Songs updated for 2023/24.

Music and English have come a long way since the clever rhyming iambic pentameter of Chaucer´s masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales.

"And specially from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Canterbury they wende" 

After the eruption of rock and roll in the U.S.A. in the fifties it was inevitable that imitation and experimentation would begin in the home of the mother tongue.

The songs in this didactic concert take us on a guided tour of "Englishness".  The  concert includes , among others, the fascination with Princess Diana and  the royal family (Elton John- Goodbye England´s Rose), the odd peculiarities that the English are famed for (Sting- An Englishman in New York)  freedom (I want to break free - Queen), a modern multi-ethnic England  still coming to terms with issues over race (Hear my voice - Celeste)  the genius of Kate Bush  (Running up that hill) and some melancholic reminiscing with Harry Styles (As it was)...  and, of course,  an obligatory hat tip to The Beatles  (Twist and shout). 

For adult learners we´ll visit the pub with Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing and go to Scarborough Fair while for secondary school learners we´ll listen to Ed Sheeran  (A - Team), and Sam Fender (Getting started)  singing about some of the social issues affecting youth. 

A minimum level of A2 English is required.