- Pennine Spring Events 2025
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Date Posted: Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Sing Bach’s Mass in b minor with full orchestra
Our friendly annual festival takes place in Heptonstall, above Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. This choral and orchestral gathering making the most of an inspiring setting for preparing and performing three concerts during the week for the paying public. Musicians from across the country come together to rehearse and perform and socialise.
Our Choral Director Keith Orrell says:
Our 2025 repertoire focuses on J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor, a great choral masterpiece of the Baroque era. It is challenging and very satisfying to sing: a “must” on all choral singers’ wish-lists.
In contrast, we will also experience the emotional depth and power of four great Italian and Russian opera choruses, with full symphony orchestra. And at the start of the week, we will learn two lovely famous English part-songs. Something to satisfy every choral taste!
Rehearsing this music will be a major endeavour, especially the Mass. So, we very much want singers to join rehearsals from the start on Monday 26 May ahead of the Bach performance on Thursday 30 May. It will be preceded by a short contribution in the Tuesday concert earlier in the week, and followed with the singing of the opera choruses in the final concert on the Saturday. An action-packed week of fun and stimulating choral singing.
I hope that our Festival will attract your members to Heptonstall. Hebden Bridge. It is three and half hours by train from London, and about four hours drive.
You can find further details about our Festival at: Pennine Spring Music Festival 2025
Alan Tomlinson
Publicity Officer
Pennine Spring Music Festival
- ADDISON singers Christmas Concert 2024
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Date Posted: Fri, 22 Nov 2024
The Addison Singers Classical Choirs present a choral winter feast for all to enjoy! The Chamber Choir perform the winter-themed movements of Jonathan Dove’s The Passing of the Year, Poulenc’s Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël and the ever-popular carol Sir Christèmas! in a setting by William Mathias. Meanwhile the Oratorio Choir present one of the choral repertoire’s most kaleidoscopic and colourful pieces, Poulenc’s Gloria and a soon to be modern classic, Bob Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio. This is a retelling of, arguably, the most famous story ever told. We look forward to welcoming you to our concert in December where we will be joined by a stellar line-up of soloists and instrumentalists.
M. T. Morgan
Welcome
Welcome to our Winter Concert 2024 combining the forces of the Chamber and Oratorio Choirs. In the summer we were proud to join with the Jazz Choirs of the Addison Singers to present Festival of Music which offered us new and exciting performance opportunities. We covered a wide range of musical styles and showcased individuals performing in both Jazz and Classical styles. This evening, we are delighted to present a programme showcasing seasonal music for Winter and Christmas. The Chamber Choir complete the cycle of songs by Jonathan Dove The Passing of the Year focusing on those related to Autumn, Winter and the turning of the year. They will also present Poulenc’s Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël which focus on different elements of the Christmas story. The Chamber Choir introduce our concert with Sir Christèmas! a rousing invocation of the season. The Oratorio Choir take on a modern classic and an oratorio which surely will become a staple of the choral repertoire. Poulenc’s Gloria is as exhilarating as it is intricate, a wonder of word-setting and harmonic colour, something truly as kaleidoscopic as the lights on a Christmas tree! Meanwhile, Bob Chilcott’s Christmas Oratorio is a modern adaptation of the Christmas story, vibrant and heartfelt in equal measure. These pieces are all characterised by their wide textural and dramatic scope. We very much hope that you enjoy the programme.
M. T. Morgan
24.vii.2024
- THE BARNES CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT
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Date Posted: Mon, 18 Nov 2024
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Join The Barnes Choir as we celebrate Christmas with well-known British composers Bob Chilcott and Roderick Elms on Saturday December 14th at All Saints Church, East Sheen Avenue SW14 8AX at 7.30pm.
Our Christmas concert this year features Bob’s acclaimed Christmas Oratorio, with soloists Beth Moxon (mezzo soprano), Joseph Doody (tenor) and Gavin Horsley (bass,) accompanied by Peter Jaekel - organ, and Klio Blonz - flute, and conducted by our Musical Director - Julian Collings.
We’ll also be performing some of Roderick’s attractive modern settings for well-loved carols, and we’ll be inviting our audience to join in some traditional carols with us.
Tickets £20.00 (under 12 free), from www.barneschoir.org.uk/tickets
Doors/Bar open from 7.00pm, Concert starts 7.30pm
Enquiries tickets@barneschoir.org.uk
See full details below, and book your tickets here:
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We look forward to welcoming you.
- HARROW CHORAL SOCIETY CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2024
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Date Posted: Mon, 18 Nov 2024
Saturday 14 December at 5.30 with Guest Reader Simon Williams, who currently plays Justin Elliott in BBC R4's The Archers, and was Capt. Bellamy in Upstairs, Downstairs. Sam Evans will conduct the choir, Paul Ayres will accompany us, as will Byron Brass who will also play from their own repertoire.
- Questors Christmas Social 2024
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Date Posted: Mon, 18 Nov 2024
We’ll be meeting from 8pm onwards on Wednesday December 11th at The GreenW7 pub and whether you want to have dinner or just a drink, that’s fine.
Please note if you’re travelling by car that there will be plenty of parking space nearby from 8pm but not before.
I’ll be taking approximate numbers in a couple of weeks. Partners/spouses very welcome.
Look forward to seeing as many of you as possible
at this event!
Alex
- Cambridge Choral Academy 2025 courses
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Date Posted: Tue, 1 Oct 2024
Hi,
we're happy to offer discounts to groups from choirs booking together... Thank you!
