Lingmara
Lingmara is Chippenham’s only world music choir and has been running for twenty years after having been set up by Elena Winch upon her return from New Zealand. It is currently led by Alexandra Moran.The choir has a long tradition of singing beautiful songs from all around the world and in many different languages. Lingmara has a vast portfolio of songs from Africa, The British Isles, The Balkans, France, Ukraine, the Polynesian Islands and the Americas.The choir has toured internationally to Lithuania, France and Germany and more locally to Cornwall!
Lingmara sings yearly at the Chippenham Folk Festival, (Chippfest.co.uk ), The Cause Christmas Concert ( thecausevenue.com) and has a long history of singing at events for Wellboring, (wellboring.org) a chippenham based charity providing water wells for schoolchildren and their families in Kenya and beyond. Lingmara performs regularly around Chippenham and is open to new members with some singing experience.
Tuesday evenings, 7.15pm to 9.15pm - £10 subs on the door
Beyond the ordinary
Singing together turns separate voices into one shared feeling. Breathing in rhythm, hearing harmony, and feeling surrounded by others creates connection, trust, and release. Your brain responds linking pleasure and mutual bonding, while the music gives emotions somewhere to go. For a few moments, you stop carrying everything alone... you become one!