Members’ notices
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2010-11 season
Rehearsals start on Tuesday 7th September 2010 at 7.00pm. NB Rehearsals during September and the first week in October will be held at the Sheffield Springs Academy on Hurlfield Road, Sheffield S12 2SF. There is ample free and supervised parking on site and the Manor Top tram stop is about 300 metres away.
'Still on a high' article in Profile Magazine
The latest issue of Profile Magazine contains an article about the SPC's 75th anniversary. Visit Profile magazine at www.profile-magazine.co.uk or to go direct to the article on SPC, visit http://tiny.cc/azjemBochum visit
Accounts and members' photos of the recent Bochum visit can be found on the Bochum page.
Songs of Praise recording
The Chorus has been invited by the BBC to record an edition of the programme Songs of Praise at the end of September. This will be a very important and high profile event for the Chorus, also helping to cement our relationship with the BBC. We encourage everyone to take part in order to give as good account of ourselves as possible.
The rehearsal and recording arrangements are complex because there are to be two programmes. Each programme takes two sessions to record, one for sound and one for vision.
Congregational programme - involves many choirs, of which we are the lead choir. The music will be straightforward hymns.
SPC programme - we will be the sole featured choir and will sing more difficult music, including some or our Christmas repertoire.
Venue
St Oswald's Church2 Bannerdale Road
Sheffield S7 2DL
St Oswald's is at the Abbeydale Road end of Bannerdale Rod. View on Google Maps
Dates
- Thurs 23 Sep: rehearsal for congregational programme (venue tbc)
- Wed 29 Sep pm*: Sound recording for SPC programme
- Thurs 30 Sep pm: Sound recording for congregational programme
- Fri 1 Oct pm: Filming for congregational programme
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Sat 2 Oct am and pm*: Filming for SPC programme
n.b. This is the same day as James Donnelly's wedding, at which the choir will be singing
We do not have specific call times yet for each event.
Darius indicates that Chorus members should prioritise the Wednesday and Saturday SPC programme recordings (marked *) above the congregational programme where we probably only need about 80 singers.
There is a clash with James Donnelly's wedding on 2 Oct Darius indicates that, as no sound will be recorded that day, this doesn't exclude anyone who will be singing at the wedding. It doesn't matter if there are 20 fewer singers on the Sat than there have been on the Wed.
Interested?
If you are interested in participating, John Spence will be taking names at the rehearsal on 7 Sep. Please arrive a little earlier than usual as new music (D of G) will also be handed out.Concert dates 2010/11 season
Thur 4 Nov '10: Elgar Dream of Gerontius - HalléSun 12 Dec '10: Carol Concert - City Hall - Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Fri 25 Feb '11: Mozart Requiem - Nicholas Kraemer
Sat 21 May'11: Verdi Requiem - Leeds Town Hall - Leeds Phil
Fri 3 Jun '11: Walton's Henry V - Rory MacDonald and Sam West
Recruiting Men
You can't teach an old dog new tricks / It's never too late to learn! - World Cup flyer and more info in the password protected section.
Prom photos
Some photos have already been linked to; I now have quite a few others. More Prom photos. Thanks to those who have contributed!