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Sing for Water
Future Sing for Water eventsUpcoming Sing for Water events, including Leicester and Bristol in June and Gateshead in July, can be found on our events and groups search tool. Past eventsWallingford Corn Exchange Choir Week A huge thank you to everyone who took part in the event which raised a fantastic £1,500. A cheque was presented to WaterAid speaker Tom Drake during an evening of songs performed by local school choirs. Pete Orton, who helped organise the event said, "The whole show was put together by the amazing Dr Sue Ledger, Wallingford's own Doctor Music. She assembled around 30 or so choirs to come and sing on seven consecutive nights involving singers of all ages and featuring classical, gospel, pop, musicals, and, well, you name it!" Sing for Water Stroud Seven local choirs from Stroud, Wotton, Bisley, Nailsworth and Gloucester sang their hearts out and raised over £2,300! The event, hosted by Liz Terry, featured a rousing African song called E Marabini followed by songs drawn from all over the world and including Croatia, South Africa and Georgia. It was a great opportunity for the choirs to showcase their talents. The organisers would like to thank the vicar and congregation of Holy Trinity for letting them use the church for Sing for Water Stroud. Thanks also to everyone who participated, including: the choir leaders and all the fantastic singers, Ben and Alan for recording the event, Moonflower of Stroud for sponsorship, Rosie and Mac. Your fantastic efforts have made a real difference!
Sing for Water London WaterAid's largest Sing for Water took place in London on Sunday 14 September 2008 at the Thames Festival. The festival celebrates London's river with amazing open air arts, street theatre and music. Over 800 members of community choirs from across the UK came together to create a breathtaking performance. We hope to raise £50,000 through Sing for Water London to fund WaterAid projects in Ghana and Malawi. Find out more about this year's London event To order your CD or DVD for this year's performance, please fill out the form below. Please note, there is a recommended donation of £5 per CD and £10 per DVD - we will send you a donation form with your order.
Sing for Water Germany The concert "Water Night" was held in the Peterskirche, in Heidelberg, Germany, as the first international Sing for Water in March 2008. Twenty-eight Singers performer under the Choral conductor Werner Glöggler. The event was hosted by the German choir Kammerchor Alumni. The choir performed 13 pieces which dealt the theme of water in different ways. The center piece was the "Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae" by Jakko Mäntyjärvi. An article published in the local paper described the choir as an "unearthly beautiful sound, that you become addicted to." The concert raised over £900 for WaterAid. The choir now plans to join Sing for Water London in 2009. Sing for Water Leicester
Leicester's Riverside Festival saw 180 voices coming together to take part in Leicester's first Sing for Water event raising over £1,500 for WaterAid. The singers came from community and church choirs from around Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Melton and Coventry. Around 50 members had never sung in four-part harmony before, so it really was a great first! Kim Burley Jones, the chair of the organising group said of the day: "I am really proud of the people who took part in this event, we had loads of fun and raised vital funds."
Crediton World Music, Exeter The event, held by Crediton World Music, raised over £250 for projects in Ghana and Malawi. The choir has been supporting WaterAid for many years and several of its members take part in Sing for Water London. You can find out more about the London event above.
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