From 9:00am on Saturday 21 October 2023
to 4:00pm on Sunday 22 October 2023Venue: York St John Creative Centre, York
Convention returns!
Join us in the centre of York for our 37th Convention, the first live Covention since 2019.
Venue: York St John Creative Centre, York
Convention returns!
Join us in the centre of York for our 37th Convention, the first live Covention since 2019.
We’ve an exciting weekend planned of workshops, repertoire, exhibition and networking for everyone who leads singing, whatever their experience. Catch up with colleagues, meet new ones, browse new repertoire, brush up on skills with leading practitioners and take part in debate.
About the weekend
- lots of opportunity to meet and network with fellow choral leaders, teachers, publishers, composers and more
- three strands of sessions running through the weekend
- a dedicated education strand
- the latest repertoire to try out through the weekend
- practical sessions with presenters including Jeremy Haneman, Robert Hollingworth, Susan Hollingworth, Lucy Hollins, Charles MacDougall, Roxanna Panufnik and Suzzie Vango
- a full day of sessions on Saturday
- sessions on Sunday morning, finishing with lunch
- networking and social activity on Friday night
- early evening concert and dinner on Saturday night
- trade exhibition in the atrium to browse over your coffee
Find out all the detail on our main Convention page.
Booking now open!
Fees
All rates include refreshments and lunches. Saturday dinner is bookable separately.
Early Bird rates until 11 September:
- Full Convention (Saturday and Sunday): £215 (£170 abcd members). Includes evening drinks reception and performance. Dinner bookable separately.
- Saturday only: £120 (£95 abcd members). Excludes evening drinks reception and performance.
- Sunday only: £85 (£65 abcd members)
- Saturday evening meal: £25
After 11 September:
- Full Convention (Saturday and Sunday): £255 (£210 abcd members). Includes evening drinks reception and performance. Dinner bookable separately.
- Saturday only: £140 (£115 abcd members) Excludes evening drinks reception and performance.
- Sunday only: £105 (£85 abcd members)
- Saturday evening meal: £25
Join us now and pay member rate! Just pick the option that includes membership fee (£80 annually) plus member delegate fee and we’ll be in touch to confirm your membership. If you’re under 28 we have reduced membership rates, so drop us a line if you’d like to join and we’ll be in touch. Find out more about other membership benefits here.
Booking your place
- If you’re an abcd member, log into your account first to get the member rate
- Once you’ve filled in your contact details, click ‘next’ to go to services, where you’ll find all the delegate options and also options such as dietary requirements
- You should receive email confirmation of your payment from PayPal once your booking is complete. If this does not arrive within 12 hours, please get in touch with us.