Shape-Note Singing
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McCullough - Mitchell Green Lounge14 Old Chapel Road
Middlebury, VT 05753 View in Campus Map
Open to the Public
Described as spiritual, joyful, powerful, and raucous, Shape-Note (or Sacred Harp) singing is a traditional American style of four-part, a capella, community singing popular in the United States before the Civil War. This style still thrives across the US and in the UK, with strongholds in the American South and New England. It is called Shape-Note because the notes of the scale are indicated by distinctive shapes and names.
No training or musical ability is necessary; the tradition emphasizes participation, not performance. Led by Professor Emeritus David Rosenberg of the Middlebury Shape-Note Singers.
- Sponsored by:
- Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life
Contact Organizer
Jewett, Ellen M.
emckay@middlebury.edu
(802) 443-5626