in and near
Lexington, Kentucky. It also provides general information about the
Association.
North
Carolina Shape-Note contains information
about periodic singings and the annual North Carolina Convention.
Charlotte
[NC] Sacred Harp Singers
Charlotte (NC)
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Asheville
[NC] Christian Harmony and Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Page
North Asheville [NC] Shape
Note and Gospel Sing Facebook Group
Triangle [NC] Shape Note Facebook Group. Information about singings and conventions in Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC.
Wilmington
[NC] Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Camp DoReMi, Wildacres Retreat,
Little Switzerland NC Facebook Group
Lowcountry [SC]
Sacred Harp. Information about singings in Charleston, SC.
A4. Texas and Oklahoma
Sacred Harp
Singing in Texas website maintained by Gaylon L. Powell of
Austin. This site includes schedules of annual and monthly singings in
Texas from the
Cooper and 1991 Revisions of The Sacred Harp, essays by Mr.
Powell and others describing the music and its appeal, biographical
sketches of B. F. White and several composers and authors of tunes and
texts in The Sacred Harp, and the online version of the Texas
Sacred Harp Newsletter, described immediately above.
Texas Sacred Harp Singers
Facebook Group
East Texas Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Dallas
Sacred Harp Facebook Group. Sacred Harp singing and events
in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.
Austin
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Houston Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Buda, Texas Christian
Harmony Facebook Group
Tulsa [OK] Friends of Sacred Harp Singing Facebook Group
A5. District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
Shape Note Singing in DC.
Information about most but not all Washington, DC-area singings. These
singings focus on The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition and The
Shenandoah Harmony.
Washington, DC area: Information about the
annual Potomac River Shape-Note Singing Convention is usually found on a
Folklore Society of Greater Washington webpage and a webpage of Steven Sabol.
DC Shape-Note Singers
Facebook Group. Information about Washington, DC-area singings,
particularly one held monthly on Capitol Hill.
Baltimore Shape Note Singing website.
Baltimore Shape
Note Singing Facebook Group
Northern Shenandoah
Valley [VA] Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Charlottesville [VA]
Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Richmond [VA]
Shape Note Singers Facebook Page. Schedules of
singings in Richmond, discussion and information about the annual James
River Sacred Harp Convention.
Floyd [VA] Shape Note
Facebook Group. Information about singing in southwestern Virginia.
B. Northeast United States
B1. Mid-Atlantic (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York)
Pennsylvania Sacred
Harp
announces singings throughout Pennsylvania, a state that has been enjoying
a flurry of new local singings in recent years.
philadelphia FaSoLa. Information
about singings in eastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia, Exeter,
Brandywine, and Lancaster. Also information about the annual Keystone Convention.
Philadelphia Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
State College
[PA] Sacred Harp, maintained by Hal Kunkel. Information
about singings in or near State College, PA.
State College [PA] Sacred Harp
Singings Facebook Group
Lancaster
[PA] Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Lehigh Valley
[PA] Shape Note Singers Facebook Page
Endless Mountains
[PA] Shapenote Singers The Folklore Society of
Northeastern Pennsylvania sponsors a group of Sacred Harp singers but
does not specify on its website precisely where they meet in northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Sacred
Harp Princeton [NJ]. Information about singings in the
Princeton and Lawrenceville area of New Jersey.
Sacred Harp of
Central New Jersey Facebook Group
New York City Sacred Harp
is a portal for information about the regular singings taking place in
multiple locations of Manhattan, Brooklyn and Upper Montclair, NJ, as
well as the annual All-day Singing.
Lower East
Side [of Manhattan] Shape Note Sing.. This page announces singings in the Lower East Side as well as
other singings in the New York City area.
Sacred Harp in
Brooklyn. This page gives contact information about regular
singings (originally founded by Joe Beasley).
NYC Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Albany [NY] Sacred Harp. This website
covers Sacred Harp activities throughout upstate New York (not only Albany) and also
touches on more distant singings in New York and Connecticut.
