West End Festival Concert and BBC Radio 3
Excitement grows as rehearsals up a gear (or two) and it’s confirmed that BBC Radio 3 will record our West End Festival Concert, Past to Present, on […]
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The Poll is Now Open 4
Our poll of favourite choral music is now open. Vote now. To find out about the background to our poll, have a look at […]
Eve of Poll Debate?
The problem is that I keep having ideas. My latest ‘brainwave’ is to add a poll so that visitors to strathavenchoral.com can vote for their […]
More Than Just a Coffee Morning 1
Live music in the heart of Strathaven distinguishes Strathaven Choral Society’s fundraiser from the ‘regular’ Coffee Morning. Music and singing are at the heart of […]
Belated Birthday Greetings
Written in 1863 and described by the composer, Gioachino Rossini, as “the last of my péchés de vieillesse“. La Petite Messe Solonnelle was first performed […]
Shame, Shame, He Dies for His Country 3
The morning after our first encounter with the new piece created by Mark G Carrollas part of making Music’s Adopt a Composer Project, read […]
Radical Approach to New Music
We hear that Mark Carroll has been inspired by Strathaven‘s 1820 Radicals. While an image of leader, James ‘Purlie’ Wilson may now be on […]