Singing Holiday Group Enjoying Their Stay At at The Song House

Singing Holidays

The experience of Singing on the Wild Side is far more than just a singing holiday. We sing every morning in the gorgeous large sunny singing room with its beautiful acoustic and looks out onto Muckish mountain. By the end of the week you will have learnt up to 12 harmony songs.

Enjoying The Back Garden At The Song House
Our repertoire will be wide and varied. We normally have one or two songs that challenge us, including an original song specially arranged by Candy, then a mixture of Irish songs, world music, rounds, and improvisation. By the end of the week you will find yourself singing about twelve songs in harmony.

We also do our best to introduce singers to the rich local Gaelic culture. You may find yourself moved to tears singing in the ruins of Ray church, or listening to a local singer singing in the ancient sean-nos style. You will have the afternoons to explore the beaches, mountains, rivers and historic sites that abound in the area. We also offer guided walks, kayaking, poetry and music evenings.

Perhaps we will even have deepened our appreciation of the land, our place in it, our communities and ourselves.
A wide range of singers come on our holidays: from beginners to experienced and confident singers. Over the week our little community grows and develops, as we cook and eat together each evening, share experiences and sing together.

Testimonials

"Excellent singing- I have opened my singing voice. The songs ‘Don’t Fence me in’ and When the Ice Came’ transformed me personally and touched my soul" ES india

"Candy is a superb voice coach, the atmosphere was spot-on: truly delightful, building all week." MD Donegal

"J’ai enormement apprecié gue les chansons soient en quelque sorte ‘sur-mesure’ pur le groupe: thématiques, arrangements, une vraie immersion dans le Donegal." MC Paris

"Singing- loved the oneness, harmonies, trust, openness, wild flowers, chatting to local people in pubs, Guinness, feeling part of Donegal’s living history, the Gaelic language, books at Song House" JT Somerset, UK

"Singing about nature in the mornings, then going out into it in the afternoons" SS London

"loved meeting such lovely people who although from different backgrounds and cultures, all have singing in common We are all separate notes in a beautiful harmony" ED Bristol UK

"Candy you are a wonderful teacher/director!" RR Devon UK

Unique Singing Experience

Each singing holiday is a very special stand alone experience, the music that we make on the singing holiday is of a real high quality. We always have at least one song that is either especially composed arranged for that particular holiday. We work on it and if the song writer is local, which we aim for – we invite them over. It’s a very special occasion as we are working on a completely new piece of music and performing it for the first time, it’s a fantastic musical experience.

Dates for 3 Singing holidays in 2018:
1. Friday 30th March – Friday 6th April
2. Saturday 2nd June – Saturday 9th June
3. Saturday 28th July – Saturday 4th August

Full price for the week is €620 / £550

Our March holiday is now sold out – we have just a few places left on the June and August holidays, act now to secure your place!

Click here to download an application form

Click here for an information pack

Contact us if you have any questions.

Candy Verney

Singing on the Wild Side is the vision of Candy Verney. Candy is a choir director who for the last 20 years has been building communities through song, facilitating thousands to find their voice. When the opportunity of a lifetime came her way, Candy acquired the house. She has since converted it into a comfortable, sustainable and beautiful retreat centre with productive organic gardens. She runs singing holidays and choir leadership trainings there, and it is available for other groups to use too.