Catskills [NY] Sacred Harp Musical
Association
Ithaca [NY]
Shape Note Facebook Group
Buffalo Sacred Harp
Shape Note Facebook Group
Syracuse Sacred Harp
B2. New England
Weekly and Monthly New
England Area Singings. This page from the Western Massachusetts
Sacred Harp Convention website lists singings and contact persons for all
of New England (including Maine) as well as New York and New Jersey.
BostonSing.org Shape Note
Resources maintained by Robert
Stoddard. This site has information about and schedules of singings
in the entire Boston and New England areas. It also has an archive of audio mp3 recordings made by Mr. Stoddard at
recent Sacred Harp and shape-note singings (see chapter
4).
Boston Sacred Harp
Boston Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Salem [MA] Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Boston
area: Singings sponsored by Norumbega Harmony in Newton, MA.
Site is maintained by Ishmael Stefanov-Wagner.
Western
Massachusetts Sacred Harp Community, Inc.. Schedules of
singing activities in Northampton and Amherst, MA, and in Providence,
RI, as well as information about the Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp
Convention and Pioneer Valley All-Day Singing.
Western Massachusetts Sacred
Harp Community Facebook Page
English
West Gallery
Music workshops in the Boston area. Sacred Harp and Gallery
music singer and composer Bruce Randall holds monthly workshops in English
parish church music which stylistically influenced 17th and 18th-century
New England tunesmiths.
Maine Shape Note Singing
Facebook Group
Portland Maine Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Bangor [ME] Shape Note
Facebook Group
Downeast [ME] Shape Note
Singing Facebook Page, pertaining to singing in Washington County, Maine.
Vermont Shape Note
Singers. Information about local and annual singings in Vermont.
Shape
Note Singing Communities of Vermont Facebook Page
Brattleboro [VT] Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Village Harmony Facebook
Page. Village Harmony is the umbrella organization, based in
Marshfield, VT, for a diverse range of choral, world music and harmony
singing camps, workshops and performing ensembles. (See chapter on Recordings by Performing Groups)
New Hampshire Sacred Harp
Singing Facebook Group
North Country [NH] Shape Note
Singing Facebook Group. Information about singing in the Berlin,
NH area.
Rhode Island Sacred Harp Singing
presents a calendar of singings in Rhode Island,
contact information, and information about the All-Day Rhode Island
singing. There is also a useful FAQ page.
Providence [RI]
Shape-Note Singing Facebook Page.
Yale-New Haven [CT] Regular
Singing
New Haven [CT] Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Middletown [CT] Sacred
Harp Singing Facebook Group
C. Midwest United States
C1. East of Mississippi River
Sacred
Harp Singing in Ohio. Singing activities throughout Ohio are
features, as well as the annual Ohio State Sacred Harp Convention.
Cincinnati Sacred Harp
Singing, maintained by John Bealle.
Cincinnati
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Cleveland
Sacred Harp Facebook Page announces singings in northeast
Ohio and posts discussion among group members.
Columbus [OH]
Shape-Note Singing provides Sacred Harp singing
schedules in the Columbus area.
Columbus [OH]
Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
Dayton [OH] Sacred Harp
Singing.
Dayton Area Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Bloomington
[IN] Sacred Harp.
Bloomington [IN] Shape
Notes Facebook Group
Indy (Indianapolis, IN)
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Kokomo
[IN] Sacred Harp Facebook Page
FaSoLaMichigan.org,
A website providing information on singings in Lansing/East Lansing,
Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Detroit, Michigan. There is also a discussion
forum.
Sacred Harp Detroit. This site is currently down but is still cited on the Sacred Harp Detroit Facebook Page (see below).
Sacred Harp Detroit
Facebook Page
Kalamazoo
[MI] Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Mid-Michigan Shape Note
Singers Facebook Group. Information about singing in the East
Lansing, MI area.
Singing Sacred
Harp in Chicago, lists singings and major events in the
Chicago area.
Chicago
Sacred Harp Singing Facebook Page
Central
Illinois Sacred Harp Facebook Page. Announcements of singings in
the Urbana area.
