Workshop Leaders
The following WGMA members are some of the experienced leaders who are available to lead workshops around the country.
Ken Baddley: BEDFORDSHIRE.
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Experience: Singing and playing West Gallery music since 1992.
Special Interests: Main interest is non-conformist music of the West Gallery period.
Activities Offered: Workshop linked to either services or concerts; lectures; concerts with Bedford Gallery Quire.
Fees/Expenses: Workshops and services are offered on an expenses only basis. Concerts with Bedford Gallery Quire are charged on a sliding scale, depending on nature of event.
Other Information: Musical Director of Bedford Gallery Quire.
Mike Bailey: HAMPSHIRE
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Experience: Research and performance since 1977
Special Interests: Wide
Activities Offered: Workshops, often leading to services; lectures; editing
Fees/Expenses: Music at cost, reasonable travel expenses, no fee
Other Information: Leads 'The Madding Crowd'
Sally Drage: CHESHIRE
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Experience: Research and performance since 1990, general experience of choirs
Special Interests: Northern / Midlands music; non-conformist / Anglican practice
Activities Offered: Lectures; workshops; services
Fees/Expenses: £0 upwards - very negotiable
Other Information: Professional musician, specially interested in performance practice
Paul Gailiunas: NEWCASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND
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Experience: Varied singing styles, mainly in choirs; leading WG and male voice choirs;
research, generally focused on a specific location, or manuscript.
Special Interest: Links between US and UK.
Activities offered: Workshops.
Fees/Expenses: Expenses if possible.
Other information: Leads 'Joyful Noise'.
Chris Gardner: STOCKSFIELD, NORTHUMBERLAND
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Experience: Performance and research
Special Interests: 'Georgian Psalmody' aspect of West Gallery music; northern music
Activities Offered: Workshops, services
Fees/Expenses: Expenses, hospitality appreciated if needed
Other Information: Long experience of conventional church / cathedral music
Edmund Gooch: DERBYSHIRE
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Experience: Research since 1999, leading local workshops, conducting
Special Interests: Midlands and North West West Gallery music, composers - Fawcett, Leach etc
Activities Offered: Workshops, with or without subsequent services or concerts
Fees/Expenses: Expenses - negotiable
Other Information: Light 18th century instrumental music associated with psalmody repertoire
Paul Guppy: LANCASTER, LANCASHIRE
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Experience: Research and performance since 1992
Special Interests: Music from North West England
Activities Offered: Workshops
Fees/Expenses: Expenses and negotiable fee
Other Information: Leads 'Gladly Solemn Sound'
Chris Gutteridge: NORFOLK.
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Experience: WGMA member since 1998
Special Interests: Norfolk music
Activities Offered: Workshops
Fees/Expenses: Negotiable
Edwin and Sheila Macadam offer individual or combined workshops:
Edwin Macadam: OXFORDSHIRE
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Experience: Research and performance since 1992
Special Interests: Music from Central England and Sussex
Activities Offered: Workshops, services, community events
Fees/Expenses: Expenses only, music provided at cost, negotiable fees where Immanuel's Ground are included
Other Information: leads 'Immanuel's Ground' (Warwick), co-founder 'Sussex Harmony'. Editorial revision and setting of WGMA psalter, Praise & Glory, Oxford, 2000
Sheila Macadam: OXFORDSHIRE
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Experience: Research, performance and recordings since 1993
Special Interests: Exchange of English and American psalmody
Activities Offered: Illustrated lectures and workshops
Fees/Expenses: Expenses only, music provided at cost
Other Information: Extensive experience of New England psalmody. Editorial revision and biographical research for WGMA psalter, Praise & Glory, Oxford, 2000
Francis Roads: LONDON
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Experience: Research and performance since 1995
Special Interests: Manx music; editing; West Gallery Music for non-specialist choirs
Activities Offered: Lectures, workshops, services, concerts
Fees/Expenses: Expenses, fee where appropriate
Other Information: Leads 'London Gallery Quire'
Jean Seymour: BURY, LANCASHIRE
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Experience: Research and performance since 1990
Special Interests: Baptist chapel music in 'Larks of Dean' manuscript collection, Rossendale, Lancs
Activities Offered: Participatory workshops on music from 'Larks of Dean' collection; lecture recitals with Larks of Dean Quire
Fees/Expenses: Reasonable out of pocket expenses; music provided at cost.
Fee: Negotiable if Larks of Dean Quire involved.
Other Information: Leads 'Larks of Dean Quire'
Gillian Warson: OXFORDSHIRE
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Experience: Researching, singing, playing and directing West Gallery music since 1992.
Special Interests: Main interest is both Non-conformist and Anglican music of the period as well as related secular music. I have a particular interest in the contribution of women and children.
Activities Offered: Workshop linked to either services or concerts; lectures; concerts with Immanuel's Ground Quire.
Fees/Expenses: Workshops and services are offered based on a negotiable fee and expenses. Concerts with Immanuel's Ground Quire are charged on a sliding scale, depending on nature of event.
Other Information: Musical Director of Immanuel's Ground Quire and other scratch groups. Also Tenants of the Earth - a group comprising the musicians of IGQ.
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