Saturdays 21th November 2026, 9th and 30th January 2027

Concert Sunday 31st January 2027, 5:00pm

  from 14:00pm to 19:00pm (with 45 min break) i.e. 12h45 of singing

University of Le Mans (Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France)

For whom? Programme The choirmaster Excerpt of a rehearsal Concert at the end (Adiemus) Association organizer - contact Fees Registration Map Flyer 2026-2027 (in french)

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This workshop is for all women amateur singer, sight-reading or not, who whish to deepen their practice of choral singing, through various works. Two conditions:

• having studied the scores before the workshop (with the help of piano work files available for each participant), in order to focus on musicality, interpretation, etc... during the sessions, 
• commitment to attending all sessions.

The women choir conducted by Evelyne Béché and accompanied at the piano par Dimitri Negrimovski - 20th January 2019, church of Coulans-sur-Gée (Sarthe, France)

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• Jean-Sébastien Bach (1685-1750)
• Wir Eilen, Jesu, der du meine Seele, Cantate BWV 78 - version on youtube
  
• Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
  
• La Fede, Trois choeurs religieux, Op. 146 - version on youtube  .
• Richard Rodgers  (1902-1979), Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
  
• Edelweiss (BO The Sound of Music), arrangement Linda Spevacek - version on youtube .
  

• Karl Jenkins (1944-...)
  
• Amaté Adea, Adiemus, Songs of Sanctuary - version on youtube .
• Phillip Faber (1984-...), poem Henrik Nordbrandt (1945-2023)
  
• Du er som sådan en rose - version on youtube 
  
• Traditionnel adapted by Roger Emerson (1950-...)
  
• Hail Holy Queen (BO de Sister Act 1), arrangement Marc Shaiman - version on youtube 
• Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
  
• Libertango, arrangement Oscar Escalada - version on youtube  .

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Graduate in music education, sight-reading, chamber music, analysis, singing (with honors), and saxophone (gold medal) at the National Music School (ENM) of Le Mans (France), Evelyne Béché is choirmaster, conductor, and professor of music. website:  http://evelynebeche.fr/

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This workshop is organised by the Choir of the University of Le Mans, conducted by Evelyne Béché. Website:  http://www.choeur-universite-du-maine.fr/ Contact: chorum@univ-lemans.fr

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Members of the association "Chœur de l'Université du Mans"	Non members of the association "Chœur de l'Université du Mans"
70 €	85 € (*)
- Payment with cheque payable to "Chœur de l'Université du Mans". - Easy terms on demand. (*) including 15 € for membership to the association "Chœur de l'Université du Mans" for insurance reasons.

This price includes:
- all three sessions (i.e. 12:45 of singing); each session will begin with 45 minutes of warm-up and vocal technique (this important work of relax and warm-up is not optional),
- downloadable scores on a website, with piano work files, voice by voice, in order to allow the sight-reading upstream the workshop,
- the concert at the end of the workshop, in the middle of a concert of the Choir of the University of Le Mans;
- a 45 minutes pause-friendly in the afternoon around a snack.

To these rates are added 8 €, for those who do not already have original scores "Edelweiss",
"Hail Holy Queen", and "Libertango" arranged for women choir.

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Registration is done through the registration form which can be downloaded soon here (pdf format - Word format) to mail it along with your payment by check payable to "Choeur de l'Université du Mans" (facilities payment on request). 

The registration is effective upon receipt of this form, a check for 1/3 of the total amount i.e. 28 euros (collected as a deposit) and the agreement of the choirmaster. The balance will be due November 2nd, 2026 (except facilities payment). 

Registration deadline: November 2nd, 2026

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Université of Le Mans, Sarthe (France) Mean of access: trolley, stop Campus Ribay. Prefabricated buildings of Science and Technic department (UFR Sciences et Techniques in french), former culture department of University of Le Mans (see map).

Location of the rooms "P". Click for a zoom.