With a wealth of new paintings produced by Susannah Self over the last couple of years, this year's exhibition is brimming with her exceptional visual imagination. Over fifty works on paper, canvas and board are available, and all money raised goes towards future projects of Selfmade Music.

Visit The ARC, her new studio at 12 The Street, Hindringham NR21 0AA to see some truly wonderful paintings, from 10am-5pm on the dates above.

To see the online exhibition of all the works, go to the Gallery page and enjoy the tremendous variety of images available. In addition, there are also works available in the Art Gallery Archive: just click on the link at the top right hand side of the Art Gallery page.

Four nights. Starts Monday 4pm, finishes Friday 9am. £425 inclusive of courses, shared accommodation, vegetarian food, and wine. Single supplement £50. Free transfers from Kings Lynn station.

Dr Alison Habens will present 'morning pages', through fun and informative workshop activities, to feedback, and group reflection sessions. There'll also be plenty of time just to sit and write by yourself in a beautiful and peaceful setting. With countryside all around and the sea nearby, we'll steer you through an inspiring week of writing, with the chance to take woodland walks, beach breaks, and a heavenly, healing 'sound bath' with hosts Susie and Michael Christie. Fully catered, you can have sociable mealtimes, or the option of solo lunches as you put pen to paper; working on an existing project or starting an exciting new story, novel or poem. Alison will offer detailed tutorial guidance on your work-in-progress and ongoing editorial advice as you move towards possible publication.

Four nights. Starts Friday 4pm, finishes Tuesday 9am. £425 inclusive of courses, vegetarian food, wine and materials. Single supplement £75. Free transfers from Kings Lynn train station.

Marina offers her superb practical Yoga practice interfaced with Susie's relaxing Sound Healing. There will also be Mandala and Prayer Flag Ceremonies. With countryside all around and the sea nearby, we'll steer you through an inspiring retreat with the chance to take woodland walks and beach breaks whilst allowing plenty of time to yourself to relax.

Contact Michael Christie via selfmademusic@aol.com to book.

North Sea Voices and Orchestra, directed by Dr Susannah Self, is a professional ensemble based in coastal North Norfolk. 

Alongside Fauré's beautiful Requiem, they are due to perform one of the most important premières in Cambridgeshire this year, Dr Self's highly tuneful and harmonically rich Sea Requiem which, in addition to the traditional Latin texts, includes settings of poems about the sea by Keats, Dickinson and Whitman. 

Tickets: FREE but please reserve a place via this page:

https://www.elycathedral.org/events/north-sea-voices-and-orchestra

With a retiring collection for the RNLI's new lifeboat at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.

Four nights. Starts Friday 4pm, finishes Tuesday 10am. £350 inclusive of course, vegetarian food, wine and materials. Single supplement £75. Free transfers from Kings Lynn train station.

A reflective celibration of New Year. Activities include: Sound Healing, Mandala Painting, Writing Poems, Composing Songs, Easy Group Singing, Prayer Flag Ceremony, Icon Painting, Labyrinth Walk, Concerts and Walks by the Sea.

Contact Michael Christie via selfmademusic@aol.com to book.

A retreat weekend in coastal North Norfolk, with facilitators White Raven (yoga) and Seawolf (sound healing). Arrive Friday September 2nd from 4pm, depart Monday September 5th at 10am. £300 inclusive of course, accommodation and vegan food (+£75 single room). The ARC (Artists' Retreat Centre) overlooks spacious fields. Shared and single accommodation is located in the house.

Secure your place with an email to selfmademusic@aol.com and the £100 deposit (details of bank transfer via email).

Or pay your deposit here:

If you have enjoyed the online sessions, please consider donating towards the running costs of the Universal Choir during this crisis. 

You can contribute any amount, but the suggested donation per online session is £5-10. If you feel you cannot contribute, we totally understand. 

As an independent non-profit organisation, Selfmade Music does not have state funding of any kind: it relies on income from its activities to run its operations. The money you donate will go into developing the Universal Choir’s online presence and imaginatively conceived workshops, starting in the autumn.

