Hello all! I am honoured to have been invited to be your new Director of Music. I really enjoyed working with you during the selection process and am excited to be getting started with you all next week.
This year, I understand, is the choir’s tenth anniversary year, making it an extra exciting time to be joining you all! This autumn we are looking forward to a programme of old favourites and new challenges as we work towards a concert on 30th November based loosely around a theme of Celebration. I am told that the soloist pieces in the summer concert were very popular and I am keen to support young singers starting their careers as musicians by offering them the opportunity to perform alongside us. More details on this to follow. Plans are still being finalised around our summer programme, but you will not be disappointed!
Dave
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Admin from your admin team:
On Tuesday 10th September, we will start as is traditional with a few drinks to welcome Dave, new members and ourselves. We have wine left from the summer party but do bring a few nibbles and soft drinks if you prefer. IMPORTANT: Please print and bring copies of Bruckner’s Locus Iste, Faure’s Cantique de Jean Racine and Vaughan Williams’ Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs. These can be found in the Downloads section of the website. Old hands will know the first two. The last is new to the choir.
Our normal rehearsal start time will be 7.45pm sharp at Christ Church. That means warm up starts at 7.45pm, even if there are latecomers. We will have a short break approximately 10 mins part way though the evening. We will finish at 9.30pm.
Dates for this term are as follows:
September 10th, 17th, 24th
October 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd , 29th (sectional)
November [5th]*, 12th, 19th, 26th, 30th CONCERT
December [3rd, 10th]*
*Dates in [square brackets] are to be confirmed.
You will find these all in the new Calendar section of the website, where you can export them to your own calendars. Woo hoo!
And finally, if you would like to be more involved in the running of the choir, planning our events, marketing and publicity, membership management, communications, scores/sheet music management and treasury – please let Chris Hawkins know. We are looking to formalise our group and establish some sub-committees to share the load and the fun more widely.