A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual

by Julie Forest Middleton, Stasa Morgan-Appel

A complete ritual celebration "kit" for your circle, church, or choir to perform. Included are the narrator's SCRIPT, the READINGS, MUSIC for all 15 songs and sing-alongs, NOTES on the music and production, and all PERFORMANCE RIGHTS. In addition, a CD of all the music is enclosed, plus TEACHING TRACKS for the harder songs! This was recorded by a premiere women's a capella group, SheWho, from Philadelphia. You'll need 8-16 singers, a music director, a narrator, readers and volunteers. If you don't have the singers, just play the CD! The ritual takes 1 1/4 hours and singers will need 15-25 hours of rehearsal.

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not a pagan, but I am a former music minister (Catholic) with some informal education in liturgy and ritual and this work has phenomenally beautiful and spiritually rich music in a variety of styles and traditions. The CD included is invaluable to anyone learning the music as it includes both individual parts and the full score. I had to learn the songs on my own in preparation for a small-group performance selections and couldn't have managed without the CD.


Disclosure: the co-author, Stasa Morgan-Appel, is a good friend of mine.