Our last Univeral Choir Choral Weekend for a while! Sadly, the May weekend has had to be cancelled. You can still take part in online activity, however: there will be four free 1 1/2-hours sessions from 6-7.30pm over the next 3 months, starting the Sunday before Easter, the 5th of April. Then the Sunday after Easter, the 19th of April, and the 3rd and 24th of May, These would be conducted on Zoom Pro, a fantastic interface where we can all see each other together. All you need is a pair of headphones plugged into your computer.

Please let us know your email address if you would like to be included in the invitation list to Zoom.

Analysis is an intimate performance for voice, cello and soundscapes composed and performed by Susie Self and Michael Christie.

The show is witty and true, revealing the power of introspection during a Jungian Analysis. It is full of seductive songs and unexpected turning points.

Come to the event dressed as an alter-ego, there will be prizes!

Venue: The Unity Centre, The Old Turkish Baths, 35 Friars Walk, Lewes BN7 2LG

Admission: £10

Personal recommendations:

I saw Susannah Self's new one person show; 'Analysis' the other week and was much taken by it. Tony Britten (Benjamin Britten’s grandson)

It was a stunning performance and one we enjoyed very much. Anthony Goodrich

I thought Analysis quite remarkable - original, personal & brilliant. Lissie MacFarlane

Susannah self’s superb Katisha, she can really sing . Michael Billington, The Guardian

Watch a 3-minute trailer here: https://vimeo.com/359978773

Selfmade Music has three training weekends a year, aimed at non-professional singers who are embedded in our productions as The Universal Choir. The fees are £150 residential, and £75 for Norfolk residents. To apply simply write to The Administrator, at the email address on the Contacts page.

Composed and performed by international singer Susannah Self, the show explores turning points in the composer’s life through the prism of a 10-year Jungian analysis. It is dark, witty and outrageous with lovely tunes: nothing is off-limits! The analyst listens, reflects: music ranges from pop to soundscapes. The work ‘plays’ within an interactive installation woven into a 3 dimensional island. Susannah is joined by Michael Christie on cello.

Performance lasts about 1 hour.

Composed and performed by international singer Susannah Self, the show explores turning points in the composer’s life through the prism of a 10-year Jungian analysis. It is dark, witty and outrageous with lovely tunes: nothing is off-limits! The analyst listens, reflects: music ranges from pop to soundscapes. The work ‘plays’ within an interactive installation woven into a 3 dimensional island.  Susannah is joined by Michael Christie on cello. 

Travel this city by foot or move from place to place by vaporetto (water bus), meanwhile your guides, Michael Eales and Susie Self will entertain you with a melee of artistic activities and culture talks.

You will visit the memorable sights, such as Piazza San Marco, the grandest square in Venice, the famous Rialto Bridge and Grand Canal whilst the many magnificent churches, palaces, lively square, boutique shops and fascinating galleries tempt you closer.

This holiday, £625, includes 4 nights twin shared accommodation, breakfast and arrival dinner, Skyros courses, local tours and visits, vaporetto pass and entrance to Musica a Palazzo.

"Let your hair down, take risks, expand horizons, go on a Skyros holiday". Mariella Frostrup, The Independent.

"Venice was just breathtaking. I had to laugh at myself for always thinking I had to wait to go to Venice until I had the opportunity for a romantic weekend". Michele Le Feuvre, 2014 Venice participant.

Susie presents her specially graduated system of group singing in harmony, accompanied with guitar, which is guaranteed to get your voice up and running in a week. You will develop a richer tone, free throat, extend your range, find plenty of breath and gain a feeling of joy and energy.

Susie creates rainbow harmonies and optional moments for participants to sing solo. A part of finding your unique voice can be creative song-writing, which Susie makes a pleasure. Her classes feel supportive and releasing. Suitable for beginners to experienced singers/songwriters.

Wild Swimming

Atsitsa Bay provides the perfect environment for Wild Swimming and Susie, a prolific swimmer, will lead some occasional swims during the holiday.

Following their first two highly successful productions at the Granary Theatre (The Turn of the Screw, and Cosi fan tutte), Seastar Opera once again set out to surprise and delight their audiences with a new show centred around the life of George Gershwin. Styled “a musical travelogue”, the events of his short but brilliant life are told alongside his most beautiful songs using a combination of song, dance, exquisite costumes and a jazz band.

Gershwin had a celebrated working partnership with his brother Ira, and together they won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1931 for Of Thee I Sing, the first musical to achieve this distinction.

