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A Summer Garland of Song – Friday 4th July 2025

We have now started rehearsals for our summer concert. As always, our musical director, Emma Bishton, has put together an excellent programme of music, this time a celebration of flowers in song. The music covers a wide range of genres and composers: romantic part songs by Elgar and Finzi, folk songs from across the British Isles, songs by modern composers Bullard, Chilcott, Quartel & Gjeilo and songs from stage and screen, from Novello to Disney.

The concert will be held in the village hall and will be preceded by a light supper, included in the ticket price, and with a bar available. Doors and bar will open at 6.30 pm with supper served at 7.00 pm and the concert starting at 7.30 pm. Tickets will be available from nayland.org from the beginning of May and will cost £18.00 (£5.00 for under 18s.)

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Spring Concert

Our musical director, Emma Bishton, in her message to the choir, said that she has “had so much positive feedback both from people who have been to a Nayland Choir concert before, and for whom this was their first, as well as from members of the orchestra…Being able to sing works like the Puccini with orchestra  makes it a really satisfying musical experience. I hope it won’t be too long before we can do that again!” So a huge thank you goes to everyone who took part in our Spring Concert on 29th. Conducted by Emma, the choir were joined by Daniel Bartlette, singing tenor, as well as choir member Sean Moriarty who was singing the bass solo and an orchestra. We must also thank St. James’ Church for the use of the church for our performance and final rehearsals and our regular accompanist, Mary Blanchard.

If you were in the audience, we really hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did – and thank you to you, too, for supporting us. Maybe that you are thinking of being ‘on the other side’ for our next concert! If you would like to give it a try, do come along to a rehearsal or two to see if it’s for you before paying subs. We meet in Nayland school hall on Thursday evenings between 8 – 10 p.m. and our first rehearsal for the new term will be on 24th April.

If you prefer to remain in the audience, do look out for our summer concert – A Summer Garland of Song – which will take place on Friday July 4th in the village hall, accompanied by a light supper. Emma describes this as “completely different musical fare … ranging from romantic part songs to Louis Armstrong’s Wonderful World, via the odd musical or two.” Nearer to the time, tickets will be available at naylandevents.org