MEMBERS
Dates for your Diary, 2025
Singing Day
Saturday 2nd August
Seavington Village Hall, 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM
Charge: Members £10.00, non-members £15.00
We are pleased to announce the details of our Singing Day, to be held at Seavington St Mary Millenium Hall TA19 OQH, starting with coffee and issue of scores at 10 am on Saturday 2nd August.
Music will be selected from:
The Greatest Choral Classics – Novello:
Elgar – Ave verum
Franck – Panis angelicus
Encores for Choirs – OUP:
Rutter – Home is a special kind of feeling
Arr. Carter – I do like to be beside the seaside
Chilcott – Irish Blessing – Arr. Chilcott – Londonderry Air
Arr. Carter - Teddy Bears Picnic
Separate copies :
Sullivan – The Lost Chord Bach – Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
Gibbons – The Silver Swan Harker – The Owl and the Pussycat
Carter – Peter Piper
Lunch – Either a picnic on the sports field or maybe a tasty lunch in the adjoining café. Please note that tables have to be booked in advance (01460 249730) and the Lunch Break will be from 1230 until 1330!
Singing Day Charge - £10 for members, £15 for non members
Payment – Either by BACS - our account number is 00006719 sort code 40-52-40 or cash on the day (please, no cheques)
Booking – Please book with Jill at jill-h@live.co.uk and copy to petersaundersuk10@gmail.com
Please email, by return if possible, but no later than 1st July if you intend on joining us. At the same time could you please remind us whether you are S, A, T or B ! Also, do you have your own copy of the Novello Choral Classics and the OUP Encores for Choirs ?
Please note that your guests are very welcome to join us for this fun day out.
We would be particularly pleased to welcome potential new members who might like to join us for next season.
Autumn concert
First rehearsal: Thursday 4th September
Concert: 15th November 2025
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church
South Petherton TA13 5DQ
Haydn: Paukenmesse (Mass in Time of War)
Haydn: Insanae et vanae curae
Faure: Requiem
Christmas Concerts
The Minster, Ilminster, 15th and 16th December
Other events
Saturday 13 September 2025
Amiti Choir, Taunton
Come and Sing Day with Bob Chilcott
£25 entry for non-member s of Amiti Choir
For further details, see www.amitichoir.org.uk
Officers
Musical Director; John Jenkins
Deputy Musical Director; Jenny Broom
Hon. Chairman: Jill Hodgson
Hon. Vice Chairman: Peter Saunders
Hon. General Secretary: Brigid Parkin
Hon.Treasurer: Andrew Spiller
Other Committee members
Edward Wells: Minutes Secretary
Annabel Hesford: Membership Secretary
Patrons and Friends Secretary: Anna Brassington
Margaret Tribe: Concert management
Jo Vernon: Social secretary
John Webster: Web page and marketing
Vice Presidents
Richard Barrell
Janet Smart
Tim Donaldson
Concert management committee
Margaret Tribe
John Jenkins
Jenny Broom
Andrew Spiller
Georgina Stevens
E. Wells
Marketing Group
Ian Tribe, facilator
John Webster
Anna Brassington
Sue Briscoe
Karen Donaldson
Janet Smart
Georgina Stevens
Terry Wright
marketing@southsomersetchoralsociety.org.uk
Other important people
Librarians; Penny Boyce, Graham Healing
Rehearsal accompanist: Robert Langston