SHANTIES AND CHANSONS À RÉPONDRE: Workshop with Nicholas Williams

SHANTIES AND CHANSONS À RÉPONDRE WITH NICHOLAS WILLIAMS
Songs of good cheer from Québec and the Canadian Maritimes

Friday, December 18 | 3–4:30pm | McKay’s Public House | 231 Main St, Bar Harbor, ME

Raise a glass and your voice! Join Nicholas Williams for a rousing workshop of chansons à répondre, the lively call-and-response songs of Québec, alongside sea shanties from the Canadian Maritimes. These are songs made for singing together around the table or on the deck of a ship. You’ll learn songs by ear, with lively choruses that are easy to pick up and impossible not to join.

Nicholas Williams has been active in the traditional music and dance communities of Québec, Ontario, and New England for over 25 years. His passion for exploring diverse musical traditions has gradually bloomed into a passion for bringing people together through song, music, and dance. A member of the trio Genticorum, Nicholas has been immersed in Québécois singing and instrumental traditions since moving to Montréal from Ottawa in 2002. In 2018, he was invited to co-lead Village Harmony’s first-ever international Québec singing camp. He teaches at song and dance camps across North America and has cultivated a dynamic singing community around his hometown of Waterville, Québec: Les Voix du Village, which now numbers over 250 singers of all ages.

All singers and listeners welcome!

Workshop: $20 · Included in the Friday Pass and Weekend Pass | 50% off for BAMU students and Kitchen Junket members with code. Youth 18 and younger are free (please register)