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Planning, leading and growing a successful community choir just got easier.

You are a step away from practical advice and support from a community who love everything about choirs…not to mention the live online trainings, accessible video library, music resources and help guides.

But are you ready to get inspired?

Like, really inspired? That connection comes from passionate people who love what they are teaching. People who want to help their local communities enjoy the love of singing together. We’ve seen it first hand, week in and week out, as we’ve helped people plan, lead and grow their community choirs and singing groups.

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Real people. Planning and building community choirs. Inspiring whole communities.

Meet Helen

Launching a brand new choir in the local community

Meet Ed

Launching and growing an oversubscribed choir in a new place

Meet Kari

Primary teacher turned choir business entrepreneur

The Inspire Club will:

GIVE you STEPS to set up a new community choir from scratch.

BUILD your belief, confidence and skills to deliver your choir programme with success.

PROVIDE a step by step path to help you PLAN, LEAD and GROW your own community choir or singing group.

SUPPORT you with a network of colleagues who will make you feel valued regardless of your level and experience.

GIVE you access to EASY WARM UP SONGS to teach your choir, with copiable scores, learning and backing tracks.

“It’s great to be among people who, well… just get it!”

In the The Inspire Club you will:

Join a supportive network of colleagues working as choir leaders in the local community just like you.
Buddy up with a another choir leader in our Partnership Programme
Gain clarity over the next step to take, following our 5 STAGE Inspire Club Choir Leader’s road map!
Be a part of choir leader collaborations.
Have access to our Guest of the Month sessions – live online or on replay, whenever is convenient.
Be able to access our Resource Hub 24/7
Access our private Facebook community for a regular support.

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#1 Most popular feature of the membership is our live online Guest of the Month sessions.

“Hi Beth! Great fun yesterday…thanks for all your organisation! You are a real leader in the UK and they need your inspiration.”

Roger Emerson

Every month we have a special guest deliver an online training session us. Our guests are leading experts in our industry. Previous guests have included, and available NOW watch (on replay) in our membership hub….Deke Sharon, Emily Foulkes,Roger Emerson, Naveen Arles, Alexander L’Strange, Joanna Tomlinson, Anu Omideyi, Bob Chilcott, Lin Marsh, Mary Bourne, Matt Finch, Sophie Garner, Abi Moore, Kari Olsen Porthouse, Dr Jenevora Williams…and more!

What has The Inspire Club made possible for these community choir leaders across the world?

Meet Pauline

Launching yet another new choir in the local community

Meet Brenda

Leading choirs in rural outback Australia with support from her tribe

Meet Hazel

Community choir leader turned published choir arranger

Meet Sarah

From piano teaching to launching a new community choir

Meet Tim

Finding a professional support community and new ventures

Meet Jo

Singing teacher, youth and community choir leader in Cornwall, UK

Meet Kate

West End Musical theatre MD turned community choir and sea shanty leader

Meet Jane

Children’s and community choir leader turned festival founder and director

Meet Kate

Youth and community choir leader on the importance of continued learning

More meet ups and collaborations made possible from The Inspire Club…

Where did The Inspire Club begin?

About the Inspire Club founder, Beth Morgan……”I started my community Choir Leader Journey 6 years ago as I took on the role as MD for the Bristol Military Wives Choir. Today I now run 5 community based choirs, including 4 called The Great Day Choir, which I have built from scratch on my own. We have raised £1000s for charity.

But before that, my secondary music educator Choir Leader Journey begun 28 years ago with a school choir in a remote town in the Australian outback. Every Wednesday morning at 7:30am, I led 30 teenagers for an hour. Over 4 years they developed to become a musically competent SAB choir, regularly singing a range of music from show songs to contemporary Australian choral music, in 3-4 part harmony.

My next major milestone as a choir leader in school, was building a choir from scratch at a local secondary comprehensive school here in the UK and training them up – step by step – to perform at an international choral competition. For two years running we performed on the main stage representing England, alongside national and state youth choirs from all around the world.

I didn’t have a huge network of choir leaders to get ideas from or to help me figure out how I could take the next steps I desired. I did everything off my own back, through my own curiosity to learn. I turn up week in, week out to nurture and develop the singers in my choirs.

