This year's "Come and Sing" provides participants with the opportunity to sing some of the great choral masterpieces which are not often staged by smaller choirs.
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Parry: I was glad
All participants must register with John Hall at least one week before the event. Either phone 01794 884832 or email jhlandford@hotmail.com.
Hired parts will be available for collection prior to the event or can be collected on the day. By registering, you become responsible for the cost of replacing any lost parts which have been signed out to you.
The day starts in Whiteparish All Saints’ Church with registration at 1:15 pm and rehearsals will start at 1:30pm. There will be an afternoon break when complimentary refreshments will be served in the Whiteparish Memorial Hall.
The concert begins at 6:00 pm in the church. Please invite your family and friends to watch the performance.
Michael Keeley was a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral and has been a professional singer in Lichfield and St Paul’s Cathedrals and Westminster Abbey. He has taught at the Salisbury Godolphin School and is currently Director of Music at More House School in Knightsbridge. This will be Michael’s third time directing the Whiteparish Festival Chorus in the village for which his father was once vicar.
Robert Fielding will be known best in the Whiteparish area as the former Organist and Master of Choristers at Romsey Abbey and Director of Music at Sarum College. Robert is a FRCO having studied under many prominent organists during his training at the Birmingham Conservatory and at Bristol and Lancaster Universities. He is currently Director of Music at St. Martin’s Church, Salisbury.