We are a friendly and thriving choir of over 100 singers, based in Wallingford in South Oxfordshire. Our long-standing musical director of 45 years, Christopher Walker, recently retired and we are currently recruiting a new conductor to join us and our accomplished accompanist Anita D'Attellis. This process is challenging in the current environment but we hope to have new conductor by January 2021. We are fortunate that Richard Laing, our guest conductor for our most recent concert in March 2020, will continue with us in the short-term.
Although we are a non-auditioned choir, Chris challenged and encouraged us with a blend of high musical standards, boundless energy and disarming humour. He enabled us to achieve the often ambitious plans which we set ourselves and we owe our present success to him. While the standard classics of the choral repertoire remain at our core, with recent performances of the great works by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Verdi and Elgar, we always enjoy the challenges of less well-known music. Concerts in recent years have highlighted both the new - Sunrise Mass by Ola Gjeilo, Mirror of Perfection by Richard Blackford - and the unusual - Rio Grande by Constant Lambert, Misa Criola by Ramirez and Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams. As we enter a new era for the choir we are looking forward to working with a new musical director to take us to the next stage in our development.
We rehearse on Tuesday evenings from 7.30 - 9.30 pm in St Mary's Church, Market Place, Wallingford, OX10 0EG, with a refreshment break at half time.
New members will always be welcome once we are able to return and can come and try us without obligation.
Our 2020/21 EVENTS
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Like all choral societies our summer concert which was scheduled for 6th June did not take place. Due to the present lockdown we have now had to cancel our concert on 5th December. We are still hoping to reschedule our performance of Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle to our spring concert on 6 March 2021. |
LATEST nEWS
Cut off in our prime!
On Tuesday we rehearsed for the last time before the current Government Covid lockdown. Under Richard ... Read moreWe're Back!
Last night was our first rehearsal in the Covid era since our concert on 14th March. ... Read more