Hello Mr Gershwin! is devised and directed by Susie Self, an opera singer of great experience as well as a composer and conductor, who has been based in North Norfolk for over twenty years.

Release your creativity with a weekend of gorgeous close harmony singing, play in a Ukelele orchestra, paint expressive mandalas and relax in sensuous Sound Immersions. This weekend will focus on boosting your creative spark.

Susie makes the activities fun and accessible, no singing, ukelele playing or painting experience needed! All materials are included.

There is plenty of time to walk by the sea as well.

Power up your inner voice with a relaxing Sound Spa day led by Susie Self. Experience the extraordinary effects of her unique Subtle Sound Immersion technique. There will be chanting, soothing harmonies and mandala painting, plus a delicious healthy buffet lunch. Includes all art materials, lunch and a take-home Spa Bag.

Celebrating 40 years since the closure of the old market.

Discover your voice with Susie Self, at the unique Skyros holistic holiday venue on a beautiful Greek island. This legendary location is the first and still the best holistic holiday resort in the world. Discover the real you that has been hidden all these years! Dare like you have never dared before - you will never regret it.

The brilliiant comic opera by Mozart comes to a community theatre in Wells-next-the-Sea, in an imaginative and energetic production directed by Susie Self. Hear up-and-coming young singers before they become famous!

Last remaining performance this season of this remarkable production of the opera by Benjamin Britten.

Audience comment at Bromsgrove Festival:

What an extraordinary, thrilling, fabulous evening - congratulations to everyone involved and ... for bringing this stunning event to Bromsgrove.

Another outing of this remarkable production of the opera by Benjamin Britten, courtesy of the Bromsgrove Festival.

The long-running lunchtime concert series at the Cramphorn Theatre hosts Seawolf and Christie for an hour of delightful music making.

Oratorio by soprano and alto soloists, choir and orchestra, based on the Gospel of Mary and other texts. Paired with Faure Requiem.

A concert raising funds for the church where poet John Drinkwater is buried.

Learn to sing and free up your voice in a fun and relaxing way with Susie Self, an experienced vocal workshop leader, at this four-star hotel on the Isle of Wight.

Create space and time for deep relaxation, creative practice and self discovery. There are sessions in "Subtle Sound Immersion" (a form of active relaxation), Painting Mandalas, Writing "Morning Pages", Sacred Chant, Relaxing Voice Release and participation in "The Transformation Game". "The Arc" is a cosy centrally heated house 5 miles from stunning coastline of North Norfolk. It has wood fires, comfortable shared accommodation, great home-cooked food and wine. Max 8 participants per weekend. £195 inclusive of course, food, accommodation, wine, materials and transfer from and to the local train station. See course description in January, above.

With Malcom Stern and Susie Self. There will be opportunities for painting, dancing, singing, drama, writing and improvisation to music. Feel free to do as much or as little as you want.

This is a superb opportunity to connect with your inner creativity in a happy and supportive environment. No artistic or musical experience is needed and all materials are provided. There will be time to connect with nature on sea walk adventures, to relax in Susie’s Subtle Sound Immersion and energise though Malcolm’s Atmospheric Dance. There will also be the opportunity to participate in an Open Mike and sparkling wine Masked Ball. Susie Self complements the workshops with colourful mask making, ceremonies and improvisation to music which helps facilitate a deeper connection with who we truly are.

Malcolm Stern is a group and individual psychotherapist, co-founder of Alternatives at St James Church, London. He has recently co-presented Channel 4’s relationships series. Susie Self is an international singer, composer and voice director. Her opera “Boy from Brazil” premiered at London’s Riverside Studios in summer 2012. Her symphonic music featured on Woman’s Hour. She has sung lead roles at The Royal Opera House and in the West End and she was voted best vocalist at the Buxton Festival. She facilitates workshops in London, California and Mexico.

Christmas and New Year can’t be booked online so please do call instead on 01983 867 644 or email info@thegrangebythesea.com.

£425

Susie presents her specially graduated system of group singing in harmony accompanied with guitar which is guaranteed to get your voice up and running in a week. You will develop a richer tone, free throat, extend your range, find plenty of breath and gain a feeling of joy and energy. Susie creates rainbow harmonies and optional moments for participants to sing solo. A part of finding your unique voice can be through creative song writing which Susie makes a pleasure. Her classes feel supportive and releasing. Suitable for beginners to experienced singers/songwriters.

