Saturday Sings - Dom Stichbury & Rosie Sleightholme

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After a really successful 2024 Saturday Sings series, I’ve decided to do it all again, and I’ve got some fantastic guests lined up for 2025!

Saturday Sings is a singing workshop series where I invite a different choir composer each time and we share a day of teaching our own original harmony songs. Who knows, you could be the first group of singers to ever sing this material! Most songs are in 4 part harmony (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass).

All are welcome. We are Natural Voice Network leaders and all songs will taught by ear so there is no need to read music.

🎶 WHERE? Victoria Park Baptist Church, Sylvia Ave, Bristol BS3 5DA*

🎶 WHAT TIME? 1030-430pm (Doors 10am, arrive by 1015am).

🎶 PRICE? £40 standard rate, plus 5 booking fee (Low Income/Higher Earner/Super Supporter options available)**

*Drivers - This venue isn't in the Bristol Clean Air Zone, but do check your route if you're trying to avoid it. You can check if your car is exempt here.

There is free on street parking on all the surrounding streets.

**Please note, unlike last year, the workshops won’t be catered (it's logistically quite challenging, sorry!), but we'll still have teas and coffees in the breaks. Lunch break will be  an hour, and you can bring your own packed lunch to eat at the church or in Victoria Park across the road. There is a bakery across the road, and there are other food options within 10/15 mins walk of the church.

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8th November 2025 - Dom Stichbury & Rosie Sleightholme

To round off our 2025 series I have incredible leader, composer and Spooky Man - Dom Stichbury.

About Dom:

Dom Stichbury is a choir leader, singer, composer and arranger based in London. Since 2009 he's been encouraging others to sing together in village halls, offices, schools, prisons and festivals, building new communities through this life changing activity.

From a young age he found a home in choirs and theatrical groups, where he developed his love for harmony singing, singing with others and performance. Sensing the unique alchemy that occurs when we sing together, Dom has a particular interest in writing and arranging heartfelt songs that carry simple messages alongside rousing ditties that blow our emotional cobwebs off.

Currently he performs and runs workshops across the UK with a cappella quartet ‘Oaken’ and duo ‘Ben & Dom’. Ben & Dom’s songs have been featured on BBC 6 Music & Radio 3, with a few making their way into the community choir network. He is a member of ‘The Spooky Men’s Chorale’ and previously performed with ‘The London Vocal Project’

In 2013 Dom founded London-based Chaps Choir in an attempt to get more men singing and to challenge the traditional male choir presentation. The choir's live shows, diverse repertoire, videos & collaborations have been recognised around the world in offering an alternative example of the male choir presentation and encouraging men to use their voice for positive expression. Following this he set-up male voice community choir Bellow Fellows, which is now a thriving non-auditioned singing community.

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Payment options:

I want Saturday Sings to be accessible whilst also paying myself and my composer guest a fair wage (fees go towards our prep time, composing time, travel, as well as the workshop itself). For this reason I've offered 4 payment options:

If you can afford to pay a bit more, your extra payment is much appreciated and helps to offset Low Income payments.

Please have a read of the Fees table on my People of Note website to decide which of the categories you best fit, and you can decide which rate to pay, no questions asked. I've added the Super Supporter rate this year as some people have said to me that they would like to pay more, which is very kind indeed, thank you.

If you will still struggle to pay the Low Income option, please contact me directly and we will work something out. I don't want anyone to be excluded because they are limited by finances. We have the Higher Earner and Super Supporter rates to help with this.

Please note that the ticketing platform I use now adds a 5% platform fee on to your booking (but you don't pay payment processing fees).

Please see the event FAQs for what else your fee includes.
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Saturday Sings 2025 Series:

25th Jan - Kirsty Martin & me

29th Mar - Lea Morris & me

17th May - Ryan O’Riordan & me

13th Sept - Emily Roblyn & me

8th Nov - Dom Stichbury & me