Welcome to East Malling Singers
♬ | NOVEMBER 2024: Last couple of weeks prepping for the Christmas Concert on December 19th - come along and join the festivities! | ||||
♬ | OCTOBER 2024: A grand effort from one and all in our latest presentation of Mozart's Requiem, supported by Nicola Corbishley (soprano), Elizabeth Green (mezzo), Brian Smith Walters (tenor) and Simon Thorpe (bass). | ||||
♬ | JULY 2024: A very enjoyable concert, to a full house, supported by old friends Innominata and our soloist, Karen Hill. | ||||
♬ | JULY 2024: ADVANCE NOTICE: our autumn concert will be as the popular EMS "Augmented" format, with guest singers warmly invited to join us for the Mozart Requiem. October 19th, details to follow here soon. | ||||
♬ | MARCH 2024: Final reherasals and preparations for our Beethoven concert on Saturday 23rd March, featuring soloists Nicola Corbishley, Rachael Lloyd, Tom Robson and Simon Thorpe, and an orchestra led by Alice Hall. This really will be a fantastic show! | ||||
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♬ | OCTOBER 2023: An absolutely fantastic day with 150 singers under the direction of Howard Goodall, guiding us through his “Eternal Light: A Requiem”. He described his thinking behind the work, the specifics of why the very tricky rhythms were included - it was to challenge the original dance company, not the singers! - and cajoled EMS and all of our welcome guests through the whole thing, with acute insights into how best to be thinking about it, before we even began singing. Howard’s job was to keep everyone engaged and in chorus, but there was a small army ensuring voice parts were physically sat together and keeping everyone in tea, coffee and cake, plus ensuring the lunch break went without incident, then resetting every chair ready for church service the following morning. Thanks to all guests who joined us, and to all the volunteers who, under Liz’s captaincy, enabled the day to run so smoothly. | ||||
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East Malling Singers is a friendly, mixed-voice, amateur choir of approximately 80 members that performs a very wide variety of sacred and secular music. Usually we perform four concerts per year at St James the Great Church, East Malling and are often joined by professional soloists and orchestra, as well as guest singers. We always welcome new members. You do not have to be able to sight-read music, although it helps, nor do you have to come to every rehearsal, and practising with a CD or online recording between rehearsals is also useful. We rehearse on Wednesday evenings during term time, at St James the Great Church, where our concerts are also held. Please ask the Membership Secretary on 01622 675592 or Contact Us for more details. | |||||
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