Category Archives: choirs

choir emails

Posted on November 12, 2012 by vhk10

I’ve had two opposing experiences with choir emails recently. One was a list created for a concert I was at one time interested in singing in. I received a 6MB message from this list, almost all of it being a … Continue reading →

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a reunion with Cambridge Voices

Posted on September 21, 2012 by vhk10

On the Sunday of my Ely visit, Cambridge Voices (described in their publicity as ‘one of Europe’s finest choirs’!) came to rehearse Bach’s B minor Mass in the Lady Chapel under the direction of Ian de Massini. I dropped in, … Continue reading →

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Why I’m giving up chamber choirs

Posted on July 23, 2012 by vhk10

I don’t want to alarm too many people whom I sing for – I’m not giving up singing in small groups for liturgical purposes, or taking part in workshops for small numbers of singers. Nor am I necessarily doing this … Continue reading →

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Eric Roseberry

Posted on February 27, 2012 by vhk10

I was sorry to hear today that Eric Roseberry had died after a very short illness. I sang for him only once, in a Marshfield Bach Singers Christmas concert. He had a deceptively mild and scholarly manner, and nevertheless coaxed … Continue reading →

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Kingswood Vocal Week

Posted on February 8, 2012 by vhk10

Just time to note that as part of ‘Kingswood Vocal Week’ I was in the audience for a workshop taken by Jeremy Summerly, putting some of the school choirs through their paces in a selection of pieces from various periods. … Continue reading →

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The long arm of Minerva

Posted on January 21, 2012 by vhk10

It had to happen sooner or later – after being asked a number of times I am singing a concert with the Bath Minerva Choir. They’re doing Bruckner’s Mass in F minor, which I’ve never sung, and it fills the … Continue reading →

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An Exultate Singers reunion

Posted on January 12, 2012 by vhk10

I have been excited to get wind of the possibility of reuniting former members of the Exultate Singers (of whom I think there are quite a few) with the current choir, to celebrate the choir’s 10th anniversary this year. Early … Continue reading →

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And which voice do you sing?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by vhk10

Earlier this year a member of a smallish choir I sing with invited me to join an occasional choir which he conducts. Having described the repertoire that they do and the way it was organised, he had my interest right … Continue reading →

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Being blackmailed

Posted on August 22, 2010 by vhk10

For obvious reasons I’m not naming people or organisations involved in this story. I am also falsifying the date. But I want my feelings to be on record. We have been invited to join another local choir to sing a … Continue reading →

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how to leave people out

Posted on January 4, 2010 by vhk10

Sometimes it might be necessary to scale down the size of a choir slightly for a particular performance, because of the music being performed or the venue. The thoughts in this post result from reflections on one occasion when a … Continue reading →

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