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Wednesday 15th September 7.45pm for 8pm
Epsom Choral Society presents
‘Come and Sing’

Venue: St. Martin’s Parish Church Hall,
Church Street, Epsom KT17 4PX

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Duruflé Requiem

Conducted by Robin Kimber

Open to all. Free! Scores provided.

www.epsomchoral.org.uk

Saturday 18th September 7.30pm
St. Albans Cathedral Ex-Choristers Association presents
Their sound is gone out
A Celebration of St. Albans Abbey’s Living Musical Heritage

Venue: St. Alban’s Abbey

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Handel’s Coronation Anthems
with The Abbey Girls’ Choir – The Abbey Singers – The Exquire

Special Guest Performers
Simon Johnson – Simon Lindley – Rod Argent – Andrew Lucas

Conducted by Andrew Parnell – Organ Tom Winpenny

In aid of the St. Albans Cathedral Ex-Choristers Association

Tickets: £15 Front Nave, £8 Rear Nave, £5 Side Aisles, £8 Concessions
Available from the Abbey Information Desk o
Malcolm BuryChairman e-mail: malcolmgb@btinternet.com tel: 01296 630169
23 Long Plough, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP22 5HB

www.stalbans-exchoirassoc.co.uk

 

Saturday 25th September 10am-7.00pm+
East Surrey Choral Society presents
A Choral Workshop Day

Venue: St. John’s Church, Canon’s Hill,
Old Coulsdon, Surrey

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Rutter’s Requiem,
Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest and The King Shall Rejoice.

Open to all amateur singers at all levels of experience.

Lead by Ian Kennedy (Musical Director ESCS, Professor of Singing. Guildhall School of Music) and Jeffrey Gray (Organ. Accompanist ESCS, Lay Clerk Rochester Cathedral).

Registration: 10.00am for 10.30am. Performance: 5.00pm

Workshop: £10 Students (under-18): £2 Music Hire: £1
Audience at 5.00pm: £5

Tea and coffee available.

Bus routes 60 and 466. On-street parking near to St. John 's Church

Apply now by Post or E-mail: (Closing date 18th September)
to GILL ENGLISH, 126, The Crescent, Horley, Surrey RH6 7NX
Telephone: 01293 786358
E-mail: gillenglish@gmail.com or via www.escs.org.uk

Download the Application Form here

Sunday 26th September 2.30-7.00pm
Esher Music presents
Come & Sing Day
conducted by Rachel Staunton

Venue: Christ Church, Church Street, Esher, Surrey KT10 8QS (opposite Esher Green)

Download Application Form and details here

Preces & Responses – Byrd; Evening Service in C – Stanford; Listen Sweet Dove – Ives; Like as the Hart – Howells

The event will be led by Rachel Staunton and will end with Evensong.

Rachel Staunton is Assistant Director of The National Youth Choirs of Great Britain and has the privilege of directing an eclectic mixture of other ensembles including The New Foundling Children's Choir, Take Twenty Jazz Choir, and Harmony on Heels ladies choir. Two of her choirs recently enjoyed great success in the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year competition. Rachel is a Vocal Animateur for The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, giving regular concerts and workshops on the South Bank and around the country with them.

£10 per person to include tea, coffee, juice - and cake!

Contact Esher Music, Diana Stacey 01932 231380

 

Saturday 2nd October 2.00pm onwards
North Cotswold Chamber Choir invites you to a ‘Come and Sing’ Workshop/

Venue: St Peter’s Church,
Hook Norton, OX15 5NH

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North Cotswold Chamber Choir invites you to a Workshop to rehearse and perform Rachmaninov Vespers and other Russian music. “We are keen to attract as many singers as possible and are certain you will enjoy the experience of working on this exciting music (no experience of Russian required!) under the baton of Sarah Tenant-Flowers, one of the leading choral directors of her generation. She is a Director of the Association of British Choral Directors and was one of the conducting mentors for BBC programme ‘Maestro’.”

