Welcome Leaflet
Welcome!
We hope that you enjoy singing with us, and that you will want to
join us. We are a friendly choir, there is no audition but an
ability to follow music notation and a sense of pitch are important.
We began life as a peace choir, started by local Quakers to sing
peace songs, and over the years have expanded our repertoire but we
remain in that tradition. We hope that this is important to you too.
How to begin
Please make sure you are introduced to Librarian Hilary Dickson to
collect the music we are singing and to Trish Roscoe our Membership
Secretary. She will give you a short form to complete asking for
your details so that we can communicate with you with updates and
other important informatiion. Your email address and telephone
numbers will be shared with the whole choir, so please let Trish
know if you don't wish to be on this list. Other personal
information will be kept confidential to those who need to know. If
you have any access needs or there is anything else we need to know
about your health please let Trish know about that too.
If for some reason you need to be absent for a session, please let
Jane Freeland know through the website address:
conchord@conchordsingers.co.uk
Music
Hilary will distribute downloaded copies of certain pieces of music,
and lend you library copies of other pieces, or you may choose to
buy your own at a discount through the choir. If you are annotating
borrowed music following Craig’s direction, please use a soft pencil
so that we can easily clean the music before returning it to the
library.
Finances
The choir always sings to raise money for good causes chosen by the
choir, so the finances for the running of the choir rely heavily on
subscriptions, which are £180 per year. Please speak to Treasurer Barbara Hodge if you have
difficulty in paying.
Monthly standing orders can be set up:
£15 per month or £20 per month if you are able.
£12 per month for students.
This amount needs to be paid throughout the year.
Bank details:
Conchord Singers, Barclays Bank
Account number: 90937975
Sort code: 20 79 31
Concert dress
Black open neck shirt, black trousers for the men
Black top, black trousers or long skirt and a piece of statement
jewellery for the women
Important names and committee members
Musical director Craig Lawton
Accompanist Chris Bluemel
Chairperson Kaeren Harrison
Vice chairperson Alison Spottiswoode
Treasurer: Barbara Hodge
Librarian Hilary Dickson
Publicity/media Jane Freeland and
Mike Wood
Secretary: Margaret Papps
Membership secretary: Trish Roscoe
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