Dear Singers,
We're writing with an update on our 2025 Choral Courses in gorgeous Cambridge chapels - we do hope you'll join us next year! Our courses are limited to 30-40 singers to reflect the chamber choir tradition of Cambridge, and places are already filling fast:
- Epiphany Singing Retreat, 3-5 January at Sidney Sussex College
- Spring Singing Retreat, 28-30 March at Magdalene College
- Choral Summer School, 27 July-2 August at St Catharine's College
It's Back2School time, but we're still basking in the golden days of our Choral Summer School, which was such a joy! Some 40 strangers came together to sing for a week, and departed as part of a community of friends across the globe - it's lovely to read some of the key takeaways from the course:
"There is not a more joyful thing on earth than people singing together"
"It's given me that boost of confidence that I need to take the next steps"
"Legato is my friend"
"Cambridge is an incredible place in which not only to sing with others but to learn with them as well"
"New insight about how to sing this music better"
"Lovely music, lovely venues and lovely people"
"Great singing and great company"
If you missed out on this year's sold-out Choral Summer School, why not get ahead for next year and apply now for our 2025 Summer School 27 July - 2 August?
New courses!
As we explore the possibilities for more courses, we'd love to know what times of year work best for you - please complete our poll here! Bear in mind we are working around the student vacations and individual college policies - it's a complex scheduling matrix!
Read on for all the latest news on our upcoming choral courses...
Tell us the best dates for courses! 
Student Scholars at CCA
Supporting gifted young singers and directors
We are pleased to offer a limited number of Student Scholarships on each course, generously supported by the Friends of CCA. These scholarships are for young singers aged 18-25 years for whom these courses can be a real catalyst. If you know an experienced young singer who could benefit from one of these places to develop their singing career, please forward this email and suggest they apply using this link.
Epiphany Offer: £50 discount for tenors and basses
3-5 January 2025 at Sidney Sussex College
With soprano/alto places almost full for our Epiphany Singing Retreat, we're pleased to offer a £50 discount for tenors/basses FOR A LIMITED PERIOD until we achieve a balance of voices - first come, first served!If you're thinking of joining us, why not whet your appetite with this short taster video, as Artistic Director Dr Edward Wickham introduces his repertoire selection?
We're delighted to welcome Graham Walker, Director of Music at Emmanuel College, to direct our Sunday Evensong in St Catharine's College Chapel. As well as directing the choir at Emmanuel College, Graham was until recently Director of St John’s Voices and Musical Director of the New Cambridge Singers. He is also an award-winning cellist and conductor. Graham's first recording as a conductor, made when he was just 22, featured the music of Jean Mouton, the 16th-century Flemish composer, much of whose music was being recorded for the first time.
This will be a cosy, candle-lit weekend to brighten the long January nights! With Compline and Evensongs in the historic chapels of Sidney Sussex, Peterhouse and St Catharine's Colleges and a sumptuous Twelfth Night Dinner, it'll be a kingly feast of repertoire for Epiphany - including wassailing! Book now to secure your place - you can also save £50 EACH* on your fee with our Bring a Friend offer!
Apply now! 
Spring Singing Retreat
28-30 March at Magdalene College
We're looking forward to singing Compline by candle-light in the intimate and historic chapel at Magdalene College. Built in the 1470s, the Chapel was the place of worship for the Benedictine monks of the College’s earliest days. The Choir is at the heart of the College’s musical and spiritual life, singing two services a week under Precentor James Potter. The College chapel has an organ by Goetze and Gwynn, new in 2000, which has been acclaimed as one of the best neo-baroque organs in Cambridge.
Apply now! Organ Lessons
Each of our courses is ably supported by one of our rockstar Organ Scholars - and they are always keen to share their passion and skills with enthusiastic participants. If you'd like to try a Cambridge college organ, whether you're a complete beginner with some basic keyboard skills or reasonably accomplished, just let us know in advance and we'll do out best to fit you in for a lesson.
Apply now! If you'd like to join us on one of next year's courses, do apply now as we've already received lots of applications for 2025! Our courses are limited to 30-40 places (depending on college availability) for a chamber choir experience. We're a very friendly bunch and we welcome singers from all over the world to sing in glorious Cambridge chapels, dine in historic college halls, develop your voice and make new friendships! Just go to our website or reply to this email if you'd like to find out more.
Best wishes,
Juliet Allan
Samantha Wickham
Edward Wickham
Cambridge Choral Academy team
W: cambridgechoral.com
PS: Ask us about organ lessons!
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- Petros Singers Monteverdi Vespers Course
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Date Posted: Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Charlotte Lawrie writes:
I am delighted to let you know about Petros Singers' workshop on Saturday 12th October at St Peter's Hammersmith, when we will spend the afternoon exploring Monteverdi Vespers.
The workshop will be led by Paul McCreesh, founder and artistic director of Gabrieli Consort and Players and world-class specialist in Baroque repertoire. His 2006 recording of the Vespers was described by BBC Music Magazine as “glorious and compelling”.
Further details and ticket bookings can be found at
https://petrossingers.org/workshops/next-workshop/.
We hope to welcome some of your choir members to the workshop.
Many thanks
Charlotte Lawrie - Publicity Officer
petros singers
- Music Course run by City Lit
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Date Posted: Tue, 24 Sep 2024
City Lit course entitled Musicianship for Singers is available .
It is appropriate for beginners and those with more experience and concentrates on reading a score. The course is designed to help you follow a vocal score with reference to rhythm, key signatures, and accidentals. The details areMusicianship for Singers
City lit, Keeley Street
18/10/24 -13/12/24
Fridays 15.45-17.15
Cost £149.00 (there may be concessions)
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