JAGS Choral Society
Musical Director – Leigh O’Hara
Assistant Musical Director – Marilyn Harper
Come & join us - rehearsals at 7.30 – 9.30 pm term-time Tuesday evenings in the JAGS Holst Hall.
No audition necessary – just bring some enthusiasm and a pencil!
James Allen’s Girls’ School Choral Society was founded in 1987 and is a choir of around 70 voices – parents, staff, former pupils and local people – which meets weekly during term-time to rehearse the well-known, and sometimes new or unusual, works of the choral repertoire. Originally the idea was to provide tenor and bass parts for the school choirs, but the Choral Society has developed a vigorous life of its own gives three concerts each year with orchestra including singing in exciting venues such as St Paul’s Cathedral and St John’s Smith Square, Blackheath and Cadogan Hall. See the bottom of this page for repertoire for the past few years.
New voices are always welcome - previous experience of singing in choirs is not necessary and no audition is required. The emphasis is on enjoying making good music. Membership is open to everyone, irrespective of connections with JAGS or JAPS.
Contact the Music School or phone 020 8613 6436 for more details, or just come along to the JAGS Holst Hall on Tuesday evenings during term-time at 7.30pm.
All rehearsals in JAGS Holst Hall
Summer Term 2010 Rehearsal Schedule
Tuesday 4 May Drinks at 7pm followed by a rehearsal from 7.30 - 9.00pm
Tuesday 11, 18 and 25 May 7.30 - 9.30pm
There is no rehearsal on Tuesday 1 June due to half-term break
Tuesday 8, 15, 22 June 7.30 - 9.30pm
Thursday 24 June 7.30 - 9.30pm *NB: THURSDAY!
Concert Details:
Sunday 27 June Rehearsal 1.00 - 4.00pm
Concert 6.00- 7.15pm JAGS Holst Hall
Party: After concert in the JAGS Dining Hall
Repertoire: Haydn: Harmoniemesse and English Madrigals
Autumn Term 2010 Rehearsal Schedule
Tuesday 14 September Drinks at 7pm followed by a rehearsal from 7.30 - 9.00pm
Tuesdays 21, 28 September and 5, 12 October 7.30 - 9.30pm
There are no rehearsals on Tuesday 19 and 26 October due to half-term break
Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 13, 30 November 7.30 - 9.30pm
Tuesday 7 December 7.00 - 9.30pm
Thursday 9 December 7.30 - 9.30pm Possible extra rehearsal tbc *NB Thursday!
Sunday 12 December Afternoon rehearsal
Concert details:
Monday 13 December Rehearsal 5.30 - 6.45pm St Barnabas
Concert 7.30 - 9.45pm
Repertoire: To include Elgar: The Music Makers
Highlights from previous performances:
March and May 2010
Britten: St Nicolas
December 2009
Brahms: A German Requiem
June 2009
Handel: Samson
March 2009
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle listen to a clip from this concert
September 2008
Orff: Carmina Buranna
June 2008
Mozart: Requiem
March 2008
Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Seiber: Three Hungarian Songs
Taverner: The Lamb
December 2007
20th Anniversary Concert
Dvorak and Bruckner: Te Deum
Verdi and Puccini: Opera Choruses
June 2007
Mendelssohn: Elijah
March 2007
Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (choral)
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
September 2006
Bach: Magnificat
Kate Pearson: Utopias (World Premiere)
June 2006
Haydn: Creation
March 2006
Faure: Requiem
December 2005
Handel: Messiah
June 2005
Haydn: Nelson Mass
March 2005
Verdi: Requiem