ASSOCIATION OF ENGLISH SINGERS AND SPEAKERS [aka AESS] 

Learn how WordSong is securing its future through supporting today’s young performers. Join us to help them.

…encouraging the communication of English words, in singing and speech, with clarity, understanding and imagination…

Membership of WordSong / AESS

We welcome old and new members

 

The annual subscription for existing and new members runs from 1 January – 31 December each year.

£35 per year,
£45 for joint membership
and
£20 for student membership.

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Please fill in the form adjacent/below.

For those people without internet banking please send a cheque to:
Patricia Williams, 53 Upwood Road, Lee, SE12 8AE.

For enquiries, please email: membership@aofess.org.uk

 

Benefits of being a member include:

 

  • Cementing the future of performances in English.

  • Supporting young and emerging talents, who are its future.

  • Offering a firm step up to a professional career by offering competitions to young people.

  • Giving performance opportunities in front of a supportive audience.

  • Providing the discipline of preparing a programme for a competition/auditions.

  • Supporting education in spoken and sung word.

  • A platform to advertise appropriate events

  • Newsletters & event information.

As a member you can:

 

  • Enjoy free spectator entry to competitions. Reduced ticket price to Prizewinners’ concerts.

  • Network and make friends in  the words and song community.

  • Meet experts in the English Song repertoire

  • Attend masterclasses, talks and performances.

Competitions

 

There are five competitions annually in which members may enter their pupils at a reduced rate, and all finals are open to members and the public.

 

Annual General Meeting with entertainment & members’ dinner

 

Each Spring there is an AGM followed by an entertainment and a members dinner – a great chance to meet other members.

 

Membership supports the valuable work of WordSong/AESS in encouraging young singers and speakers

 

Above all, membership supports the valuable work of the AESS in encouraging young singers and speakers to think about the clear and imaginative presentation of the English language in their performances through Competitions and Masterclasses.

More Information

 

If you would like further information about membership, please contact Membership Secretary Patricia Williams on 0208 318 6187 or complete the application form below.

Payment details will be shown after you submit your details, and a confirmation email will follow.

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(formerly Association of English Singers & Speakers)

 

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Association of English Singers and Speakers
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Payment by Cheque:
Make out to "Association of Singers and Speakers"
and mail to:
Membership Secretary Patricia Williams,
53 Upwood Road
London SE12 8AE
United Kingdom