Author: Siobhan Jones

Hi all For the first rehearsal after half term, please bring everything plus, for our end of practice piece, the Chilcott Irish Blessing which longer-serving choristers should have somewhere, or if not, you can print a temporary copy here. If you have not sung this before, you might like to hear it – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO3j6Hl_-Yw Enjoy the extra hour’s sleep, Happy…… Read more →

Hi all Thanks to everyone who has responded to the question of a tour next summer. By my records we have 13 Yesses and a couple of Maybes for the most popular choice, the trip to Vienna for a massed choir sing of Haydn’s Creation with Kunst and Kultur, the same organisation that we have sung with on previous tours.…… Read more →

Hi everyone, I trust you are enjoying your break. Well done to the basses for insisting on a Tuesday evening sing tonight. Thanks to all who have said that they can make it for the Holly Lodge carol concert/service on Thursday December 8th. We have committed to sing, and will be performing Lully, Lulla, Lullay; In the Stillness; and O…… Read more →

Hi all, We have 11 singers interested in singing overseas next summer. Is anyone else potentially interested? It is not last call, but anyone who might be interested in coming, please speak up! Chris Read more → Read more →

NO REHEARSAL NEXT WEEK – HALF TERM. Holly Lodge Concert – there will be a post in the next week or so with a decision on whether or not we go ahead.Tour – thanks for your responses. Based on those, I am going to take the second Vienna dates out of the mix, so we are left with either July…… Read more →

Happy Sunday, all. Brief one today. Please come to Tuesday’s rehearsal with ALL your music for this term’s concert(s), as per the website: https://sheengatechoir.co.uk/downloads/repertoire-outline-for-autumn-2020-concert/ As mentioned, anyone who has ordered but not received a copy of the Gjeilo Dark Night needs to print that please, either of the two options on the page above. The longer one will mean you…… Read more →

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Hi all, sorry for the constant posts. If you have a full set of music for this term, you can stop reading here. I have heard from the suppliers and the publishers are now all out of the Gjeilo (Dark Night) AND, now, the Whitacre (Sleep). We have bought out their entire stock, it seems, and the expected date for…… Read more →

Morning all, hope your central heating is working OK. Our fourth full-choir rehearsal last night was another good step towards the concert. We were very happy to have Ivy and Juliet join us for the first time, I hope you felt welcome and enjoyed singing with us. Thank you to Bex for making a Spotify playlist of the pieces and…… Read more →

Evening all. I am just home from Robert’s knitting concert, which was one of the best little concerts I have ever been to. No exaggeration. Never mind Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood with Yo-yo Ma and the BSO, the Proms – this was exceptional. If you have never been to one of these concerts, make a promise to yourself that you will…… Read more →