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Nicky Jerrome is our Musical director. She will lead and coach the choir with the aim to improve and develop all members’ singing and to take part in concerts and competitions. If you are interested in doing solos, please make your self known to Nicky.
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Music |
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Monteverdi's work, often regarded as revolutionary, marked the transition from the music of the Renaissance to that of the Baroque. |
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Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. (which includes Morning Mood and In the Hall of the Mountain King), and for his collection of piano miniatures Lyric Pieces. |
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Holst wrote almost 200 catalogued compositions, including orchestral suites, operas, ballets, concertos, choral hymns, and songs.
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Gounod was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette. |
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Brand new female voice choir based in Sonning |
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After two or three rehearsals, you will be invited to have an informal meeting with Nicky to decide where your voice fits best.
We hope to have a classical based repertoire as well as Nicky’s own compositions.
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Composers we are planning on getting our teeth into this term are Monteverdi, Gounod, Grieg and Holst. Additional details of the works of these composers can be found at the links below (just click on the composer’s name). |
