Dear All
Well done everyone in the choir on a fantastic concert last night. It all came together for the final performance – Penny was absolutely delighted!! It’s a great compliment that Richmond Orchestra enjoy working with us so much and really are keen to do so again (we’ll have a think about choir positioning!).
Of course, a special bravo has to go to Robert and his astounding Rhapsody in Blue. It was a real experience for us in the choir to both hear Robert’s exceptional playing and witness the orchestra close up. What a treat – thank you Robert!
Penny wanted to pass on her congratulations to the choir for last night’s performance but also to say a huge thank you for her gifts. She was very touched. She received a selection of craft beers and gin hidden amongst her flowers and gift vouchers worth £215 collected from your very generous donations. Thank you everyone. She reiterated how much she would like to return as a soloist for us in future, something we’d be delighted to arrange.
Looking forward to seeing you all next Tuesday for the first round of auditions – details below. Bring your Brahms scores! ( Edit – We also have some wine ends to drink from the opened unused on Saturday so bring your own picnic glass if you think some of this will help with your decision making on Tuesday! It’s on the house)
Auditions Tuesday 10th & 17th June:
We will be holding two audition evenings running at approximately the same time as our usual rehearsals. The time table for each evening is set out below.
Both audition evenings:
19:45 PROMPT arrival so everything can be set up and ready to go by 20:00
20:00 -20:40 first audition
20:40-20:50 break
20:50-21:30 second audition
21:30 discussion and vote
Tuesday 10th June:
Ed Bonner
Kieran Morris
1 vote to pick preferred candidate from this evening
Tuesday 17th June:
Neavan Lobban
Paul Jeanes
2 votes – 1st to pick preferred candidate from this evening, 2nd to pick between the two preferred candidates
The audition will consist of:
1.Warm up
2.Candidate teaches/directs us singing their choice of piece
3.Candidate directs us singing Movement IV from Brahms Requiem – bring Brahms scores!