Very new group full of hard working singers

Singing day with GGCC www.ggcc.org.uk Huge thank to hosts London School of Theology www.lst.ac.uk

We are a brand new auditioned SATB chamber choir based in Leeds, West Yorkshire committed to exploring the meaning of music in context. We welcome experienced SATB singers who are keen to perform music of all genres to a High standard in an informal envir...  moreWe are a brand new auditioned SATB chamber choir based in Leeds, West Yorkshire committed to exploring the meaning of music in context. We welcome experienced SATB singers who are keen to perform music of all genres to a High standard in an informal environment. Our ethos: CONTEXT Historical, social and environmental contexts of music, and the influence of these on performance, will be central to rehearsals and concerts. They will define the themes of our repertoire each year. COLLABORATION Based in Leeds, the choir has numerous opportunities to collaborate with other ensembles, composers and charities to promote and support musicians throughout the North. We hope to work with a variety of musicians to develop quality and future collaboration within the choir. COMMUNICATION No music?! Yes, we will perform without sheet music in concerts. In doing this, we intend to submerse ourselves, and audience in the context of the music. This will enable the choir to fully communicate their interpretations of the ...    less

Just a clip from a piece we did at our annual outreach concert today. Winter's Night

From our concert, "Beyond All Praising", on October 19, 2013

Throughout its existence the chamber choir Schola Cantorum has had High ambitions. The choir has built an international reputation and has made it a trademark to include newly written music in its programmes. This is thanks to the work of Knut Nystedt (b....  moreThroughout its existence the chamber choir Schola Cantorum has had High ambitions. The choir has built an international reputation and has made it a trademark to include newly written music in its programmes. This is thanks to the work of Knut Nystedt (b. 1915), organist, composer and conductor, who returned to Norway in 1964 after studying in the USA and started a choir at the music department of the University of Oslo. The choir continues to recruit members from the department of music, as well as from the Norwegian Academy of Music in more recent years. The American choral tradition in which Nystedt was trained emphasises the importance of new music – a practice Nystedt brought back with him to Oslo. Knut Nystedt’s music became a vital element of Schola Cantorum’s repertoire. Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl became conductor in 2002, and has further established the choir’s firm position in Norway’s musical life. She has continued Nystedt’s tradition of performing modern music. Schola Cantorum has a varied repert...    less

The final number from our concert on October 19, 2013.

*pax romana concert *sept 3, 2008