Author: Lesley Morley

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 →

Dear all Many thanks for a fantastic first rehearsal of the year. It felt great to be back! We made a great start on the Mozart Requiem on Tuesday. We spent a good proportion of the rehearsal on the opening movement, which sounds very solid already. The key is making sure entries are in the right place, especially given how…… Read more →

Dear all Many thanks for the rehearsal on Tuesday – just one more left before the concert! We started with a sing through the Cantique de Jean Racine. This is a piece the choir knows well, but we must ensure we are not complacent with it – it relies on big shifts in dynamics to make it effective. Please pay…… Read more →

Hi all Huge apologies this is coming round so late this week. I hope these messages remain useful and that everyone is reading to the end – there is a good reason to do so today! last Tuesday we worked again on the two piece from the Rutter Birthday Madrigals. These are both difficult sings, and we are now singing…… Read more →

Remember, remember the 5th of November… well, just in case you don’t… We started with ‘Come live with me’ from the Rutter. This was the only piece with material that we were yet to cover, but not any more – we managed a complete performance! We spent a good third of the rehearsal on the last 3 or 4 pages…… Read more →

Dear all We had a split rehearsal on Tuesday this week, as we worked with sops/altos and tenors/basses separately on their movements in the Britten Choral Dances. Both groups managed to cover the whole of their movements and both are sounding fantastic! I can feel a sing-off coming on… We also did some detailed work on the Rutter Birthday Madrigals,…… Read more →

Evening all We had a fantastic rehearsal on Tuesday! You sang superbly and are really starting to respond to what I am trying to achieve, which was really great for me. I came home buzzing! We worked quite a lot on dynamics, which is something I feel we can get much better at. we certainly had flashes of what we…… Read more →

Evening Morning all! I want to get into the habit of rounding up the rehearsal each week, with a note about things to work on before next week when you have those spare few minutes. So, here goes… This week we worked on the two pieces from the Rutter Birthday Madrigals that are available on the music materials page (no3…… Read more →