Tenebrae Effect Workshop in Saffron Walden | Events

Join us for a Tenebrae Effect workshop led by Tenebrae Choir Associate Artists Clover Willis and Dominic Wallis

3:00 to 4:30 pm on Saturday 18 October at Saffron Walden County High School

Tenebrae Effect workshops offer an insight into the elements which make Tenebrae’s sound and musical interpretation so unique, and give singers the opportunity to learn in a friendly and engaging environment.

This workshop aims to inspire and challenge every participant. Singers of all abilities are warmly welcome, with those who have some prior choral singing experience likely to benefit the most.

The workshop is free of charge, thanks to generous support of The John S Cohen Foundation.

Please note that Soprano and Alto sections are now full. Lower voices can still sign up by clicking on this link.

Participants will receive digital copies of the music in advance and will be encouraged to look through it beforehand to get the most out of the session. Paper copies will also be provided on the day.

Workshop repertoire:

Ralph Vaughan Williams – Rest

Henry Purcell – Thou knowest Lord, the secrets of our hearts

+1 (TBD)

About workshop leaders:

Clover Willis – Soprano

Clover is a soprano from Worcestershire who began singing with the Wyre Forest Young Voices and Worcester Cathedral Girls’ Choir. She went on to study music at the University of Cambridge where she was a choral scholar with the choir of Gonville and Caius college. After graduating she spent four years as a music teacher in a secondary school in North London.

She now works full time as a singer and has performed with many of the UK’s best ensembles including Ex Cathedra, SANSARA, The Carice Singers, ORA, Polyphony and The Corvus Consort. She also holds a position in the choir of the Chapels Royal, HM Tower of London. Clover enjoys performing as a soloist and recent highlights have included Bach’s B minor mass with Ex Cathedra, Handel’s Silete Venti with Belsize Baroque and Haydn’s Nelson Mass at the Tower of London.

Alongside singing Clover also conducts a community choir called Sing Out Pimlico, is a Teacher-Singer with the Pimlico Musical Foundation and a workshop leader for the Voces8 Foundation. In her spare time, Clover enjoys swimming, playing tennis and reading.

Dominic Wallis – Tenor

Dom grew up in Bristol, where he started singing as a chorister at Bristol Cathedral. His early singing experiences encompassed a wide variety of musical styles, including as a member of the National Youth Choir, Welsh National Youth Opera and appearances in musical theatre productions.

Dom’s professional career started as a Choral Scholar at York Minster alongside his undergraduate studies. He has since held Lay Clerk positions at Clare College, Cambridge (alongside his Masters studies at the University of Cambridge), Ely Cathedral and St John’s College, Cambridge.

Currently, in addition to working with Tenebrae, Dom sits on the board of trustees for the National Centre for Early Music. He also works frequently as a freelancer in the UK and abroad. Notable career highlights include performing with the Aurora Orchestra at the Southbank Centre, appearing as a soloist alongside Iestyn Davies on a CD of American choral music (recently considered for a Grammy), broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 at St John’s, and working on a CD of previously unrecorded music by Palestrina.

Dom also occasionally performs in oratorio and opera, including as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Bach’s St John Passion, and has appeared as the tenor lead in minimalist opera ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat’ by Michael Nyman. Alongside performing, Dom enjoys teaching and has worked as a vocal coach on summer singing courses.

Outside of music, Dom works as a Heritage Consultant for Caroe Architecture Ltd, where he specialises in the conservation of historic buildings.

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The Tenebrae Effect

Inspiring through passion and precision

‘The Tenebrae Effect’ is Tenebrae’s inspiring choral development initiative that provides an insight into the elements which make Tenebrae’s sound and interpretation to music so unique.