{"id":11592,"date":"2024-07-03T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11592"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:37:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T15:37:23","slug":"popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you love to sing ? Whether in the shower, in public, in the bar, wielding a hairbrush or part of a group, our new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/music\/joining\"> <strong>Pop n Soul Choir<\/strong><\/a> is for you!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11597\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/CF2016-1-35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"317\" \/>With no audition required and no need to read music, this is a chance to come along on a Thursday evening and enjoy singing with others; the choir is open to staff, students and to members of the local community too. The first rehearsal will be <strong>Thursday 26 September<\/strong> <strong>in Colyer-Fergusson Hall from 7-9pm<\/strong>. Membership this year is free to students and staff, with a small fee for external members.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11595\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/PXL_20240702_130111655.PORTRAIT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">Hailing originally from East London,\u00a0 Margate-based singer and songwriter <strong>Meg Bird<\/strong> will run the choir, drawing on her experience studying jazz at the Guildhall and now writing and performing her own music.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in joining, email <a href=\"mailto:music@kent.ac.uk\">music@kent.ac.uk<\/a> to let us know; we look forward to welcoming you to an exciting, fun-filled group in September!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/&amp;t=Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/&amp;title=Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/&amp;title=Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you love to sing ? Whether in the shower, in public, in the bar, wielding a hairbrush or part of a group, our new Pop n Soul Choir is for you! With no audition required and no need to read music, this is a chance to come along on a Thursday evening and enjoy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/03\/popped-in-souled-out-new-pop-n-soul-choir-to-launch-in-september\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Popped in, souled out: new Pop n Soul Choir to launch in September<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":11598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[172247],"tags":[248122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11592"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11602,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11592\/revisions\/11602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}