Workshop Leaders

The following WGMA members are some of the experienced leaders who are available to lead workshops around the country.

Ken Baddley: 11 Woodmer Close, SHILLINGTON, Beds, SG5 3PA.

tel 01462-713511 OR email
Experience: Singing and playing West Gallery music since 1992.
Special Interests: Main interest is non-conformist church and chapel music of the West Gallery period specifically Methodist and Baptist sources.
Activities Offered: Workshop linked to either services or concerts; lectures; concerts with Bedford Gallery Quire
Fees/Expenses: Workshops and services are offered on an expenses only basis. Concerts with Bedford Gallery Quire are charged on a sliding scale, depending on nature of event.
Other Information: Sings with the Christminster Singers; Musical Director of the Bedford Gallery Quire.

Mike Bailey: 4 Grove Road, Shawford, WINCHESTER, Hants S021 2DD

tel 01962 7133992 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1977
Special Interests: Wide
Activities Offered: Workshops, often leading to services; lectures; editing
Fees/Expenses: Music at cost, reasonable travel expenses, no fee
Other Information: Leads 'The Madding Crowd'

Ian Cutts: 6 Rasper Road, Whetstone, LONDON N20 OLZ

tel 020 8446 3306 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1993
Special Interests: Music of Hertfordshire and the Chilterns
Fees/Expenses: £20 per hour plus travel expenses - negotiable
Other Information: Leads 'Chiltern West Gallery Quire'

Sally Drage: 2 Grasmere Avenue, CONGLETON, Cheshire CW12 4LZ

tel 01260 270217 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1990, general experience of choirs
Special Interests: Northern / Midlands music; non-conformist / Anglican practice
Activities Offered: Lectures; workshops; services
Fees/Expenses: £0 upwards - very negotiable
Other Information: Professional musician, specially interested in performance practice

Paul Gailiunas: 25 Hedley Terrace, Gosforth, NEWCASTLE-upon-TYNE NE3 1 DP

tel 0191 285 0654 OR email
Experience: Varied singing styles, mainly in choirs; leading WG and male voice choirs;
research, generally focused on a specific location, or manuscript.
Special Interest: Links between US and UK.
Activities offered: Workshops.
Fees/Expenses: Expenses if possible.
Other information: Leads 'Joyful Noise'.

Chris Gardner: 32 Denesyde, Medomsley, CONSETT, Co. Durham DH8 6PX

tel 01207 563778
Experience: Performance and research
Special Interests: 'Georgian Psalmody' aspect of West Gallery music; northern music
Activities Offered: Workshops, services
Fees/Expenses: Expenses, hospitality appreciated if needed
Other Information: Long experience of conventional church / cathedral music

Edmund Gooch: 6 Caernarvon Close, CHESTERFIELD, Derbys S40 3DY

tel 01246 274261 OR email
Experience: Research since 1999, leading local workshops, conducting
Special Interests: Midlands and North West West Gallery music, composers - Fawcett, Leach etc
Activities Offered: Workshops, with or without subsequent services or concerts
Fees/Expenses: Expenses - negotiable
Other Information: Light 18th century instrumental music associated with psalmody repertoire

Paul Guppy: 2 Charnley Street, LANCASTER, LA1 5RE

tel 01524 68621
Experience: Research and performance since 1992
Special Interests: Music from North West England
Activities Offered: Workshops
Fees/Expenses: Expenses and negotiable fee
Other Information: Leads 'Gladly Solemn Sound'

Chris Gutteridge: 54 Foxes Meadow, Castle Acre, KINGS LYNN, Norfolk PE32 2AS.

tel 01760-755993 OR email
Experience: WGMA member since 1998
Special Interests: Norfolk music
Activities Offered: Workshops
Fees/Expenses: Negotiable
Other Information: Leads 'Norfolk Gallery Quire'

Edwin and Sheila Macadam offer individual or combined workshops:

Edwin Macadam: 30 Eynsham Road, Botley, OXFORD OX2 9BP

tel 01865 865773 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1992
Special Interests: Music from Central England and Sussex
Activities Offered: Workshops, services, community events
Fees/Expenses: Expenses only, music provided at cost, negotiable fees where Immanuel's Ground are included
Other Information: leads 'Immanuel's Ground' (Warwick), co-founder 'Sussex Harmony'. Editorial revision and setting of WGMA psalter, Praise & Glory, Oxford, 2000

Sheila Macadam: 30 Eynsham Road, Botley, OXFORD OX2 9BP

tel 01865 865773 OR email
Experience: Research, performance and recordings since 1993
Special Interests: Exchange of English and American psalmody
Activities Offered: Illustrated lectures and workshops
Fees/Expenses: Expenses only, music provided at cost
Other Information: Extensive experience of New England psalmody. Editorial revision and biographical research for WGMA psalter, Praise & Glory, Oxford, 2000

Francis Roads: 61 Malmesbury Road, South Woodford, LONDON E18 2NL

tel 020 8505 4381 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1995
Special Interests: Manx music; editing; West Gallery Music for non-specialist choirs
Activities Offered: Lectures, workshops, services, concerts
Fees/Expenses: Expenses, fee where appropriate
Other Information: Leads 'London Gallery Quire'

Jean Seymour: 166 Tottington Road, BURY, Lancs BL8 1RU

tel 0161 761 1544 OR email
Experience: Research and performance since 1990
Special Interests: Baptist chapel music in 'Larks of Dean' manuscript collection, Rossendale, Lancs
Activities Offered: Participatory workshops on music from 'Larks of Dean' collection; lecture recitals with Larks of Dean Quire
Fees/Expenses: Reasonable out of pocket expenses; music provided at cost.
Fee 9 Larks of Dean Quire involved
Other Information: Leads 'Larks of Dean' Quire

Rollo Woods: 39 Bay Crescent, SWANAGE, Dorset BH19 1RB

tel 01929 422789 OR email
Experience: Research since 1972, performance since 1975
Special Interests: Wide
Activities Offered: Illustrated lectures, workshops with Purbeck Village Quire
Fees/Expenses: Expenses for lectures or workshops are negotiable with Purbeck Village Quire
Other Information: Works with 'Purbeck Village Quire'