Messiah Courses

Messiah Courses

Here we present The Self-Isolation Choir’s training videos for MESSIAH led by Musical Director Ben England

Breaking MESSIAH down into the separate voice parts, Ben teaches sopranos, altos, tenors and basses separately so that you have quality time with him concentrating on your voice part only.

All these videos were filmed in one take from Ben’s bedroom in Bristol during his period of self-isolation. What makes the project remarkable is that during the making of MESSIAH AT HOME, which you can see as part of this course, nobody involved ever met. It was all done in isolation.

You will also find a version of the HALLELUJAH CHORUS with no words - just the orchestra. This allows you to sing the chorus on your own!

Through the self isolation choir I feel I have become part of a global community which has supported me emotionally and spiritually and enabled me to have enormous fun.

-Christine

You have brought joy to thousands over the last few weeks and the concert was just wonderful. I am sure I was not the only one with tears in my eyes when the orchestra started up. I have felt privileged to be part of this ground breaking project.

-Ruth

For the price of £19.95, you get exclusive access to your voice part videos, the orchestra only Hallelujah Chorus and the final concert, which was given on 31st May 2020. We hope you enjoy what is, we believe, the most comprehensive tutorials available for the learning of the complete MESSIAH.

There are of course advantages to singing alone in your kitchen. You can drink wine, try every part (I particularly enjoyed accompanying the T & B soloists), and you can miss entries and fluff high notes without causing concern, but still have that loving sense of community that comes with shared endeavour.

-Nigel