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  • Five unaccompanied men's voices comprising singers working in choirs such as Tallis Scholars, St Georges Windsor, Westminster Cathedral etc
  • reader John Touhey formerly of the BBC World Service
  • purpose to present themed sequences of music with readings.
  • Teaching workshops in Gregorian Chant
  • OA (Opus Anglicanum) was formed in 1988 and has performed, recorded, taught, and broadcast widely at home and abroad. 
    • What is Opus Anglicanum? The phrase Opus Anglicanum (English Work) originally described early mediaeval English needlework internationally prized for its intricacy, workmanship, and brilliance. The name mirrors the use of variegated elements in the group's sequences of words and music placed together to make a pattern. The innovative and enthusiastic Opus Anglicanum, known as OA, has appeared frequently at festivals and venues all over England.
    John Rowlands-Pritchard of the group Opus Anglicanum is also a very good calligrapher and artist.  The following link showcases some of his work
    http://www.crafts.org.uk/viewmember.php4?id=168
    Workshops

    A friendly introduction to our Earliest music

    • background
    • notation
    • working sessions
    • repertoire and performance practice
    • sung celebration

    WORKSHOPS
    have been given for choirs and for informal groups including:
    Glasgow Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Ely Cathedral Choir, RSCM Essex and London, Durham Cathedral Choir, English Heritage, Bede's World at Jarrow, Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Exeter Cathedral Choir, and as part of the OA Trust scheme "Music in Churches".

    WHO TEACHES?
    Workshops are led by John Rowlands-Pritchard, a specialist in early mediaeval chant and song. He was a pupil of John Stevens at Cambridge, and gave lecture demonstrations of Professor Stevens’ isosyllabic interpretation of mediaeval monody. He studied the performance of early chant with Dr. Mary Berry, illustrating her lectures and broadcast talks, and sings and records regularly with her specialist group Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge as Cantor. In 1988 he founded Opus Anglicanum.

    More information about workshops can be found here

    Review of Opus Anglicanum’s Latest Programme: Battles and Borders click here