Details as above.

Please note, tickets for these performances are £12.00.

Reserve your tickets at the box office by ringing 01328-710-193 and pick them up before the performance.

Details as above.

Please note, tickets for these performances are £12.00.

Reserve your tickets at the box office by ringing 01328-710-193 and pick them up before the performance.

Details as above.

Please note, tickets for this performance are £12.00.

Reserve your tickets at the box office by ringing 01328-710-193 and pick them up before the performance.

In partnership with Yorke Trust Summer Opera, Seastar Opera will be mounting a radical and imaginative production of The Turn of the Screw which will delight audiences on the Norfolk coast this summer. A talented cast of young professionals together with brilliant pianist Richard Black will recreate one of Britten's most sophisticated works in the year of his centenary, under the baton of Susie Self. Marina Sossi, an extraordinary performance artist, joins the cast in the role of Peter Quint. Henry James's ghost story will send shivers up your spine!

To book, ring 01328-710-193. Early booking is advised.

As this is a preview performance, tickets are just £6.00. (All other performances are £12.00). Seats are unreserved, so early arrival secures you the best view.

Picnics, and tickets for the many other events in this week celebrating one of Britain's greatest composers, including his opera A Midsummer Night's Dream, can be ordered via the Yorke Trust website, www.yorketrust.org. Seminars, discussions, films and a concert are all part of the exciting mix, details of which are all on the Yorke Trust website.

An exhibition of paintings and constructions by Norfolk artist Seawolf, in an accessible abstract style, inspired by the beautiful light and wide open spaces of North Norfolk. Very reasonable prices! All funds raised go towards future projects of Selfmade Music, a non-profit organisation devoted to promoting high-quality vocal music projects, which operates in the North Norfolk Coast area. To date, the exhibition has raised a total of £650 for our future projects.

The exhibition is free to visit between 11am and 5pm. Please be prepared to remove your shoes if the weather is muddy!

Buying a painting or construction automatically entitles the purchaser to become a Patron of Selfmade Music, with their name joining the list of Patrons on the Selfmade website.

Explore landscape and mandala painting techniques with Seawolf during the Open Studios season. Materials and delicious lunch included! 11am to 4pm.

£45 for one workshop or £80 for both.

Ring 020-8959-7370 to book.

Norfolk-based artist Seawolf leads a weekend residential course in painting landscapes and mandalas (round paintings). Both Outer and Inner landscapes are explored, in a process of self-discovery.

This residential course includes all food, wine, art materials and single accommodation for each participant. At £245 this is a bargain not to be missed for anyone wishing to explore and re-connect with their painting urges, regardless of the level of their experience.

Maximum number of participants: 4

This relaxing holistic weekend is located on the stunning North Norfolk coast with its miles of unspoilt sandy beaches to work and play on.  Seawolf and Christie will sooth you with sensuous “Sound Baths” using singing bowls, cello, guitar and voice. Marina Sossi leads Energising Yoga and there will be Mandala Life Transforming Ceremonies all at beautiful sea locations.

Cost £195: inclusive of all courses, two nights accommodation and all meals (delicious home-cooked vegetarian food).

Maximum number of participants: 5

[Please note: this course is now full. Email us for details of future courses]

A delightful full-length afternoon concert by three experienced artists, Susie Self, Michael Christie and Richard Black.

Funds raised will go towards Oxfam.

Tickets £6 (£5 concessions).

Email Mary Rae (mary@octagonmusic.org.uk) to reserve tickets

Octagon Chapel,
Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BN

Melodious music from the pen of Seawolf, played by Seawolf and Christie.

Tickets bookable only in advance:

Ring 01635 - 253-322 to book tickets (includes delicious tea and cakes following the recital).

Westridge Healing Centre,
Star Lane, Highclere,
Newbury, Berks. RG20 9PJ

Susie presents a fun weekend of singing empowerment and relaxing tutored wine tastings. Her specially graduated system of group harmony singing is accompanied by guitar and is guaranteed to get your voice up and running in a weekend. You will develop a richer tone, free throat, extend your range, find plenty of breath and gain a feeling of joy and energy. Susie creates rainbow harmonies and optional moments for participants to sing solo. A part of finding your unique voice can be through creative song writing which Susie makes a pleasure and easy. Susies’ classes feel supportive and releasing, they are good for total beginners through to experienced singers. On both evenings relax by the fire with tutored wine tastings accompanied by themed "live" music and after dinner enjoy sing-alongs and the opportunity to perform at the "open mic". On Saturday Susie will lead a walk along the stunning coast at The Grange discovering its fascinating history and melodious songlines.

