Colliers Wood Chorus

Next Event: “Cultural Olympiad: Carmina Burana” - Saturday 3rd March *All future events*

Randomly‑selected past event: “Mahler 3 with the Philharmonia Britannica” *All past events*

Colliers Wood Chorus is a 75-strong community choir which sings all types of music from classical and world to pop. Our rehearsals are lively social occasions and our performances range from sing-songs in the pub to appearances in front of several hundred at the South Bank Centre.

The choir is open to all ages and abilities, with no requirement to be able to read music. Enthusiasm and commitment are the qualifications you need. As the choir is very popular, we usually have a waiting list for all voice groups, although currently we have vacancies for men. We give priority to residents from the Colliers Wood ward (map in this document), as we maintain strong links with the local community.

News - keep up to date by subscribing to the RSS feed here:

8th January: New members' area created.

1st January: Well what a lovely concert we had. Carmina semichorus tenors and basses on 7th; See you all on 9th, with your subs. Committee meeting afterwards so the bar will not be open.

19th December: Happy Christmas to those going away - See you on 9th January. To those performing on New Year's Eve, the rehearsal is at Christ Church at 2:30 with a short break before the performance. Dress code: black and smart. Scarborough, Blessing and New Year are all on the practice page, and we intend to sing the latter two off-copy (no scores).

29th September: Mahler 3 practice page, and Hallelujah is on the main practice page.

12th September: Extra Mahler 3 rehearsals are on Saturdays, all from 2-3:30 except where stated.

17th Sept: Sop 1 listen through and up to #3 - from 3-4:30
24th Sept: Middle voices listen through and up to #3
1st Oct: Lower voices listen through and up to #3
8th Oct: Sop 1 #3-#5 (at Guardian Centre)
15th Oct: All recap and learn #6-7
5th Nov: Sop 1 #9-fin
12th Nov: Middle voices #9-fin
19th Nov: Lower voices #9-fin - from 10:30-12:00
26th Nov: All recap (at Community Centre) - from 11-1
1st Dec: Rehearsal with orchestra, St Silas', Islington
3rd Dec: Rehearsal with orchestra and performance

12th September: Rehearsal will end at 9pm and the bar will not be open, due to committee meeting.

4th September: event report for Silesian Ostrava Choral Ensemble's visit.

31st August: New term starts next Monday (5th September). Welcome back everyone - don't forget your subs!

30th June: This is what we are going to sing with the Silesian Ostrava Choral Ensemble on Monday. Print it out if you can.

1st January: Happy New Year everyone. Term starts on 10th. See you all - with your subs!

28th November: For the performance on Saturday, depart 1530 sharp from Colliers Wood station for Waterloo or meet at the church at 1615. Dress code is all black.

26th November: The last Mahler rehearsal is on Thursday (2nd Dec) @ St Silas Islington with orchestra: 2015-2200. Meet 1915 sharp at Colliers Wood Station for Bank train to Angel

16th October: Mahler practice page now has sections of a real performance to download, and details of how to download a public domain recording of the whole symphony.

2nd September: New term starts on Monday - looking forward to it! Please bring along your subscription. Remember that the standard fee is now £34, and if you need to pay the reduced rate (still £16) please contact Anita before the weekend if possible; we will not be able to negotiate this on the night.

18th July: Programme for next week. AGM will be held at the end of tomorrow's rehearsal.

21st June: Message From Sir.

Hello all you lovely choristers. Just a quick note to say how much I am going to miss rehearsing with you all for the next few weeks. Rest assured I leave you in the very capable hands of Mistress Music (Antonia) and Dame Diva (Elaine) so I expect you'll be even better now! I know you'll all be helpful and attentive and supportive. Sorry to bail out on you so unexpectedly but my Opera rehearsal schedule changed at short notice - hi ho the glamorous life!

I hope you can come to the extra rehearsal slots at 94 Cavendish Road I have scheduled for voice groups:

Saturday 3 July 14:00 Tenors
Saturday 3 July 15:15 Basses
Saturday 10 July 14:00 Sopranos
Saturday 10 July 15:15 Altos

Try to be exactly on time as I have to be at the theatre for a performance those evenings and will not be able to overrun.

Here is a list of the repertoire (in no particular order) you have to get your heads around for the 24th of July, which is not that far away now:

Belle Nuit
Walking on Broken Glass
2 Become 1
Vincent
Lloyd Webber Night Medley
Fix You
Ar Hyd Y Nos (All Through The Night)
Dream a Little Dream
Heartbeats
Tsmidao
So Deep Is The Night
Sunrise Sunset

Lots of love,

Christopher

15th June: New versions of Arhyd, Belle, Lloyd and Tsmee on practice page.

12th June: Pedal Power page added.

6th June: Meet at 1345 for the Wandle Valley Festival; only dress code is T-shirts.

2nd June: Sound Sculpture pictures.

30th May: Shimmy Sing pictures.

30th May: More details about the Summer Concert.

20th May: More practice tracks.

12th May: More details about the Shimmy Sing.

6th May: As the Tube will not be running, we will be getting the 11:55 train from Wimbledon to Waterloo (arriving 12:18) on Sunday. See you on the platform. And don't forget the Saturday rehearsal at 11:00 at the Guardian Centre.

3rd May: No rehearsal tonight, but some of us will be socialising at Venus (near the Tube station). There is a rehearsal for the South Bank on Saturday at 11am at the Guardian Centre - all going there will need to attend this.

27th April: About 25 members of the choir paid their respects at the funeral of Maureen Hellewell, a member of the choir from the very beginning.

19th April: The new website is live - finally! Please send pictures to add to our past events section. We will credit you.

Contact: info@collierswoodchorus.org.uk