At the outset of the pandemic I launched The Creative Choir Leader community to connect and share ideas with other positive thinking people leading choirs like me.

Since then, I have had the privilege to work alongside some of the MOST inspiring choir leaders from around the world after launching The Inspire Club. MY VISION is that through The Inspire Club, people who love singing can build choirs from the ground up, create singing communities, and become inspiring choir leaders.

The Inspire Club is not a course. We know that starting, launching and growing a successful choir is an on going process that takes time. The group provides support, encouragement and training with industry experts. You’ll learn proven choir leadership techniques as well as the latest methods in tech, marketing, recruitment, and more. The Inspire Club is a safe place to share and walk through your Choir Leader Journey with people who get it and understand!

The community is by far the best part that makes The Inspire Club so special. That’s why – all week – it won’t be just me answering your questions….The Inspire Club members will join us to give you the full experience of the group. You’ll get to know the, learn from and with them, and be inspired by their own choir leader stories. It’s going to be so much fun! I can’t wait to see you inside!”

What has The Inspire Club made possible?

Watch this article about the day we came together for Singing United….

More testimonials….

I loved running my choir, but felt very alone finding repertoire, and had a very up and down opinion of my capabilities. In Inspire, I feel inspired, more confident and supported. Realising that I am as good everyone else and that everything they are doing (mainly) I am doing too! Having the confidence to share my ideas without feeling their useless or silly.The amount of ideas, repertoire that have been shared during the short time the Inspire Cub has been in existence, is staggering.

Kate Lynch Somerset County youth choir

I have gone from facing the lockdown challenges of running a choir alone, to feeling as though I am part of a wonderful team of esteemed colleagues to bounce ideas off and also give me inspiration and ideas. This group is such a wonderful place to grow as a choir leader, there are no egos and there is so much help available on so many levels. I never have to wrack my brains for warm-up or repertoire!

nettie osman

Before joining Inspire I felt relatively confident and fairly well established in my small corner of the world. I love to collaborate and create. So finding like minded supportive musicians where I can share my skills and learn new ones is really positive. I know I have made great connections which will benefit all of our work going forwards.

MARY BOURNE

Before joining Inspire I felt happy but lonley. Now I feel connected, inspired and supported having other choir leaders who just ‘get it’ around. Learning how other people approach things has really helped

Kari olsen-porthouse liberty singers, icu liberty singers, little liberty singers

Before joining Inspire I felt excited about my work and firing off at all sorts of tangents with creative ideas that needed harnessing. After joining I was like a child in a sweet shop with lots of goodies to try out! Even more excited and learning to be more structured in my approach through the co-mentorship programme and weekly goal setting. I am now feeling more focussed on my ambitions and having the opportunity to make them a reality

debbie warren

Before joining Inspire I felt confident but a little downbeat because of Covid and inconsistent online/in person sessions. I’m pleased I joined because I feel like I have a library of new material to refer to as well as somewhere I can go to get advice and feel supported, even if I am feeling negative. I feel a lot less isolated, without feeling pressure to join in all the time. Being able to see other members in person on various zoom calls etc makes you feel part of something, much more than being in a generic FB group. You start to feel like the others are colleagues rather than faceless names on a page.

CHRISTINA CARTY

Joining Inspire as a founder member was an experiment to see what it offered. I find it provides a very good level of interaction between choir leaders and also a lot of ‘leader theory and practise’.

mike gibbons

The Inspire club is such a welcoming and friendly group of choir leaders, all with different strengths. I love it that you can interact as much or as little as you want of have time for. here is so much on offer – support with technical issues, song and warm up sharing, social get- togethers and the fantastic opportunity to watch interviews with all manner of composers and arrangers, choir leader and singers, as well as taking part in a whole host of informative and fun workshops. Huge thanks to our amazing leader Beth Morgan for setting up Inspire – where everyone is valued and nobody is judged. What a caring, sharing community – I’m so glad I joined!

evelyn sutherland

I was a bit isolated and was becoming mentally exhausted. Now I feel connected, energised & inspired (clue’s in the title, right?). The biggest impact I’ve gained is having a connection with other choir leaders. The group is full of encouragement, energy and positivity while also being a very safe space to discuss issues and problems. As a choir leader it’s THE place to be to know you are not on your own.

