Category: Choir Updates

Morning everyone, I’m looking forward to seeing you this evening for our final rehearsal of a total of 19 that we have spent working on Haydn’s Creation, and other music to boot. No more notes to bash, no words to learn, just details to sharpen and dynamics to beef up. Bernadette Lord is joining us this evening. She will be…… Read more →

Dear Sheen Gate Choir Thank you for a highly enjoyable rehearsal last night and for your warm welcome. It was a big sing, but I thought you did very well indeed and you are on a great trajectory for the concert.  In the concert there will be of course lots of solos to break things up, so the Haydn won’t…… Read more →

Dear all I hope you are excited for tomorrow, when Stephen will be coming to conduct us in rehearsal, ready for the big day on the 24th. Please try to be there on time, ready to start singing at 7.45. If you have not already done so, can I please suggest that you listen to the recordings that Stephen sent.…… Read more →

Dear All More ticket sales please! I know everyone has been putting a lot of effort into preparations for the performance in a couple of weeks which is marvellous, but we also need to pay some attention to our ticket sales. This is a big event for us and we need to cover our costs. Remember the aim is for…… Read more →

Sorry for the very late review – been a hectic week. First, a big thank you to those who arrived early on Tuesday and laid out the chairs so we were able to start promptly. Please use that same seat location for the rest of the rehearsals and the concert. If you were unable to be there on Tuesday, please…… Read more →

     Dear All I hope you’ve had a lovely half term break enjoying the glorious sunshine. EARLY SET UP TONIGHT: With just a few rehearsals to go until our concert we’d like to start promptly this evening. We’ll be on the raised altar area tonight so will need to set up chairs as we used to do. If anyone can get…… Read more →

Dear all If you can snatch an hour or two away from your feverish study of the Creation on either or both of the next two Sunday evenings, there are a couple of concerts in Putney that I would commend to your attention – not least because I have a starring role in both… This coming Sunday, June 11th, I’m…… Read more →

It’s Tuesday evening, and with no rehearsal tonight I am certain you are missing the sound of my voice… I was thinking of suggesting that those who have not yet marked up their scores might meet for a fun* session of page turning and pencil note making. But as an alternative, here is a 15-minute video going through the Haydn,…… Read more →

Well, today is May 24 so that means that exactly one month from now we will be ironing blouses and polishing shoes ready for the big night. Three more rehearsals to go. The good news is that things are coming together. Last night we sang through everything in the program apart from Zorongo. The recordings are at the bottom of…… Read more →

We are on the home stretch. Things are coming together well, but there is plenty of refinement that we can do – and want to do, to make it a special event. This is our timetable from here – Tuesday May 23 – normal rehearsalTuesday May 30 – no rehearsal, half term – but sectional brush-up rehearsals possibleTuesday June 6…… Read more →