C2. West of Mississippi River
Shape Note Singing in the
Twin Cities [Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN] provides information about
singing, generally from The Sacred Harp, in the Twin Cities area. There is also
information on the annual Minnesota State Sacred Harp Convention.
"Sacred Harp: Shape-Note Singing in Minnesota" is a 21-minute instructional video produced in 2017 and featuring small-group and convention singing, along with commentary by local singers.
Twin Cities Sacred Harp
Facebook Group.
Rochester [MN] Area Shape Note
Singing Facebook Group
Duluth [MN] Shape Note
Singing Facebook Group
Northfield [MN]
Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singing in Iowa
Facebook Group
Omaha Shape-Note Singers
Omaha Shape
Note Singers Facebook Group.
Kaw
Valley Shape Note Singing Association webpage (Northeast
Kansas) maintained by Brad Levy of Lawrence, Kansas, lists
schedules of singings in Kansas and northwest Missouri.
Kaw Valley [KS] Shape
Note Singing Facebook Group
St. Louis Shape Note Singers.
Articles, photographs, and singing schedules for singings in and near
St. Louis, Hannibal/Bowling Green, and Columbia, Missouri.
St.
Louis Shape Note Singers! Facebook Group
Columbia [MO]
Shape-Note Singers Articles and singing schedules and contact
information for Columbia, Missouri.
Columbia [MO]
Shape-Note Singers Facebook Page
Shape Note Singers of
Springfield [MO] Facebook Group
D. Western United States
D1. Mountain states
Phoenix Fasola
Tucson [AZ] Fasola.
Information about singings in Arizona and New Mexico.
Tucson [AZ]
Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
New Mexico Shapenote Singers Facebook Group
Sacred
Harp Colorado.
Colorado
Sacred Harp (COSH) Facebook Group
Utah Sacred Harp Singing
lists singing schedules for the Salt Lake City
and Provo, Utah areas.
Utah
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
D2. Far West (Pacific states)
[San Francisco] Bay Area
Sacred Harp. Information about singings in the Bay area
including San Francisco, Palo Alto, Berkeley, Santa Cruz, and other
areas of Northern California.
Bay Area Sacred
Harp (BASH) Facebook Group
Alameda [CA] Area Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Davis [CA] Area Sacred
Harp (DASH) Facebook Group.
Fasola
L.A.: Shape Note Singing in Los Angeles. This website lists singing schedules in the Los Angeles area as well as contact information and fasola singing events throughout
southern California.
Los Angeles Area Shape
Note Singers Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singing in Culver City [CA]
SDFaSoLa.org (San Diego) website.
Pacific Northwest Sacred Harp Singers
website maintained by Karen Willard. Information about
singings in Washington state
and Oregon. There also useful sections of short articles suitable
as flyers and handouts at singings. Titles include "Beginner's Guide,"
"What's Going On
Here," "Do You Have a Vocal Identity Crisis?" (by Lisa Grayson), FAQ
from the Texas Sacred Harp Singers, an essay on accidentals by Ananias
Davisson, "How To Find the 6th in Minor Songs," etc. Newly added sections
of great interest include Miss Grace Notes advice column from the
Chicago Sacred Harp Newsletter, a humorous and updated essay from the
early 1990s entitled "Natural History of a Sacred Harp Zealot," additional
verses, and song scores.
Seattle [WA]
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Tacoma [WA]
Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
Olympia [WA]
Shape Note Facebook Group
Lewis
County [WA] Sacred Harp Facebook Group, with information
about singings in the Morton, WA area.
Portland
[OR] Sacred Harp. Information about monthly singings and
the annual Sacred Harp Convention in Portland Oregon. The site is currently down, but it is still cited on the Portland Sacred Harp Facebook Group.
Portland [OR] Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Eugene [OR] Sacred Harp
Singers. Announcements and news about Sacred Harp
singing in Eugene, Oregon.
Corvallis Area ([OR]
Sacred Harp Music. Information about singing in the
Corvallis area and the central Willamette valley of Oregon (between
Portland and Eugene).
Sacred Harp Alaska website.
