Workshops

Participation in C & K workshops gives you access to

  • Collaborative and energising workshops led by a first class team of vocal leaders and award-winning musical directors
  • Tailored vocal coaching, vocal health strategy and helpful singing tips
  • A wealth of supporting materials, both printed and audio, so you can learn songs off by heart
  • Guest participation as a valued C&K singer at all our public concerts – presented and professionally recorded on the London stage
  • Special invitation to add your voice to all of our recordings of international singles to help us raise funds for those most in need around the world
  • Behind the scenes insight into the musical development of each recorded single plus sneak peek info on upcoming workshops, events and other shows
  • An immense sense of unity and belonging to a community of hundreds of like-minded singers, from all over the world, united in song and purpose
  • Being part of the change – help C&K be a positive influencing force that inspires change in the world through connection, collaboration, and music.

Workshops are at the heart of Common and Kind.

We facilitate partnership workshops between groups and individuals of all ages and backgrounds, creating unique massed choirs for inspiring collaborative concerts which bring together a huge range of participants such as schools, refugees, asylum seekers, adult choirs, individuals from all walks of life and solo artists from across the musical spectrum.  We have delivered workshops across London in the boroughs of Haringey, Newham, Hackney, Enfield, Brent, Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Our work is expanding across the UK, with projects planned from 2022 in Yorkshire, the North-East and worldwide.

Schools Partnership Workshops

In our schools workshops, school groups from different walks of life, different educational sectors and different faiths meet in inspiring educational workshops to explore how we use words in music and in wider society. Our energising workshops not only provide access to first class musical and vocal training, but also encourage participants to think constructively and creatively about the language and labels which we use in music and in wider society.

Adult Workshops

In adult workshops, we bring together adults from a huge range of backgrounds, some with a lot of singing experience, others with none at all, and everything in between. Adult participants come initially alone, from choirs or from our partner refugee and asylum seeker centres, and together create a uniquely powerful family of voices.

At the end of the workshop period, adults and children combine and all sing together in a massed choir, typically of four hundred people, performing live with world class solo artists.

‘Common and Kind has brought thousands of people the amazing experience of engaging with vastly varied repertoire through cultural exposure.  The singers have been involved in staging performances with internationally renowned artists in truly diverse genres. Singing with opera superstars and Bengali icons whilst jamming out to leading hip-hop stars backed by global funk legends and feeling the power of a full blown classical orchestra are among the perks of getting involved. By signing up to be part of our workshops singers are supported by passionate and highly skilled vocal leaders with the vision to empower everyone involved to reach these exceptional musical goals.  We also develop the group’s skills and train in habits that protect vocal health between the sessions; and especially in this isolated time, protect our mental health through uplifting connection.

Through energising each other we are excited to inspire more people to support the worst crisis zones.  Harnessing our massed energy we SHOW that we have more in common and can speak with a louder voice; and we can use this voice to wake the rest of the world up.  Laughter and passion go hand in hand during our sessions.’
– Naveen Arles, Choir Leader