Manchester Sacred Harp

Tag: musical-composition

  • Come join in and help us to sing

    Come join in and help us to sing

    Hannah Land celebrates Sacred Harp’s collaborative community, and how so many people worked together across so many fields to pour their diligence, hard work, reverence and love into the 2025 edition, birthing a book that carries forward our tradition.

  • “How does it feel being a female composer?”

    “How does it feel being a female composer?”

    Vicki Elliott has composed two songs in the 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp. She tells us how she came to write them, and celebrates the contributions of women in the new book.

  • That guy who writes the high fa in A major

    That guy who writes the high fa in A major

    We’re very proud that Matthew Parkinson of Manchester Sacred Harp has two songs in the 2025 revision of The Sacred Harp. The week before the launch of the new book in Atlanta, Harriet Monkhouse and Jo Kay interviewed him about his discovery of Sacred Harp, how he composes songs, and how he feels about his…