Author: Lesley Morley

Dear all We covered a lot of ground in tonight’s rehearsal – well done to all present, you sang a lot of notes today! We first looked at Battle of Jericho, specifically at the last 2 pages. These are short, but technically very challenging – syncopate3d rhythms and lots of awkward intervals. If you do any work on music this…… Read more →

Dear all Firstly, fantastic singing in tonight’s rehearsal! We’re singing some difficult music in places and managing remarkably well considering this was only the third rehearsal this year. We spent most of tonight’s rehearsal on ‘The Lover’s Ghost’ by Vaughan Williams, which is made harder by the key, which is not the happy major keys we expect (technically it’s mostly…… Read more →

Dear all Huge thanks to all who came tonight – it’s great that we can all meet and rehearse again! For those who don;t know (or don’t remember) I will try and send a roundup after each rehearsal, so that a) those who couldn’t make it know what we covered, b) I can give you things to look at during…… Read more →

Dear all I hope you and yours are all keeping well. Apologies that I have not been in touch for a while – the wheels of Government are of course still turning and I am still working full time from home (and busier than usual!) I’m sure this will not come as a surprise, but I have been speaking with…… Read more →

Dear all Apologies for not sending a roundup last week – a combination of 3 concerts in two weeks, being unusually busy at work and a little unwell over the past fortnight meant that it slipped my mind! On 25th April we started by working through the Introit and Kyrie of the Mozart. We have covered all the notes for…… Read more →

Dear all Firstly, to clarify from last evening, there will be NO REHEARSAL NEXT WEEK on Tuesday 18th Feb due to half term. Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday 25th Feb. Apologies for confusion! We spent most of the rehearsal yesterday making great progress with the first of the Rutter Birthday Madrigals. I think this is the hardest of…… Read more →

Dear all Many thanks for a cracking rehearsal on Tuesday! We spent the majority of the rehearsal breaking the back of the first of the Rutter Birthday Madrigals – It Was a Lover and his Lass. There are some very tricky moments in this movement and it is, at times, complicated to put together, but each verse is largely the…… Read more →

Hi all Huge apologies for not being able to be with you at short notice last week – we had a sudden childcare emergency. I am very grateful to Alison for stepping in and, from what I have heard, achieving so much with you, and to Robert, Chris and Lesley for understanding and helping to cover my absence! For those…… Read more →

Dear all. Apologies for a late roundup this week – it’s been a busy one! Many thanks to those who came to see Carmen last night! Was really touching to see some friendly faces in the audience! Hope you enjoyed it – the cast was buzzing afterwards because we felt it went really well! Still one more chance to see…… Read more →

Dear all Many thanks for another good rehearsal on Tuesday, despite the difficulty with the alarm at the school… We started working on the Lacrimosa, one of the better-known movements of the requiem. The key to this movement will be making it interesting, especially using dynamics. We will continue to work on this, as the notes were pretty solid. We…… Read more →