ASSOCIATION NEWS ......

Chairman: Roger Overend, Headmaster of King's Rochester Preparatory School

Vice-Chairman: Elizabeth Cairncross, Headteacher of Wells Cathedral School

Singing Out Issue 15

This is now available - click Singing Out in the left hand column for the latest CSA news

If you would prefer a hard copy please email janecapon@btinternet.com and we will post this to you by return.  

Conference 2011

This year's annual conference for CSA members was held in York from Monday 2 to Wednesday 4 May.  We were delighted to welcome CSA Patron HRH The Duchess of Kent to speak about her charity Future Talent.   We also enjoyed lively contributions from Professor Graham Welch from the Institute of Education and Professor David Howard from York University.

\This year's conference will be in Salisbur from 7-9 May.

CSA Reaches Out

Chorister Composition 2011

This year's competition has been won by Isaac Milhofer, a chorister at Bristol Cathedral School.  His setting of "Keep me as the Apple of the Eye" impressed judge Alison Cox, Head of Composition at The Purcell School.   She praised his work as "sophisticated and effective" and was impressed "by your understanding and use of harmony, your treatment of the voices and your creativity with choral textures."

There were two runners up this year:

Georgia Darke (year 5) from Salisbury Cathedral entered her carol "Shine out on us" - she is not only a winner but also the first girl to enter the competition!

Also picked as a winner was Francis Bushell, an 11 year old from St John's College School, Cambridge.

Once again, Alison was impressed with the entries.  Hopefully there will be lots more budding composers ready to have a go in 2012!

Broadcasts

Radio 3's Choral Evensong - now on Wednesday with repeats on Sunday

See the Calendar for more details

Radio 3 - The Choir (6.30pm on Sundays)

Help from CSA

The CSA Administrator can be contacted on 01962 890530 or by email: csamds@tiscali.co.uk

As well as her CSA role of Administrator, Susan Rees is also busy helping the Department for Education with their Music and Dance Scheme   She administers the provincial music and dance scheme bursary payments and grants to all music and dance centres.

CSA's Information Officer can be contacted on 01359 221333 or by email: info@choirschools.org.uk. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you need advice finding the right choir school for your child.