News:
Nov 14th 2009
We
had a great turnout for our performance of Rutter's Requiem and Hummel's Mass in
B flat at St Saviour's Church, Oxton. In addition we sang the Hallelujah
Chorus by Handel and our soprano soloists,
Jocelyn Somerville, sang an aria,
also from the Messiah.
As a result we were able to donate an extra £119 to the Children in Need Appeal.
Oct 10th 2009
The society were delighted with the turnout for the 'Come & Sing' Messiah in aid of the Charles Scarratt Appeal . Everyone had a very enjoyable afternoon and evening at St Saviour's Church, Oxton. We were pleased with the performance which was enhanced by local soloists Jocelyn Somerville, Imogen Garner, Peter Bates and Stuart O'Hara, accompanied by Jon Barton on the organ and under the baton of David Holroyd. All profits are to be donated to the Fund and so far we have given over £900.
Oct 5th 2009
At the AGM tonight Birkenhead Choral Society were pleased to elect their new Chairman, Brenda Losekoot. We are also pleased that Jon Barton has accepted a permanent position as our rehearsal accompanist. We hope you will hear him playing at many of our concerts.
Congratulations and thank you to all the people working on the new Committee. Thank you too for all the support I have had as Chairman for the last 5 years - DH.
June 29th 2008
The performance of Vierne's Messe Solennelle and the plethora of other French music on June 29th was greatly enhanced by the hire of a digital organ from the Lancashire firm of
This was made possible by a grant from Wirral Borough Council’s ‘Culture for All’ fund. As a result we had two organs and three organists which made for a lively and memorable evening.
Read the review of the concert
May 2008
Looking ahead to the celebration of the centenary of the birth of
Charles Scarratt, founder of Birkenhead Choral
Society, first details of the Charles Scarratt Music
Award Fund have been announced. This is intended to provide three
prizes each year to young musicians from Wirral.
Fuller details are available here. We hope to have a special event next year in conjunction with this.
January 30th 2008
Shirley Potter (Chairman, Formby Choral Society) and David
Horton
were welcomed at the Al-Ghazali Centre, Liverpool
by Farhan Abu Hassan.
Farhan intoned the Muslim Call to Prayer in our performance of "The
Armed Man" in April 2008.
January 2008
Thank you to all those who helped us to support the Children's hospice, Claire House:
November 24th 2007
An excellent concert at St Saviours, Oxton using the new staging
Sept 8th 2007
More good news as we learnt that Wirral Borough Council, in their support of community initiatives, have granted us a significant sum towards the cost of our new staging. We are grateful to the areas of Heswall / Pensby & Thingwall, Greasby, Frankby, Irby, Upton & Woodchurch, West Wirral and Oxton / Prenton, who all supported the donation in recognition of the number of singers and audience who come from those areas.
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Sept 1st 2007
We enjoyed sharing in the celebration of David Williams' wedding to Ruth at Hoylake. It was a tremendous occasion and 30 of us formed a small choir led by David Holroyd.
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June 2007:
On June 18th we were delighted to hear from Awards for All that we had been granted 50% funding for our new staging. The current staging was well worn and may have been responsible for some unusual musical effects as we strove to balance on an increasing wobbly base. It will be much safer and more versatile so that access for disabled people can be facilitated. It is modular in construction so that we can have different arrangements in different churches to suit the situation.
A recent photograph shows how the back rows of the choir disappear from view and we hope you will find the new system a great improvement.
We are pleased to acknowledge our gratitude.
