Sing Saturday 21 st June 2014 MOZART REQUIEM. Two aspects:

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1 Issue 5 Sing Saturday 21 st June 2014 MOZART REQUIEM Two aspects: 1) Please see if you can come along to welcome our visiting singers and make their experience as enjoyable as possible by singing alongside you; we have a visiting conductor as Adrian is unavailable so it would be nice for him to see a sea of faces too! He is Calum Fraser and conducts, among others, Caledonian Voices. He is a former student of Adrian s and, coincidentally, did his degree dissertation on the Mozart Requiem. 2) WE ALSO NEED VOLUNTEERS to do the refreshments as Jennifer Bury is not available this time. She will provide the refreshment wherewithal MINUS the biscuits and will hand this over on Monday 16 th June (next Berlioz rehearsal). Please Allen or phone him (or text him) on to volunteer. Hire the Choir 28 th June 2014 Singers Needed We have a booking for a wedding in Stinchcombe on the afternoon of 28 th June and we need a few additional singers. Specifically, we need a couple of sopranos and a couple of tenors. You will have noticed the clash with the all-day rehearsal for the Berlioz and you may be concerned that you will fall foul of the minimum rehearsal requirement if you sing in the choir at this wedding. Be reassured that no-one who sings in the wedding will be penalised in that

2 way but it would be good if you did attend at least the first hour of the Berlioz rehearsal before going down to Stinchcombe. As chairman, I will be doing that and can offer lifts to and from Denmark Road School for up to four others (bids in asap!). I also intend to get back for the last hour of the Berlioz if possible. If you can help out by joining this choir in the lovely St. Cyr church in Stinchcombe, please hirethechoir@gloucesterchoral.com so we can build the choir. Also, please consider adding your name to our existing pool of singers who want to take part on future Hire the Choir engagements (we have a SPECIAL wedding on 16 th August in the cathedral, when Dominic and Catherine get married, another confirmed booking for 13 th December in Berkeley and one just in for a wedding for 25 th October in Chedworth. Please consider joining in by ing hirethechoir@gloucesterchoral.com. Many thanks. 2 Forthcoming Berlioz rehearsals and venues Singers are expected to attend all rehearsals if at all possible. Adrian and the GCS committee will, however, listen sympathetically to reasonable requests for exemptions. Concert Specific Auditions: If you cannot make the required number of rehearsals, please tell Allen Prior in the first instance. You will be advised what the process will be nearer to the concert dates. 16th June Gloucester Cathedral Nave 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 28th June The High School for Girls, Denmark Road, Gloucester. 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (lunchtime 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm) 30th June Sir Thomas Rich s School, Oakleaze, Gloucester. 7:30pm to 9:30pm - below a direct link to the Rehearsal Notes prepared by Adrian. Notes.pdf

3 3 If this link does not work, please go to the GCS website ( Under the section entitled About GCS, click on See more >>. Then, under GCS Information, click on Members Information. Then click on Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts. Under the section marked Score Markings, click on Rehearsal Notes. Autumn Berlioz Rehearsals September st 7:30pm TBC 8 th 7:30pm TBC 15 th 7:30pm TBC 18 th (Thursday) 7:30pm TBC 23 rd (Tuesday Compulsory*) TBC London (Coaches from Gloucester and Bristol) CONCERT (London): 25 Sep (Thursday) TBC Royal Festival Hall (Coaches from Gloucester and Bristol) November th 7:30pm - TBC 20 th (Thursday Compulsory*) 7:30pm Gloucester Cathedral 22 nd (Saturday Compulsory*) 2:00pm Gloucester Cathedral CONCERT (Gloucester): 22 nd (Saturday) 7pm Gloucester Cathedral OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

4 THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS Highnam, Gloucestershire SEVERN VOICES Presents A CONCERT OF ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC MASTERPIECES FROM THREE CENTURIES WORKS BY WILLIAM BYRD, THOMAS WEELKES, WILLIAM BOYCE, G. F. HANDEL & FELIX MENDELSSOHN 7.30pm Friday, 13th June, 2014 Tickets: 8 / 6 (concession)

5 4 Come and Sing J S Bach B Minor Mass With Peter Nardone Artistic Director Three Choirs Festival Worcester 2014 Saturday 28 th June 2014 College Hall, Worcester Cathedral Price: 20 per singer, including tea and coffee. To book call or visit us online: South West Festival Chorus Summer School July - Chilcompton Village Hall, Somerset A weekend of rehearsals of Mendelssohn s Elijah ending with a Concert performance. For more details see leaflet below. Reminders There is a Three Choirs Festival event on 28 th June 2014 in which The Dean of Gloucester, the Very Reverend Stephen Lake will interview Quentin Letts in a Desert Island Discs programme. Details are appended at the end of this newsletter.

6 5 Might be the ideal way to finish the day after our Berlioz rehearsal!

7 Bristol Chamber Choir Directed by Gordon Pullin The Magic of Shakespeare Songs of Ariel Frank Martin Shakespeare Songs Vaughan Williams Madrigals 3 pm Sunday 29th June Redland Park United Reformed Church, Whiteladies Road. Tickets 10.00, Concessions 8.00, Children Free. Available at the door or from Opus 13, 14 St. Michaels Hill.