HOW TO JOIN
Like most choirs in this country, we need more men! Tenors and basses are very welcome
as are voices of all parts.
If you are interested in knowing more and joining this thriving choir, please contact
our Secretary, Esme Burton who will give you more details.
There is currently no formal audition and prospective members are admitted on a “probabtionary”
basis. During that period, the Musical Director will discuss the candidate’s voice
to ensure that he or she is placed in the correct section. Candidates are given notes
to help them settle in and in these notes there are “housekeeping” details.
Subscriptions become due after the AGM which takes place generally in October. For
new members, the first term is FREE and then, in the first year, pro rata.
The Society provides members with music for each concert, the cost of this forming
part of the subscription. Some people prefer to have their own copies and the library
co-ordinator can arrange for them to be bought on your behalf, should you so wish.
Live music is a costly business and when we perform with an orchestra and soloists
we need to sell about 1000 tickets to break even - each concert costs on average
£9–10,000 to put on. Inevitably, we make a loss on large-scale concerts, as do most
amateur choral societies. We are highly dependent, therefore, on ticket sales and
we encourage members to sell as many tickets as possible to minimise the loss and
to ensure that we are singing to a good audience.
