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Annual Choral Workshop June 2024
We are delighted that our annual choral workshop will take place on Saturday 8 June in Paignton Parish Church. This year our workshop focuses on choruses from Messiah and is in aid of the RNLI in its bicentennial year. Our workshops are very popular and attract seasoned singers and new-comers alike from all over Devon. Come and experience the thrill of being part of a massed choral sound as well as supporting the RNLI. Further information on our website: http://www.southdevonchoir.org
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An evening of glorious, uplifting solos, duets and rousing choruses from many much loved famous operas. The South Devon Choir is joined by some of its favourite, nationally acclaimed soloists. The evening is conducted by Simon Dunbavand with accompanist Matt Davies.
Our Rossini Concert
Our banner is displayed; the choir is ready; the soloists are ready, the piano duo are ready, the harmonium player is ready and Simon, our conductor, is ready. Are you ready to join us at St Mary the Virgin, St Marychurch, Torquay to enjoy Rossini’s masterpiece? Lots of interest already so please don’t leave it to the last minute to book your tickets.
You can book your tickets here
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Tickets are available online here. You can also buy tickets from choir members or on the door.
New Year with Signor Rossini
Thursday (11 Jan 2024) was our first rehearsal of the new year. It was lovely to see not only familiar faces but new ones too. We are learning Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle. Everyone was in good spirits and good voice. If you know the mass you’ll know it it is neither petite or solennelle but a work full of lively choruses and arias which I’m sure an enterprising opera company could turn into a staged opera. It’s almost long enough to be an opera! Whether you know the work or not but love singing then come and join us.
Only 9 hours to go to 2024…
South Devon Choir wish all choirs and singers around the world a very Happy New Year. May the power of music bring us all joy, happiness and ever closer together. We have had a wonderful 2022- 2023 season from singing Haydn’s The Creation, Jenkins’ The Armed Man, Faure Requiem to our carol concert with the audience thoroughly enjoying our traditional singing of Schneewalzer which you can watch here https://youtu.be/dARqgN4c4U0. If you love singing… come and join us. Happy New Year Everyone.
Our choir sing at Exeter Cathedral
Members of South Devon Choir were thrilled to be invited to perform at Exeter Cathedral for this year’s Festival of Remembrance, organised by the Royal British Legion, Devon.
The festival included a short concert featuring the choir as well as music by service bands, followed by the traditional Act of Remembrance and a procession of the many flags and standards of the British Legion, service associations and cadets.
“We were delighted to be able to take part in this important commemoratioin of the servoce and sadly the sacrifice of the many people who have taken part in past battles”, said Jill Stevens, Chair of the choir.
“The opportunity to perform in our county’s cathedral does not come very often. And this year’s event was particularly moving, as it was the 40th anniversary of the Falklands war.”
The choir sang a mixture of classical choral items by Faure, Mozart and Handel – many of them items already in rehearsal for their coming concert, Crown & Glory, being performed at St Matthias’ Church, Torquay on 26 November.
Jill said, “We were so pleased that we had a number of suitable pieces already prepared, such as the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’ and ‘Zadok the Priest’ – and then, to sing them in that wonderfuf setting, with its fabulous organ and acoustics, was the icing on the cake!”
The choir is continuing to rehearse for their concert on 26 November, when they will be singing Mozart’s ‘Coronation Mass’ and some of Handel’s most loved choruses and arias, with professisonal soloists and a full orchestra.
Details of the concert and how to buy tickets can be found here.
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