Christ’s Hospital Choral Society: Sing in a Day

Christs Hospital Choral Society – Sing in a Day!

Christ’s Hospital Choral Society is delighted to invite you to a ‘Sing in a Day’ workshop at Christ’s Hospital school, Horsham, on 24th September.

The day will be led by the inspirational Peter Allwood. The focus on the day will be to learn the relatively short choral pieces of Dido & Aeneas, while benefiting from Peter’s vast experience and improving your singing technique.

Following a distinguished career in education, Peter is a freelance conductor, composer, musical director, workshop leader, adjudicator and accompanist, with a particular passion for choral direction.

He has performed in and produced Dido & Aeneas on several occasions, and suggested it as an ideal subject for a day’s learning, singing, and improving techniques. Anyone who has sung with him before will know that this workshop will not only be a huge treat for us all, but also a lot of fun. Peter couldn’t do it any other way!

Singers on the day will be joined by various soloists and string players. They will rehearse separately to begin with but as the day progresses will join with the chorus, culminating in a full run-through of the opera, to which friends and family are invited. Dido & Aeneas is the first opera written in the English language, and Purcell’s first work written to be sung throughout. Based on the fourth book of Virgil’s Aenead the opera tells the story of Dido, Queen of Carthage, and her Trojan warrior lover, Aeneas. The music is timeless, and many people, young and old, will have heard a version of Dido’s Lament, for instance. There will be and tremendous enjoyment and a sense of achievement at the rehearsal and you can be certain that Peter Allwood will be bringing out the best from this music, and in our performance.

For more details and to book please visit www.chchoralsoc.org. Saturday 24th September, 10am-4.30pm. Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham, RH12 0LJ. Tickets £20 each. Esther Clark Photo shows Peter Allwood

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