Category: Choir Updates

Dear All  Reminder – no choir on Tuesday 10th May. Next rehearsal, Tuesday 17th May. Also, please see message below from former choir member Marcia Kelson who is looking for a keyboard player to accompany the cast of one of her plays being performed at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith! If anyone is interested or knows someone who might be, please let me…… Read more →

Please see below message from Robert: If you happen to be free this evening this is a last-minute call for a concert at All Saints’ Putney starting at 7.30pm. Organised by their Director or Music, Alex Turner, this is the first of three annual concerts that lead up to a 150th celebration for All Saints. Tonight’s programme includes the glorious…… Read more →

Dear All  SGC has been contacted by Steve Banks, composer of a new choral work which will be premiered in London on 14th May. Details of the performance and the new work are below. Steve has said he may be able to offer the choir a guest ticket or two, so if you would like to attend please let me know…… Read more →

Dear All I hope you had a lovely Easter. Choir resumes next Tuesday 26th April. Looking forward to seeing you all there. Robert will be taking things a little easier this term after some unexpected health issues over Easter but hopes to be back to play for the choir in September. I know I speak for all of us in wishing Robert…… Read more →

We are all set for tomorrow night. Acceptances number about 14, so if there are any latecomers I am sure we can squeeze you in. Let me know. Venue – Black Salt Sheen. Address – 505-507 Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen, London, SW14 7DE. Date and time – Tuesday April 12, 8pm Black Salt happy for us to come early for a drink, so…… Read more →

I am happy to pass on the news that Lesley is out of hospital and recuperating at home after her emergency appendectomy. But altos, don’t expect her back for a few weeks. She asked me to pass on the advice that you ignore NHS-111 and your GP if you have acute abdominal pain. Just go straight to A&E! Lesley, we…… Read more →

Dear all Many thanks to those who came to last night’s rehearsal – we covered a lot of material. We started with the Faure Requiem, working backwards from the last movement. In Paradisum is mostly being sung very well, but particularly tenors and bases may need a little more familiarity with the notes, especially when the T&B parts split. This…… Read more →

The long-awaited choir Christmas curry, postponed more because of reasons to do with competence than covid, is upon us. Alternatively, this could charitably be viewed as an exceptionally well-planned early choir Christmas curry. Venue – Black Salt Sheen Address – 505, 507 Upper Richmond Road West,East Sheen, London, SW14 7DE Date and time – Tuesday April 12, 8pm A table for 15 is…… Read more →

Dear all Rehearsal tonight was very productive – well done to everyone there! We started going over a couple of movements of the Vivaldi (numbers 2 and 4 to be precise) as a warmup – I really want to get the dynamics I want in the second movement, so we will keep working on that! We then spent some time…… Read more →

Dear All Our concert will be held on Saturday 18th June which the marginally better date for members. Apologies to anyone who can’t make that date. We’ve added on an extra two rehearsal dates to this term so our last rehearsal will be on 5th April. There’ll be a two week Easter break covering  12th & 19th April Summer term will run from 26th  April –…… Read more →