Category Archives: choirs

2004-5 seasons on Web pages

Posted on October 29, 2004 by vhk10

I’ve been surfing around some websites for Bath choirs/music to see what they’re performing this season. I started doing this because I hadn’t received the mailshot I usually get from the Bath Camerata around the beginning of October. Their website … Continue reading →

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my time in the Exon Singers

Posted on May 10, 2004 by vhk10

I don’t have much going on at the moment to write about, but I see that someone searched this blog for references to the Exon Singers, so here is an account of my connexion with them. Some years ago I … Continue reading →

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the missing chamber choirs of Manchester

Posted on March 2, 2004 by vhk10

In the mid 1990’s I lived in Manchester, and moved there with high hopes of lots of interesting singing possibilities. Looking back on that time now, I am still baffled and dismayed by the fact that, fresh from a choral … Continue reading →

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back with the Chantry Singers

Posted on November 6, 2003 by vhk10

Last night I attended my first rehearsal back with the Chantry Singers (see an account of the audition here). I last sang with the choir in 1998 and about half of those at last night’s rehearsal remembered me from then. … Continue reading →

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Parish choir singing

Posted on September 15, 2003 by vhk10

Yesterday I sang ‘Panis Angelicus’ during Benediction at church. I am unusual among the singers in the local choirs I know well, in that I sing regularly in a parish church. From my knowledge of the Chantry Singers, Bath Camerata … Continue reading →

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Brandon Hill Singers

Posted on September 12, 2003 by vhk10

Until last Christmas I sang with the Brandon Hill Singers, a chamber choir based in Bristol. I greatly enjoyed this, but unfortunately the choir went into a sudden decline and disbanded. The prevailing opinion seems to be that there were … Continue reading →

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Audition

Posted on September 5, 2003 by vhk10

I had an audition to rejoin the Chantry Singers (with whom I used to sing) earlier this week. I really dread auditions – much worse than doing solos in front of large numbers of people. This time at least I … Continue reading →

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