Author: Siobhan Jones

Hello all Not a long one today, just a big Thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to get us to where we are. You sounded fantastic last night. Dark Night was a stand out, but everything you sang sounded performance-ready and genuinely impressive. I’m looking forward to Holly Lodge on Thursday – see a good number of…… Read more →

Hi all, our concerts are upon us! Tomorrow I would love to get through everything, but the priority is Dark Night as we have our violinist, Ellie, coming so this is our chance to hear it in its finished form and make sure that we are all together. We also need to check over the pieces for Holly Lodge, and…… Read more →

COULD EVERYONE WHO HAS A COPY OF CAROLS FOR CHOIRS 1 (GREEN ONE) PLEASE BRING IT ON TUESDAY? For those singing on Thursday – might we please stay on for 10 minutes after 9.30 on Tuesday to go over logistics? Thursday Dec 8:For those who can make it we will be rehearsing with the children at 10am in CC. I…… Read more →

Dear All One thing I forgot to mention at rehearsal: we need to sell tickets for our concert! As usual we ask everyone to sell at least three tickets (including one for themselves) to cover the costs of hiring the church etc. Tickets are £10 each. If you are able to sell tickets in advance please transfer payment to choir…… Read more →

Those who ordered folders:  Peter, Tim, Gareth, Angus, Barbara, Ivy, Clare, Claire, Hannah, Sarah, Anna, Judith, Natalie, Camilla & Sharon The price I quoted you was without the VAT, so the unit cost for the folders is £5.98 and the insert sleeves are £3.00.  Please all have £8.98 for me next Tuesday.  If you have lots of photocopies then you will need a second insert pack,…… Read more →

Commiserations to our Welsh and Iranian friends. Despite other attractions and a frigid church, another encouraging run-through last night. Lesley made a recording of the Gjielo and the Rachmaninoff. So you can hear for yourselves what sounds good and what could be improved. Overall, especially given it’s just recorded on a phone, I hope you are happy to hear just…… Read more →

One thing that was on my To Do list for yesterday was to finalise the program and running order. Here is how it goes. There is no interval, but our singing segments are separated by Robert’s pair of Chopin Nocturnes in the middle of the program. Running time is expected to be around an hour and 15 minutes including tumultuous…… Read more →

Morning all. We have 2 rehearsals left before the Holly Lodge Concert, plus one more for our own concert. Last week was very encouraging, but there is still plenty of work to do to make everything as good as it can be. So if we can please try to be ready to sing on time, that would be very helpful.…… Read more →

Hello all Last week you sang this very well in terms of notes. But the offbeat rhythms of this piece are a challenge. Every note is either on the beat (it sounds at the same instant you tap your thigh) or off it (in between two taps). Early in the year I suggested you might like to go through your…… Read more →

Hi, I know I said I wouldn’t bother you all with this, but to avoid the risk of omitting someone, here is the list of people who I believe have said that they would like to go to Vienna July 6-9 next summer. IF YOU ARE ON HERE AND SHOULDN’T BE, OR NOT ON HERE AND SHOULD BE, PLEASE GET…… Read more →