Information about singings in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Sitka, and elsewhere. This website is down but is still cited on the Sacred Harp Alaska Facebook Page (see below).
Sacred Harp Alaska
Facebook Page
Juneau Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Honolulu (HI) Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
E. Canada
Toronto Shape Note
Toronto Shape Note Singing
Community Facebook Group
Montréal
Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
Shelter Valley [Ontario]
Shape-Note Singers. Information about singing in Northumberland
County, Ontario. This website is down but is still cited on the associated Facebook Page (see below).
Shelter
Valley [Ontario] Shape-Note Singers Facebook Group
Vancouver [BC] Sacred Harp
Vancouver BC Sacred
Harp Facebook Group
Victoria [BC] Sacred Harp
St. John's [Newfoundland and Labrador] Sacred Harp Singers Group
Peg City FaSoLa [Winnepeg] Facebook Group
F. United Kingdom and Ireland
United Kingdom Sacred Harp
and Shapenote Singing. The site features calendars of all-day and local singings on the front pages. The original site with much useful information,compiled by Edwin Macadam and Sheila Girling Smith, was archived on January 11, 2020 and is still accessible.
UK Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
UK Sacred Harp
Recipes Facebook Group
London Sacred Harp Singing
London Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Newcastle Sacred Harp
Tyneside [Newcastle] Shape
Note Singers Facebook Group
Leeds Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Manchester
Sacred Harp Singing Facebook Page
Oxford Sacred Harp Singing
Oxford Sacred
Harp Singing Facebook Page
Cambridge
[UK] Sacred Harp Singers Facebook Group
Brighton Shape Note
Singing
Brighton Shape Note Singing
Facebook Group
Norwich Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Bristol Sacred Harp has information about singings in Bristol and Gwehelog (Wales).
Bristol Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Sacred Harp
Sheffield and South Yorkshire
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Colchester [Essex] Shape Note
Facebook Group
York [UK] Shape
Note Singing Facebook Group
Scarborough [North Yorkshire]
Sacred Harp Facebook Group
Birmingham [UK] Sacred Harp
Facebook Group. This site is currently down, but it is listed here in case it is revived.
Winchester [UK] Shape
Note Singing Facebook Group
Shropshire Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Shapenote Scotland
Shapenote Scotland
Facebook Group
Belfast Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singers of Dublin
Sacred Harp Singers
of Dublin Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singers of Cork.
The Cork Sacred Harp Bandcamp site has many streaming and downloadable audio files of most songs sung at every Ireland Convention from the first in 2011 through the tenth in 2020.
Sacred Harp Singers
of Cork Facebook Group
Galway [Ireland]
Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
G. Continental Europe
Sacred Harp
in Europe Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Amsterdam
Sacred Harp Amsterdam
Facebook Page
Sacred Harp Paris! Facebook
Group
Sacred Harp
Auvergne [France]. This website, mostly in French with some
English, describes singing activities in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne
region, France. It contains a highly useful reference: Under the
heading "Les Chants du Denson 1991" are links to YouTube videos and
audio files of nearly every song in The Sacred Harp 1991
Edition, recorded at many different singings in the U.S. and Europe.
Sacred
Harp Auvergne Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Germany
Sacred Harp Germany
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Bremen [Germany]
This website mostly in the German language has a remarkable teaching
resource: Under the heading Lieder (songs), there are links to
computer-generated
audio files for each voice part of each song in The Sacred
Harp 1991 Edition, as well as some songs from other
tunebooks (under "Andere"). One can listen separately to each
voice part (treble (Sopran), treble an octave lower, alto, tenor, bass)
and all four (or three) parts together, with words (in English) of the
first verse sung by a computer with a bit of a British accent). An
image of the score of the featured song is below the buttons for the
audio files. For some songs, there are also links to YouTube videos of
the featured song sung by real people at various singings. A companion website features
similar audio
files of voice parts of each song in the Christian Harmony
(2010 edition).
"Shape, Rattle, and Roll: Sacred Harp in Bremen" [Germany]. This 67-minute documentary describes the formation and early years of the Sacred Harp singing group of Bremen. It was filmed and produced professionally in 2012 by Gunnar Heite and Daniele Witt, premiered in 2014, and placed on YouTube in July 2022. The film is in German with English subtitles (shown when CC is turned on). More information in chapter 9.