Time: Session 1: 2.00-3.30; (break for tea and cake 3.30); Session 2: 4.00-5.30
Price:  Adults: £15, Students/ 18 and under: £5 (cost includes tea and cake)
Special rates for school groups – please enquire
Music hire: £3 Concert dress code: all black

Concert: 7.30pm

Concert tickets: Available via our website – www.nc3.org.uk <http://www.nc3.org.uk/>

A simple supper between the workshop and concert will be available at The Sun Inn, opposite the church, for £6.00. Please indicate below if you’re interested (you will be responsible for paying on the day, but we will make the reservations).

Please complete the form and return, with your payment, to:
Catherine Berry, 4 Schofields Way, Bloxham, Banbury, Oxon, OX15 4NS

Registration deadline 22nd September

For further information see www.nc3.org.uk or email workshop@nc3.org.uk
or ‘phone Catherine Berry on 01295 721153

Download the Application form here.

Sunday 3rd October 2pm-4pm
The Hill Singers Chamber Choir presents
‘Come and Sing’.

Venue: The Lantern Centre,
Tolverne Road, SW20.

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Run under the initiative of
Classic FM and Making Music, entitled '123sing!' This is part of a nationwide celebration of singing, so, come and find out about one of your local choirs

 Everybody welcome. Free!

www.hillsingers.co.uk

7th–10th October 2010 Salzburg – Austria
4th Mozart Festival Salzburg

Come along and sing with us – together with singers from all over the world – Mozart´s Great Mass in C-Minor, with the choir and orchestra of the Salzburg Cathedral.

Conductor: Janos Czifra, Director of Music of the Cathedral.

Individual singers, small choirs and choirs are welcome to form together the “World Mozart Project Choir”.

For 2010 singers are registered per Feb, 17, 2010: Netherland, France, Germany, South America, Switzerland.

Registration # per Feb. 17: 148
Registration closes: 15.09.2010 or earlier when max.of 300 is reached.
More information: Karin Pfliegler, President
Cultours Europe
Höglwörthweg 10/B
A-5020 Salzburg
Tel.: +43 (0) 662 821310 -16, Fax.: 821310-40
office@cultours.at www.cultours-europe.com
 

Sunday 10th October 2pm onwards
Thame Chamber Choir invites you to
‘Come and Sing’ Fauré’s Requiem

Venue: Barley Hill Primary School,
Ludsden Grove, Thame, OX9 3DH

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Thame Chamber Choir directed by Duncan Aspden

Arrive: 2.00pm

Refreshments: 3.45pm

End: 5.00pm

Performance: 5.45pm

This event is open to all. You don’t have to be a member of a choir. We welcome all singers, no matter how rusty!

Price per person: £10 plus £1 for hire of score if required.

Please make cheques payable to Thame Chamber Choir and post them to
Carol Johnston, 26 Berkeley Road, Thame, OX9 3TN

Any questions? E-mail us on info@thamechamberchoir.org
or ring Carol Johnston on 01844 216287

www.thamechamberchoir.org

Download the Application Form here.

Saturday 16th October 11am - 6pm approx
The Burford Singers invite you to
The Second Choral Workshop
Israel in Egypt - Handel

Venue: The Main Hall, Burford School, Cheltenham Road, Burford Oxon.

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Burford Singers invite you to join them to take part in an all day workshop on Handel's dramatic oratorio Israel in Egypt, followed by a final run-through when family and friends will be very welcome. This is a rare opportunity to practise and perform in Oxfordshire a work with wonderful double choruses under the direction of well-known broadcaster, presenter and former King's Singer Brian Kay, conductor of Really Big Chorus internationally, and of Burford Singers locally.

Venue: Main Hall, Burford School, Cheltenham Road, Burford Oxon.

Timing: Registration from 10.00 am
Workshop 11.00 am - 1.00 pm, and 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Final run-through 5.00 pm

Refreshments: Coffee will be provided from 10.00 am and
tea between 4.00 pm and 4.45 pm. There are many eating places in Burford or you may picnic in the school grounds at lunch time.

Cost: £15.00 with use of your own score; £17.00 with use of a score hired from Burford Singers Early-bird booking before 1st August 2010 £12.50 and £14.50 respectively. For Schools' group booking rates, please contact Jan Campbell as below.

