The Vaughan Williams Memorial Library will present a series of four lectures in Spring 2023.
We are pleased to return to in-person presentations at Cecil Sharp House, with live streaming for anyone who is not able to travel.
The 2023 lectures are:
‘The poet John Clare as violinist and collector of folk melodies’
Presented by Eugenia Russell, Wednesday 18 January
‘Harmer Fecit: the Songs and Dances in Sylvan Harmer's Song Book (1818–1821)’
Presented by Sean Goddard, Wednesday 15 February
‘How to sing in the street’
Presented by Oskar Cox Jensen, Wednesday 15 March
‘Distant Cousins: Cornish Christmas Carols in South Australia’
Presented by Kate Neale, Wednesday 19 April
Broadside Day
Also in Spring 2023, the Broadside Day was the annual conference for people interested in street literature and cheap print in all its fascinating aspects. Organised jointly by the VWML and the Traditional Song Forum, this event took place on Saturday 11 February 2023 (in-person at Cecil Sharp House, with live online streaming).
