News: Monthly Archives: June 2018
Outstanding Three Choirs Concert in Reigate
The Choirs of Croydon Minster and Hampton Court Palace joined the Reigate Grammar School Godfrey Searle choristers on Saturday, 16 June for a stunning evening of choral music at the beautiful St Mary’s church in Reigate. The ‘Three Choirs Concert’ was the second collaboration between these historic choirs and it was a pleasure for the … Continue reading →
Norwich Cathedral Hosts Richard Allain CD Launch
Former Norwich Cathedral chorister, Benjamin Nicholas, returns to Norwich Cathedral with Merton College Choir to perform a unique concert to launch a CD of choral music by Richard Allain, Director of Music at Norwich School on Thursday, 5 July. Merton will sing Evensong at 5.15pm followed by a choral concert and CD launch at 7pm. It … Continue reading →
King’s Ely Junior Singers Enjoy Cologne Tour
KING’S Ely Junior’s Chamber Choir have just returned from wowing audiences during their action-packed tour to Cologne. The 30-strong choir, made up of boys and girls from Years 5 to 8, enjoyed a hugely successful tour of the Western German city, where they performed three services and two concerts in just five days. On the … Continue reading →
Three Choirs Triple Centenary Celebration in Norwich
Choristers from Ely, Norwich and Peterborough cathedrals were on excellent form for their first joint concert for more than 25 years in Norwich Cathedral as part of this year’s Norfolk & Norwich Festival on Thursday (24 May). The concert celebrated three of this year’s centenaries, the birth of Leonard Bernstein, the death of Hubert Parry … Continue reading →
Choir Schools Association Centenary Evensong
Centenary celebrations got off to a very moving and uplifting start on Wednesday 9 May. The combined voices of choristers from St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, King’s College Cambridge and Salisbury Cathedral’s girl choristers blended beautifully and gave us a very special Evensong to mark The Choir Schools’ Association first 100 years. There are so … Continue reading →
Chetham’s at 50 – Stoller Hall’s New Season
Stoller Hall, Chetham’s School of Music’s terrific new chamber concert hall, has just announced its Autumn/Winter season. The season runs from September 2018 to February 2019, and includes the first events in two special series marking 50 years of Chetham’s role as a specialist music school, and the arrival in the same year of its … Continue reading →