Applications: Jan Campbell, 17 Shilton Road, Burford OX18 4PA (SAE please)

Deadline for applications is 30th September.

Download the Application Form here.

Sunday 24th October 7.30pm
Arun Choral Society presents
The Dream of Gerontius - Elgar

Venue: Worthing Assembly Hall,
Stoke Abbott ROAD, Worthing BN11 1HQ

Soloists
Susanna Spicer - mezzo soprano
Jon English - tenor
Stuart Young - bass
Sinfonia of Arun
John Henville - conductor

Tickets £15,£12 and £10 from Assembly Hall Box Office 01903 206206
AND on-line at
www.worthingtheatres.co,uk

Sunday 17th October 2pm-7pm
Dorking Choral Society presents
‘Come & Sing Choral Hits.’

Venue: Friends Provident Social Club, Dorking

 

Held under the auspices of East Surrey College.

Conducted by Greg Batsleer with Gavin Roberts, piano.

Open to all. £10 (£5 concessions.) Information: 01737 772611

dorkingchoralsociety.org.uk

Saturday 6th November 7.30pm
Dorking choral Society presents
|Autumn Concert.

Venue: St. Martin's, Dorking

Fauré’s Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
Haydn's Little Organ Mass

Conducted by Greg Batsleer

Ticket details to be announced. Booking: 01306 883341

dorkingchoralsociety.org.uk

Friday 12th November 7.30pm
Orlando Chamber Choir presents
Grand Vespers
For Doge and Duke

Venue: St James's Piccadilly,
197 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LL

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Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643) to be announced
Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) to be announced

Orlando Chamber Choir
English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble
Monteverdi String Band

James Weeks, director

Ticket prices to be announced

orlandochoir.org.uk

Saturday 27th November
Leatherhead Choral Society presents
"Love Sacred and Profane"

Venue: Menuhin Hall

Carmina Burana and the world premiere of the cantata "The Song of Songs" written by their musical director Ian Assersohn.

More here as soon as it is received.

www.leatherhead-choral.net

Saturday 4th December tba
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Hill Singers present
Vivaldi's 'Gloria' and other short pieces and Carols

Venue: St. Matthew’s Church,
Durham Road, Raynes Park

Details including ticket information to follow.

www.hillsingers.co.uk

Sunday 12th December 7pm
Dorking Choral Society presents
‘Friends & Family’ Christmas Celebration.

Venue: St. Joseph's, Dorking

Programme details to be announced

Conducted by Greg Batsleer

Ticket details to be announced. Booking: 01306 883341

dorkingchoralsociety.org.uk

Thursday 16th December 7pm
Orlando Chamber Choir presents
Christmas concert

Venue: Dutch Church,
7 Austin Friars, London EC2N 2HA

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Orlando's traditional Christmas Concert - an evening of carols and Christmas music not only for, but also with our audience. Wine, mince pies and a raffle are included.

Programme details to be announced

orlandochoir.org.uk

Saturday 11th June 2011 10am to 9.30pm approx
Shalford Choral Society presents
Come and Sing

Venue: Holy Trinity, Guildford

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Repertoire: Fauré Requiem & Duruflé Requiem
Accompanied by Guildford Symphony Orchestra
Baritone: Emiliano Barragan-Geant
Mezzo Soprano: Helen Stanley 

Conductor: Matthew Jelf (Shalford Choral Society, host choir)

Singers £18 (includes vocal score hire for the day)
Audience £12 (evening performance will have an interval).

Singers participating must arrive at Holy Trinity at 10am to register and collect scores. The rehearsal for the Duruflé will be from 10:30 - 13:00. This will be followed by a short 30 minute lunch break (please bring a packed lunch).

The Fauré Requiem rehearsal will be 13:30 - 15:30. The orchestra will then rehearse between 16:00 and 18:30. The concert will start at 19:30, finished 21:30.

Concert dress for singers will be smart black (long skirt/trousers) for the ladies and dinner jackets/bowtie for the gentlemen.

Download the application form here

www.shalfordchoralsociety.org.uk