Category: Choir Updates

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 →

Hi all, And now for something completely different . . .  I wonder whether any of you would be interested in coming along to this workshop that I and a number of friends are attending.  It will be different but interesting and fun and the organisers are clear you don’t have to be Jewish or indeed have sung anything in…… Read more →

Dear all At tonight’s rehearsal we are going to try out a new way of arranging where the various parts sit. Lots of choirs use a block approach, where each part is arrayed from front row to back, like the segments of a tangerine, rather than our system of upper parts at the front, lower parts at the back. The…… 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 →

Reminder that we start the new term this coming Tuesday 7th Jan at our warm winter quarters – Tower House School, 188 Sheen Lane at 7.45pm sharp. Gate will be open – walk across the astroturf to the purple tiled wall on the other side, hall entrance in left corner. Please bring your Mozart Requiem score if you have one…… Read more →

Final call for those who have not yet confirmed their attendance to this now traditional event. It’s this coming Monday December 16 at 8pm. The Annapurna Nepalese restaurant (199 Upper Richmond Rd West, East Sheen SW14 8QT) is offering us a fixed menu at £26 a head. (minuscule increase from previous note), with drinks separately. If you haven’t already done…… Read more →

The church where we normally rehearse (Christchurch, East Sheen) are having a carol concert on Sunday, 22nd December at 5.00 pm (meeting up at the church at 4.00 pm).  We would love some of you to join us to sing in the choir (there will be about four members of Sheengate singing already and all voice parts very welcome).  It will…… Read more →