Posted by George Holloway.
Finchley Chamber Choir and Finchley Chamber Orchestra with George Holloway
(Mentored by Fraser Trainer)
Feb
27
Posted by George Holloway.
Dear All in Finchley,
I wanted to send my greetings from Taiwan. I’ve brought my sketches for your piece with me, and while I’m here, spending a semester at National Taiwan University in Taipei, I’ll be working on it. I’ve told David I’ll be sending some things back now and then, so watch this space. I have another blog about my time in Taiwan, if your curious, at
http://georgeholloway.wordpress.com
Best wishes for a good season of concerts,
George
Feb
17
Posted by George Holloway.
It’s taken me a while to get writing on here, so I could write a lot about what’s happened so far– I’ll try to keep it brief!
Winter 2009: I’m so pleased I was paired with the Finchley groups, as they are wonderful players/singers, with admirably high standards. I was impressed by the seriousness and concentration with which they rehearse under David Lardi; they sight-read and absorb new music extremely well; the sound of both groups is fantastic. I simply can’t …
Feb
4
Posted by Judith Robinson.
George came along to a choir rehearsal last Tuesday and brought the first sketch of the “Finchley Cantata” (working title) which we found fairly challenging but very singable. The “singability” is very important as FCC has a lot of strong individual singers and a rich sound, and George was excited about being able to take advantage of that. Not every member was at this rehearsal and we were somewhat tentative while sight-reading the piece but even so, it sounded impressive. There were some …
Feb
4
Posted by Judith Robinson.
Finchley Chamber Orchestra and Finchley Chamber Choir are “sister” organisations that both rehearse and perform in Trinity Church in North Finchley. We perform together twice a year, at Christmas and in the summer, in addition to a busy schedule of concerts throughout the rest of the year. Finchley Chamber Choir participated in Adopt a Composer a few years ago, and we thought it would be interesting to apply to the scheme as a joint venture this time around.
Our adopted composer is …
Oct
29
Posted by Sound and Music.
Over the course of the next year you can follow the composers and the amateur music groups they are collaborating with through this blog. You can focus on any particular partnership by selecting one of the six ‘Partnership Blogs’ located to the right hand column, or just see all of them through the front page. We hope you enjoy the site, the work that’s produced and we look forward to reading your comments!