This relaxing holistic weekend is located on the stunning North Norfolk coast with its miles of unspoilt sandy beaches to work and play on.  Seawolf and Christie will sooth you with sensuous “Sound Baths” using singing bowls, cello, guitar and voice. Marina Sossi leads Energising Yoga and there will be Mandala Life Transforming Ceremonies all at beautiful sea locations.

Cost £175: inclusive of all courses, two nights accommodation and all meals (delicious home-cooked vegetarian food).

Seawolf & Christie perform original folk-revival-style songs with Seawolf's unique classical and world influences, on voice, cello, keyboards and guitars.

£9 concessions, £10 full price. (£8 if booked in the first month of sales.)

The North Norfolk Opera Society performs Benjamin Britten's gentuly bucolic comic opera "Albert Herring" at the Auden Theatre, located in the grounds of his old school, Gresham's.

Susie Self conducts a sterling cast of dedicated Norfolk singers and Susanna Stranders, piano.

The Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra accompanies Susie Self in a performance of Elgar's "Sea Pictures".

In a concert of the Gloucester Music Society, baritone Jeremy Huw Williams premieres Susie Self's "Songs of Immortality", commissioned by the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust.

A lunchtime concert given by Susie Self and Michael Christie (appearing as "Seawolf and Christie"), with voice, cello, piano and guitars. Includes works by Elgar, Strauss, Schubert, Mozart, Gershwin, Kern, Christie and Self.

Admission only £3, all proceeds go to Oxfam.

Susie Self, voice/guitar, and Michael Christie, cello, perform charismatic folk- and celtic-inspired music. Voted Best Vocalist/Ensemble at Buxton Festival Fringe 2011. Followed by a delicious lasagne, Rioja and chocolate mousse dinner. Bookings only in advance.

£12.50, £10.50 concessions

Cheques made out to "Selfmade Music", please send with details to

Michael Christie,

12 The Street, Hindringham,

nr. Fakenham,

Norfolk NR21 0AA

Susie Self, mezzo, and Stephen Miles, tenor, sing show songs inspired by Barbra Streisand. Afterwards, a salmon, sparkling wine and strawberry dinner! Bookings only in advance (delay inadvisable--they're going fast!)

£12.50, £10.50 concessions

Cheques made out to "Selfmade Music", please send with details to

Michael Christie,

12 The Street,

Hindringham,

nr. Fakenham,

Norfolk NR21 0AA

Experience the special magic of Skyros Island, complemented by Susie's engaging and stimulating courses, including singing, painting and mandalas. The Atsitsa site, at the south end of the island, includes options for other courses and activities as well, such as windsurfing, sailing, yoga, mosaics, T'ai Chi, etc., etc. And there is always the divine Med to swim in!

Sound Healing through the Power of Voice
Hugely popular, this workshop teaches a path to meaningfully deepen your self-expression through voice. The workshop is open to all levels of singer and speaker. As well as developing a practice to strengthen and release your voice, you get one-on-one attention. Susie leads a relaxing, energising workshop to inspire personal healing. Voice work can relieve depression and transform burnout. The course includes: singing bowl meditations, mantra singing, drumming and release of the voice through movement and breath.

Painting Inner and Outer Landscapes
Release your creativity by painting inner and outer landscapes in areas of outstanding beauty. We will explore magical hidden sites on Skyros.  For inner landscapes we create abstract Mandalas (round paintings) that help connect us to a deeper sense of ourselves.  This workshop with its combination of modern painting techniques and soul journeying liberates and inspires. Please bring a poem or piece of writing that you love. No previous experience of painting is needed.

Connecting to your Self through the Mandala
After Dinner on the beach. Respond to the call of your true self by creating a communal Mandala, a round piece of art with natural found objects. An inspiring experience.

You can book online, just go to www.skyros.com, click on 'Book', choose destination Greece/Atsitsa Bay, and apply for the 'AT9' session.