Sacred Harp Singing in Hamburg
Sacred Harp Frankfurt [am Main]
Sacred Harp
Mittelhessen [Germany] Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Berlin
Berlin Shape Note
Sacred Harp Berlin
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Munich
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Cologne
Sacred Harp Cologne
Facebook Group
Oslo Sacred Harp. This Bandcamp site features many downloadable recordings of Olso all-day singings and Camp Europa singings.
Oslo Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Sacred Harp Sweden Facebook
Group
Uppsala [Sweden] Sacred Harp
Shapenote Singing
Sacred Harp CZ Facebook Group. Singing activity in the
Czech Republic.
Sacred Harp Singers of
Budapest Facebook Group
Sacred Harp in Poland.
Information about singings and the annual Poland Sacred Harp Convention
in Warsaw.
Sacred Harp in Poland
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Singers
of Warsaw Facebook Page
Sacred Harp Vilnius
[Lithuania] Facebook Page
H. Middle East
Israel Sacred Harp
Facebook Group.Information about singings in Tel Aviv.
I. Asia, Australia, and New Zealand
Sacred Harp Hong Kong
Facebook Group
Seoul Sacred Harp
Facebook Group
Busan [South Korea] Sacred Harp
Facebook Group. Of interest from the group's Description: "We sing
Sacred Harp every Friday in Millak Subway Station in between exits 3 and 4
(inside the station)."
Tokyo Sacred Harp
Tokyo Sacred Harp Facebook
Group
Delhi Sacred Harp. Their web site is on Instagram.
Singapore Shapenote Singers
Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Australia
Sydney Shape Note
Singers Facebook Group
Sacred Harp Melbourne
Facebook Group
Canberra [Australia] Shape Note
Singers Facebook Group
Brisbane [Australia]
Shapenote Facebook Group
Tasmanian Shape Note
Singers Facebook Group
New Zealand Shape Note
Singers Facebook Group
Wellington
[NZ] Shape Note Singers Facebook Group
Sacred Harp and Shape-Note Newsletters of Historical Interest
The rise of the Internet in the late 1990s caused several worthy
printed newsletters
to cease publication and not to continue online. These had informative
articles and photographs
which provide historical documentation of the resurgence of interest in
Sacred Harp singing in the U.S. starting in the late 1980s. Copies may be
found in some music libraries and private collections. An incomplete list
of these newsletters is as follows:
- The
National Sacred Harp Newsletter back issues 1985-1993, edited by
Hugh McGraw with later help by Richard DeLong, Charlene Wallace, and Bill
Denney, focused mainly on Southern singing activities. This newsletter was
published by the Sacred Harp Publishing Company from 1985 through July 1993
and had a folksy, light-hearted style. The company is now in the process of
digitizing the issues and placing the resulting PDFs on the company's
website for free download as the first online exhibit of the Sacred Harp
Museum. Currently the first three back issues are now posted; eventually
all issues are to be posted.
- The Chicago Sacred Harp Newsletter edited
by Ted Mercer and Judy Hauff.
- St. Louis Shape Note Singers Newsletter,
edited by Karen Isbell.
- Prairie Harmony, edited by Keith and
Jennie Willard, focusing on singing in Minnesota.
- Shape Notes, edited by Bob Hall and
Ella Wilcox, focusing on singing in the Washington, DC, Baltimore, and
Shenandoah areas.
- La-Miss-Ala Shape Note Newsletter, edited
by Regina Marshall, focusing on singing in Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama.
- Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp News, the
oldest Sacred Harp newsletter in continuous existence from the 1950s
through around 2008-2009. It was most recently edited by Tim Reynolds.
- Huntsville (AL) Sacred Harp Newsletter,
edited by David Ivey. Back issues from 1994-99 are online.
Steven L. Sabol (sabol@his.com)
HTML version by Warren
Steel (mudws@olemiss.edu)