Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers, conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is delighted to be joined in this musical adventure by approximately 40 boys and girls aged under thirteen from the Devon County Junior Choir. The children will be involved in four movements of this...
The St Peter's Singers of Exeter Cathedral, directed by Timothy Parsons, give an informal performance.
Entry to the concert is included in the Cathedral admission charge.
About the St Peter's Singers
The St Peter's Singers of Exeter Cathedral is the adult cathedral chamber choir that sings on many occasions to augment the work of the cathedral choirs of girls, boys and professional Lay Vicars and Choral Scholars. Worship is offered every day at the Cathedral, and this is always sung during academic term times, and at many...
The University of Exeter’s a cappella group Semi-Toned is in the final of Gareth Malone’s TV search for the nation’s most talented and entertaining amateur choir.
The all-male group is one of just three choirs to make it through to the final of The Choir: Gareth’s Best in Britain.
The group was selected in a tense semi final which saw the four regional heat winners work with industry experts in a “boot camp” to prepare for a performance in front of a panel of judges.
Semi-Toned President Sylvan Rackham said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have made it through to the...
Youngsters who love singing are being offered a wonderful chance to spend a day with Exeter Cathedral’s Choristers at a special event next month. The day-long taster session, which takes place on Saturday 26thNovember 2016, is a free event offered by the music department at the Cathedral and gives children an opportunity to get a taste of life in the Cathedral Choir and sing with the current Choristers. Timothy Noon, the Cathedral’s Director of Music and conductor of the Cathedral Choir, will lead the singing workshops on the day. He said: “Singing in a choir is not only really enjoyable...
An Exeter singing group is going from strength to strength.
Run by Devon music charity Wren Music under their Voices In Common banner, the Exeter Folk Choir Voices in Common has several local concerts under its belt, a national theatre show, a growing membership and a European trip later in the summer.
The choir is based at the Exeter Community Centre, 17 St David's Hill, Exeter EX4 3RG. The group was the first folk choir that Wren Music formed a couple of decades ago and over its long history, the choir has travelled widely, made CDs, been on residential weekends and...
You know singing is good for you but did you know that since 2007, Forever Young Sing for Fun in Exeter on most Monday evenings from 7-9pm at St Sidwell's School EX4 6PG.
Around 30 people sing to backing music with the words projected on a wall. Why? Possibly because we are not a choir ... there are no auditions ... no rehearsals ... no need to read music ... no public performances ... no need to come every week [although many do] ... only pay £3:50 for 2 hours of fun ... sing to great backing music [visit the website and read about over 600 music tracks] ... each week singers...
The national music competition Open Mic UK is the biggest search for unsigned artists in the UK and it’s calling all singers, singer-songwriters, vocal groups, rappers and solo artists to get involved in their singing auditions which begin in August. With over 9,000 people entering last year, and a fifteen-date audition tour in place this year, 2015 is definitely the year to enter!
Open Mic UK focuses on developing acts with music industry feedback and live performance experience, and in addition there are thousands of...
Godspell, Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz’ legendary rock musical is back.
Following the enormous success of 2014’s gala performance at London’s Shaftesbury Avenue’s Lyric Theatre, in support of the charity Make-A-Wish-Foundation®UK, Godspell In Concert is set to tour the UK in 2015, opening at the Hackney Empire on 4 April.
The show's producers have th is week launched an exciting search, as for the first time in British theatre history, fully formed choirs from all over the country are being given the opportunity to take part in a professional touring musical production...
One of the UK's premier jazz-blues singers, Mill favourite Helen is one-of-a-kind. Throughout a long career, she's collaborated with the industry's best - Joe Cocker, Albert Lee, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Andy Fairweather Low and others. Helen's natural warmth, sense of humour and vocal virtuosity combine to produce her trademark powerhouse performance. Helen is joined by longtime musical collaborator Mark Cresswell on guitar. Expect musical magic!
Tickets: £13.75 (price covers the music only).
To book: please call 01395 568521 or visit our the Mill Shop in the Mill...
