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Thousands of people throughout the UK are joining choirs following the success of the television programme The Choir.
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Twyford Singers invite you to be one of that number. Rehearsals have started for the new season. We would
particularly welcome more tenors and basses.
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For details:
click on New Members on this website, telephone 0118
969 8326 or email secretary@twyford-singers.org.uk. There is no audition but you
need to be able to sing in tune. Rehearsals are at the United Reformed Church
Hall, Church Street,
Twyford on Tuesdays 7.45-9.45pm.
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Large audience votes for Singers on X Factor night | |
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Twyford Singers beat off competition from the last night of television's ‘X Factor’ by
attracting a capacity audience to St Mary’s Twyford for their annual Christmas
Concert.
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The choir performed the world première of a new Christmas carol
written
especially for them by their talented young conductor, Samuel
Rathbone, pictured above with choir members Christina Wyatt (left) and
Nihan Baker. | |
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Samuel,
23, said: “I wrote the carol ‘Gentle Mary laid her child’ for this year’s
concert, aiming to write a piece
traditional in style and accessible for any four part choir."
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Twyford
Singers’ chairman Marjorie Harrison said: “We loved singing Sam's carol: it has a simplicity and gentleness. We really appreciate his musical skills and the atmosphere he creates, encouraging us to work hard to keep improving." | |
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Samuel and the two choir members are pictured outside Windsor
Castle where he lives with an old
university friend. Samuel used to
deputise for the organist at St
George's Chapel at the castle.
Click on Our previous concerts for concert review
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Singers' carols for senior citizens and a garden centre | |
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| Twyford Singers have been out and about taking Christmas carols to a wide audience.
They
had warm welcomes at Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre and farm shop
(pictured above), Twyford Library and Arborfield Over 60s Club (pictured below) and also at
care homes at Bridge House, Twyford; Liberty of Earley, Earley; and
Beechbrook, Hare Hatch. | |
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| Top job at Westminster Abbey for Samuel | |
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Twyford
Singers' young conductor Samuel Rathbone (pictured above) has started
work as one of Westminster Abbey's three organists.
This means he plays for nationally important celebrations and commemorations attended by the Queen and the country's leaders.
He was one of the organists at the nation's Armistice Day service to mark the passing of the World War I generation.
Samuel
said: “That service was an amazing occasion, the biggest event I have been involved in. There were 2000 people there but I wasn’t really nervous: there was so much going on.
“It was
very moving hearing the accounts of the World War I servicemen’s experiences. Previously I played for the Normandy veterans’
service at the abbey. It is a special
place to be.” Part of his abbey work includes rehearsing the abbey choir.
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