Author: Siobhan Jones

Dear all In the Downloads section of the website you will find two new additions to your burgeoning photocopy collection with music by Handel and Rutter.  Handel’s Zadok The Priest will be familiar to many of you no doubt, a pretty straightforward shout with lots of homophonic singing – although of course Sheen Gate continues to welcome and  embrace all…… Read more →

Hi all, After rocking through two old pieces and one new one in half a rehearsal last week, Dave asks that we print and bring Britten’s Six Choral Dances from Gloriana along with us on Tuesday, please. These are available in the Music and Media section of the website. As always, any tech problems let me know. Chris Read more… Read more →

Hello all! I am honoured to have been invited to be your new Director of Music. I really enjoyed working with you during the selection process and am excited to be getting started with you all next week. This year, I understand, is the choir’s tenth anniversary year, making it an extra exciting time to be joining you all! This…… Read more →

Dear all, As noted in Dave’s welcome note, you need to print off and bring music for the rehearsal on Tuesday, please. Going forward this will be the way of things. Unless someone is volunteering to print and collate 50 copies of everything and bring them along, we will each be responsible for our own music. The music for the…… Read more →

Hello choristers, I do hope you have enjoyed your summer holidays. Our new term will start on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH, and ahead of that date we will be receiving the first bulletin from our new Director of Music, Dave Anstice-Pim, with details on dates, repertoire for our tenth anniversary season and a call for volunteers to help with some important functions.…… Read more →

Please open this email! I have been trying to resolve some issues with our website and sending out emails – they have been reaching some of us but not others. By opening the mail you will update the statistics and I can see if this new method is now reaching the parts that other email sending services cannot reach. Read… Read more →

Thanks to Sue M for pointing out that I didn’t actually put the recordings anywhere that you can find them. Here they are: Dido’s Lament, arr S Renton Voyagers’ Chorus from Idomeneo, soloist Joanne Whalley Qui Tollis Peccata, from Puccini Messa di Gloria Read more → Read more →

Hi all, A couple of our kind audience members recorded our recent concert on their phones. A couple of excerpts are now on the website, in the Media Library section. If you send me your requests for other pieces to include I will find time to edit them down and post them up. Hope you’re enjoying the summer. Chris Read… Read more →

For your interest, we as a choir have submitted a letter of support for the school’s application to demolish the house next door that they have bought with a view to building a new hall, which would be a big step up for them (and perhaps for us) in terms of putting on performances.   The link for the application…… Read more →

Hi everyone I know we have all been singing along at home or on the tube, but I thought I’d share the links I have found that I really like, to give you a different arrangement to do your last minute brushing up to, if you would like.   Questo (i) Presto: This recording is not as presto as some…… Read more →