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Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
The proposed constitution is now available to view in the members area. I’m afraid it’s not a light read but will hopefully help you to understand the proposed changes.
We will hold a meeting to approve this on Thursday 16th October at 7.45 pm, immediately before our regular choir practice and you will be able to ask questions or make comments there. Alternatively, feel free have a chat with one of the committee before then.
Thank you, everyone! Kathryn
We’re back!
We’re back for another term of singing, starting with our first rehearsal on Thursday 11th September in the school hall at 8p.m. We will be practising seasonal and festive music for our next concert on Sunday 7th December.
Once again, we have some super music planned, including pieces by favourites Chilcott, Rutter and Quartel. We look forward to seeing you all there – or, to welcoming you for the first time if you would like to join us. (Contact us on naylandchoir@gmail.com for more details if needed.)
Thank you!
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our recent summer concert, A Summer Garland of Song, which was very well received by another large audience in the village hall. Thank you to Emma for her fabulous and interesting choice of music and for being so encouraging and patient during rehearsals! Thank you to Mary, our pianist, and Dom for his cello playing, and, of course, to the choir for their hard work learning all of the songs in such a varied repertoire. Thank you to everyone who helped with the venue and catering.
You get the idea – thank you to everyone involved – it takes a lot of hard work to bring it all together on the night but we think (and hope you all agree) that it was absolutely worth it.
We look forward to performing again – our next concert will be on Sunday 7th December – details to follow in the Autumn. If you are interested in joining us, do get in touch using our email: naylandchoir@gmail.com
Summer concert Friday 4th July
Come and hear us sing
A Summer Garland of Song.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW – please buy online from https://naylandevents.org
Ticket prices include a light supper (cheese platters, strawberries and cream.) There will be a bar available for alcoholic and soft drinks.
Doors open at 6.30 pm; light supper served at 7.00 pm; concert starts at 7.30 pm.
Tickets cost £18 (£5 for under 16s) and need to be bought in advance in order for us to cater for the concert. Any last minute sales on the door will not include the supper.
Our programme covers a wide range of beautiful music on the theme of flowers and the natural world. The concert will be in two halves with an interval and comprises:
Oh what a beautiful morning (Rodgers/ Hammerstein, arr. Stickles), Where’re you walk (Handel/ Congreve), Silent worship (Handel, arr. Bishton/ Somervell), Hope is like a harebell (Somervell/ Rossetti), Twist me a crown of windflowers (Somervell/ Rossetti), As torrents in summer (Elgar/ Longfellow), I praise the tender flower (Finzi/ Bridges), Cheres fleurs (Massenet/ Legrand & von Redvitz), The lily and the rose (Chilcott), The rose (Gjeilo/ Rossetti), Willow Song (traditional, arr. Bullard), I know a bank where the wild thyme blows (Quartel/ Shakespeare), Like a singing bird (Chilcott/ Rossetti & Burns), The green Leaves of summer (Tiomkin, arr. Lee/ Webster), The last rose of summer (traditional, arr. L’Estrange/ Moore), Wild mountain thyme (traditional, arr. Bishton), Scarborough fair (traditional, arr. Bishton), Where have all the flowers gone? (Seeger, arr. Bishton), Beauty and the Beast medley (Menken, arr. Emerson/ Ashman), We’ll gather lilacs (Novello, arr. Derbyshire), What a wonderful world (Weiss & Thiele, arr. Brymer)
There will also be two cello pieces to enjoy between the singing.
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.)
Look out for our posters soon!
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
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