CAROLINE SHARPE

“I feel so much more confident in my own ability to lead my choir and I have found my tribe of people who love getting others singing together just like I do”

How much is it to join?

Membership to The Inspire Club is £27/month.

Once you join you will receive an email confirmation and you will be invited to access our library and our online community within 24hrs.

There are no contracts and you can cancel your membership at anytime. T&Cs available below.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

24/7 access to closed Facebook group for Inspire Club members.

Monthly 1 hour online GUEST of the Month session with an inspirational guest choir leader. (Typically 3rd Sunday morning of the month, except the coming September and November when the session will be 5pm BST)
Invitation to join our Partnership Programme matching you with a buddy for support, accountability and encouragement.

Monthly 1 hour online group session. This is a time where we will all get together, with a drink, talk about choir, answer member’s questions and/or network. (Typically last Friday afternoon of the month various times)

Monthly resources tailored to your stage of your choir leader journey and access to a building library of inspiring resources including session recordings, interviews, musical and coaching materials.

Invitation to participate in Inspire Club events.

Frequently asked questions

What if I can’t make the monthly trainings?

The monthly training are all recorded, so you can watch them on replay whenever is convenient for you.

How do I access everything?

When you join you will be given access to our member’s hub and also invited to join our closed facebook community.

What if I want to cancel?

We do not offer refunds however you can cancel your subscription at any time.

How long do I get access to the membership for?

You have access to the membership for as long as your subscription remains active, locked in at the price you join.

When does the membership start?

Your membership starts as soon as you join.

How do you work around time zones?

All trainings are in UK time. The main trainings are in the morning to suit UK and Australia. Other trainings are scheduled for the afternoon or evening to suit North America.

Do I have to do everything?

NO. You are encouraged to do as much or as little as suits your needs and supports your goals. The Inspire Club is not a course.

Do you follow a particular choral or vocal pedagogy?

NO. The Inspire Club embraces all methods to suit our members and signposts you to relevant organisations when required.

What do our members say….

I have learnt such a lot from the Inspire Club members, who, without exception, are so supportive, encouraging and helpful to everyone whilst being non-judgmental. I’m consolidating how I feel about my own skill set, adding to it, changing where necessary, and, where applicable, removing doubts about how I do things. It’s not always a painless process, but an ongoing one that is priceless. As a result I’m finding my feet and realising that I don’t have to be like others that I admire and respect, I’m no less professional if I don’t do everything that they do, in the way that they do it, and am comfortable in my own skin. And the biggest thing of all – I’ve made friends, real friends, all over the world, in my professional life that I never thought would be possible.
ANN CLEWLOW

I felt generally pretty confident & experienced; however, having run an established choir (not my own ‘brand’) with over a hundred singers, I have now launched a new community choir (during a pandemic) so it feels like Im starting again & having to prove my worth. It can be a lonely world at times, with many mixed emotions – and although social media is a great way to reach out to people (& promote the choir), it can also feel a little competitive when constantly seeing what other choirs are doing, and how successful they seem. I have to be careful not to feel pressured into ‘keeping up’ and worrying that I’m not doing enough.I love the connections I’ve made with other choir leaders, and the fact that the ethos is one of support, connection & sharing – it doesn’t feel competitive at all! So I’m feeling less isolated, and encouraged about my work, as well as knowing that there are so many lovely people to turn to for help (or just a chat!) I have a tendency to hold back in big groups, but I feel comfortable when sharing here – feeling listened to and valued. Thank you so much to Beth for setting this up!
JO SAVILLE

Before joining Inspire, I felt confident with what I was doing but keen to network with others and boost my skills and confidence further. Being a part of inspire club has been like being in a supportive family of fellow choir leaders, all with different strengths and challenges, all with different types of choirs, but all who understand the struggles and who are there to lend a shoulder when needed but also to cheerlead when things go well. Yes, inspire club has provided some fantastic training sessions and resources, but it is the mutual support that has made the biggest impact for me. I would never have thought I would join a group like this…but I’m so glad I did.
JESSA LIVERSIDGE

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