Fare Thee Weel Barbara
Monday 15th June saw a massive attendance at our AGM, all of our singers still on a high after a most successful concert, part of WestFest, the previous evening. The meeting concluded with a celebration which was tinged with just a little sadness as Barbara Smith, our last remaining founder member had decided that Sunday’s […]
The Music Makers
A brief introduction to one of Elgar’s lesser known works. On Sunday 14th June, we will perform Elgar’s ‘The Music Makers’ as part of Glasgow’s West End Festival. As many may be unfamiliar with this piece, these few words might be helpful First performed in October 1912, The Music Makers is a cantata for contralto, […]
MUSIC FOR ALL THE FAMILY
Everyone is welcome to each and every one of our performances so why a special ‘Family Concert’? ‘I can’t come cause my wee one wouldn’t sit still for an hour and a half’ ‘My Grannie doesn’t like to be out late’ ‘There’s never space for my walking aids’ So this afternoon concert will be short, […]
Eric Whitacre
Fourth and final post about the lives and works of the composers featured in our upcoming concert on 11th May in Stonehouse. Although he studied music intermittently as a child, according to Wikipedia, when he rather reluctantly joined the college choir, young Eric Whitacre could not read music. Worthy of recalling when, so often new […]
Bob Chilcott
Bob Chilcott, ‘contemporary hero of choral music’ celebrates his seventieth birthday on 9th April 2025. Born in Plymouth and raised in Watford, he was a boy chorister at King’s College Cambridge and subsequently spent several years as a member of the King’s Singers during which time he also provided them with arrangementsHe left The King’s […]
Morten Lauridsen
Third in our series introducing our spring programme works and composers. More about our Spring Concert
Gabriel Faure
Number 2 in our series of posts to introduce our spring programme. Whilst his music needs little introduction, the face of Gabriel Fauré, our first composer, may be less familiar. Early Life Born in the Ariège department in 1845, the youngest of six children of a schoolmaster, the young Gabriel demonstrated his musical talent at […]
Spring Concert
Rehearsals for our spring concert are well underway as we prepare to perform a mainly contemporary programme at 7pm on Sunday 11th May at St Ninian’s Church in Stonehouse. Take a look at our photo collage. Can you put names to the composers whose work will feature? If the faces are unfamiliar, keep an eye […]
Full House in Strathaven
Lots of positive feedback from the audience at our annual Christmas Concert. Once again we enjoyed the company of Coalburn Silver Band and we survived the ravages of the cold and flu viruses which raged through these parts, despite such illness requiring our scheduled tenor soloist to call off less than a day before our […]
SOLD OUT!
Sorry to disappoint but our Christmas Concert is now sold out. We hope you will be able to join us for our next concert in May 2025.