2019 – Palestrina, MacMillan and Tallis

with ex-members of The Hilliard Ensemble

Saturday 26 January 2019 Gresham Centre, St Anne and St Agnes Church, Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BX Registration from 10.00 am, informal concert, 4.00 pm Join ex-members of the renowned Hilliard Ensemble and award-winning City Chamber Choir for a day studying, learning and singing music by Palestrina, MacMillan and Tallis.

Is it for me?

City Chamber Choir, the friendly group that rehearses and performs in the heart of the City of London, invites you to take part in this workshop on the stunning double-choir Stabat Mater by renaissance master Palestrina and the Miserere and O Radiant Dawn by Sir James MacMillan, the leading contemporary Scottish composer. City Chamber Choir is delighted and honoured to be working alongside three ex-members of the world-famous Hilliard Ensemble: Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), David James (counter-tenor) and Gordon Jones (baritone) and expects to gain many valuable insights into vocal technique, ensemble singing and tuning  from their combined wealth of experience. Our study day ends with an informal concert at 4.00 pm (open to all – please do invite your friends). A bonus will be the performance of Arvo Pärt’s And one of the pharisees by the three ex-Hilliards. If you are an enthusiastic amateur singer, who would like to explore these beautiful choral works, brush up on singing technique and find out about the historical and musical context of the works during the course of an enjoyable day, then this is for you.

Venue

The Gresham Centre, St Anne and St Agnes Church is a beautiful and historic building in the heart of the City of London, near St Paul’s Cathedral. Wren’s building has been sympathetically updated to provide a comfortable rehearsal and performance venue. For further information visit www.greshamcentre.com.

Timetable for the day:

10.00 am    Doors open for registration, coffee and music distribution 10.30 am–12.30 pm    Workshop session 1 12.30 pm–1.30 pm    Lunch (own arrangements) 1.30 pm–3.30 pm    Workshop session 2 3.30 pm–4.00 pm    Tea and cake 4.00 pm     Informal concert

2018 – Byrd and Tomkins Great Services

Saturday 3 February 2018 St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, Eastcheap, London EC3R 8EE Registration from 9.30 am, informal concert, 4.00 pm Join exciting new vocal group Seraphim and award-winning City Chamber Choir for a day learning, singing and hearing music by British Renaissance masters.

Is it for me?

City Chamber Choir, the friendly group that rehearses and performs in the heart of the City of London, invites you to take part in this workshop on music by two of the ‘greats’ of the British renaissance music William Byrd and Thomas Tomkins. If you are an enthusiastic amateur singer, who would like to explore movements from the Great Service by each composer, brush up on singing technique and find out about the historical context of the works during the course of an enjoyable day, then this is for you. We will be working on the Te Deum and Jubilate from Tomkins’ Great Service and the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis from Byrd’s Great Service. Working alongside members of City Chamber Choir and the professional group Seraphim, as well as learning and performing these beautiful works in the magnificent surroundings of one of the City’s finest Wren churches, you will gain valuable insight into voice production and vocal technique from experienced professional singers. Our study day ends with an informal concert at 4.00 pm (open to all – please do invite your friends). A bonus will be the performance of Tomkins verse anthems by the exciting new vocal ensemble Seraphim. The concert will be free, with a retiring collection to help towards church costs. The church of St Mary-at-Hill is a beautiful and historic building in the heart of the City of London, near the Monument to the Great Fire of London. A church on this site has served the Parish of Billingsgate for nearly a thousand years. For further information visit www.stmary-at-hill.org.

Timetable for the day:

9.30 am    Doors open for registration and music distribution 10.00 am–11.00 am    Workshop session 1 11.00 am–11.30 am    Coffee break 11.30 am–12.30 pm    Workshop session 2 12.30 pm–1.30 pm    Lunch (own arrangements) 1.30 pm–3.30 pm    Workshop session 3 3.30 pm–4.00 pm    Tea and cake 4.00 pm     Informal concert

2017 – Domenico Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater

Saturday 6 May 2017 St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, Eastcheap, London EC3R 8EE Registration from 9.30 am, informal concert, 4.00 pm Join exciting new vocal group Seraphim and award-winning City Chamber Choir for a day learning  and singing a baroque masterpiece.

Is it for me?

City Chamber Choir, the friendly group that rehearses and performs in the heart of the City of London, invites you to take part in this workshop on an exquisite baroque masterpiece. If you are an enthusiastic amateur singer, who would like to explore Scarlatti’s Stabat Mater, brush up on singing technique and find out about the historical context of the work during the course of an enjoyable day, then this is for you. Working alongside members of City Chamber Choir and the professional group Seraphim, as well as learning and performing this beautiful work in the magnificent surroundings of one of the City’s finest Wren churches, you will gain valuable insight into voice production and vocal technique from experienced professional singers. Our study day ends with an informal concert at 4.00 pm (open to all – please do invite your friends). A bonus will be the performance of Poulenc’s Stabat Mater in addition to the Scarlatti, by the exciting new vocal group Seraphim. The concert will be free, with a retiring collection to help towards church costs.

The venue

The church of St Mary-at-Hill is a beautiful and historic building in the heart of the City of London, near the Monument to the Great Fire of London. A church on this site has served the Parish of Billingsgate for nearly a thousand years. For further information visit www.stmary-at-hill.org.

Timetable for the day:

9.30 am    Doors open for registration and music hire 10.00 am–11.00 am    Workshop session 1 11.00 am–11.30 am    Coffee break 11.30 am–12.30 pm    Workshop session 2 12.30 pm–1.30 pm    Lunch (own arrangements) 1.30 pm–3.30 pm    Workshop session 3 3.30 pm–4.00 pm    Tea and cake 4.00 pm     Informal concert Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save Save