Author: Siobhan Jones

Morning everyone, I am hoping to get through a wide range of repertoire this evening, including the one movement of the Haydn that we have not looked at yet. Nothing new to print today if you were at last week’s rehearsal, but please make sure you have the downloads we have previously used in addition to your copy of the…… Read more →

Dear All As you know Sheen Gate Choir is run by a committee of volunteers and all members are welcome to get involved as much or as little as they like in the running of the choir. Most people prefer to just come along and sing which is great (& the whole point of the choir!) but we periodically remind…… Read more →

Morning all, hope you are enjoying the snow. At last night’s rehearsal, we ended up the evening talking about the amended concert plan. For those who were not there, most of the plan remains exactly as was. The main event is the Haydn Creation. The significant change is the date, from Sat July 1 to Sat Jun 24. This is…… Read more →

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend. Thanks to all for their help with the sectional rehearsals last week. As you will have seen, we have decided to rejig the concert plan slightly, to make it possible for us to sing with Ad Libitum, a choir from Merida in Spain, whose leader is our own soprano, Marta.…… Read more →

Dear All Thank you for responding so quickly to our query about concert dates. Responses were overwhelmingly in favour of the earlier date. We have therefore taken the decision to move our concert to Saturday 24th June, with apologies to those who are unable to make the new date. The June date will allow us to add what I hope you…… Read more →

Morning all, nice to see many of you back in singing mood last night. We started out (after a bit of Australian rounding – try getting that earworm out of your head) with a new piece – Geistliches Lied by Brahms. A choir like us does not often get to sing Brahms. Most of his choral writing is for a…… Read more →

Most of you already know that some of the choir will be traveling to Austria this summer, to take part in a group sing of the Haydn Creation with choirs from all around the world. But given we have some new members and some changes in the situation, I wanted to update you. If anyone is interested in coming that…… Read more →

Hello everyone, I hope you have had a good half term. We are back at Christ Church this week, and with a new piece to pick up – and in a rather different style to the Haydn we have been doing well with. Brahms wrote his Geistliches Lied as a study in writing counterpoint. For something written primarily for composition…… Read more →

Reminder that it is half term break and there is no choir rehearsal today. Read more → Read more →

Dear All Apologies for the tardy wrap up after Tuesday night. Not in any way a reflection on the quality of the singing, or indeed the excellent turnout. Overall, it has been a very promising start to the learning of this new major work. There are 9 movements that we need to learn, and we have made strong progress on…… Read more →