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As a community company, we are proud to club together to do what we can for causes close to our hearts. This year we're thrilled to have raised over £4,250 for causes including The British Heart Foundation, SANDS, Cakes4Cabs and Mind.
Read MoreThere's nothing that can't be made better by singing in a choir. Give me a problem and it'll seem less worrying after a good sing. Give me happy news and song will only serve to make me feel more joyful. Singing is the ultimate tonic, and put a group of singers in a room - pow - that's a whole cocktail of happiness right there.
Read MoreIt's getting cold, it's getting dark and there are millions of fairy lights illuminating London's streets. It can mean only one thing - winter is upon us!
So, to celebrate we're throwing a Winter Bazaar this Saturday 29th November and you're invited!
Read MoreGareth Malone is at it again. Like us, he loves nothing more than getting people to sing in schools, communities and workplaces, and now he has now formed a choir of 12 celebrities to sing the official single for this year’s Children in Need - a cover of Avicii’s Wake Me Up .
Read MoreWe've put together 10 of our key approaches to running community arts, music and singing sessions. Do you agree?
Read MoreIn 'High Five' you will experience the very best songs that have been performed by our choirs over the last five years, along with new material and other special guests, including members of our youth Summer School casts, past and present. Needless to say, it's going to be an electrifying event with well over 100 performers in a stunning, historic theatre with a live professional band. Have we got you excited yet?
You can support Starling Arts' fifth anniversary concert by becoming a 'Friend of High Five'!
Read MoreIn my experience of working with hundreds of amateur performers (and having been overwhelmed by my own nerves from time to time!), I’ve seen how nerves can make a performance - it’s just a matter of grabbing them by the scruff of the neck and putting them to good use. Here are our top tips!
Read MoreOne of our favourite parts of running a community based company like Starling Arts are the moments where people, brought together through song, come together to do something special.
Read MoreThis weekend the Starling Arts team head down to Devon for preparations for their fifth annual Summer School!
The weekend will kick off with a fundraising coffee morning at Chagford's Endecott House, with all proceeds going towards this year's production, Return to Aesop. All participants, their friends and family, and the local community are welcome to come along, enjoy a slice of cake and chat to the show's writers, Starling Arts' co-directors Anna Shields and Emily Cook.
In the afternoon, the directors will be running a fun workshop audition to allocate parts to over 40 young people who are involved in this year's production. With exciting singing, dance and acting activities planned, the afternoon will serve as a great warm up to the Summer School, which takes place in August this year.
Please come and join us for our Coffee Morning between 10.00 and 12.00 in Endecott House, Chagford.
Auditions for those already registered will take place between 14.00 and 17.00.
Starling Arts connects people through singing! Find out more about our workplace singing experiences, choir community, singing workshops and annual Summer School.
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