Leicester University Chamber Choir

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The Leicester University Chamber Choir aims to offer an exciting and challenging opportunity to talented singers that have already had some previous singing experience. We perform both sacred and non sacred pieces with repertoire including lesser known, rarely performed chamber works. Over the course of the year the choir performs in at least two high profile concerts, along with some other smaller events. Welcome to our webpage!

Student’s Union Award Nominations
June 4th, 2009, posted by acklame

The Chamber Choir are pleased to announce that we have recently been nominated for Society of the Year, and Event of the Year along with the Christian Union for the Carol Service 2008 and for the Joint Music Societies concert in 2009 jointly with the University Music Societies.

The former President and current Liaison Officer Emily Barber has also been nominated for Officer of the Year so well done!

The awards ceremony will be held at the Student’s Union on the 19th June 2009 so we will keep you posted with the results!

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Big thank you to Mark
April 10th, 2009, posted by acklame

On behalf of the choir I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mark Batten for all his hard work over the past two years. Mark has decided that it is time to move on from the choir and we wish him all the best for the future.

For the past two years Mark has dedicated many hours to the choir getting the best quality of sound he possibly can. I am sure everyone will agree that he has done a wonderful job and hopefully we will have an opportunity to work together again in the near future.

Thank you Mark once again for all your hard work and dedication.

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Birmingham Cathedral
April 10th, 2009, posted by acklame

We are pleased to announce that the Chamber Choir will be performing an Evensong on Saturday 20th June 2009 at Birmingham Cathedral. The Evensong is at 3.30pm for one hour and we will be having a rehearsal at 2.00pm. Afterwards we would like to invite everybody for a meal. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to sing in such a prestigious Cathedral and we thank Mark our conductor for arranging this.

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Excellent review in the Leicester Mercury!
November 29th, 2007, posted by Samantha Costigan

Published in the Leicester Mercury, 27th November 2007, Neil Crutchley

‘This recital of Sacred British Music was the first concert given by the Leicester University Chamber Choir, and it proved to be an impressive debut.

Conducted by Mark Batten, the talented organist of St. James the Greater, the choir consists of around thirty young singers who produced an appealingly smooth and bright sound. Mark knew what he wanted from the music and how to achieve it. His conducting was direct and unmannered with lots of eye contact and plenty of cues.

The highlight was an accomplished and compelling account of Britten’s masterly cantata, Rejoice in the Lamb. This piece presents a real challenge to any choir, but these singers had been meticulously rehearsed and coped admirably with the countless changes of tempo and dynamics. It was a vibrant and searching reading with able soloists and superb organ accompaniment from Nicholas Johnson.

The concert opened with SS Wesley’s festal anthem, Blessed Be the God and Father, which was given a strong, well-paced performance and Herbert Brewer’s extrovert setting of the Magnificat was stylishly done.

John Rutter’s organ duet, Variations on an Easter Theme played by Mark Batten and Nicholas Johnson, was enjoyably eclectic with a particularly attractive blues-inspired central section, and soprano Kat Hinkel excelled in a short piece by Barry Ferguson based on inspirational words by Mother Teresa and called It was in that train.’

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University Christmas Carol Service
November 27th, 2007, posted by Samantha Costigan

Come and Join us for the Traditional University Carol Service led the Chaplaincy and the newly named Leicester University Chamber Choir.

Tuesday 11th December 2007, beginning at 5.30pm in Queens Hall, Percy Gee building

Enjoy singing your favorite carols including O Little Town of Bethlehem, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, and O come, all ye faithful! Then relax with mince pies, mulled wine and fruit punch to end the festivities.

Seasonal Greetings, see you all there! Bring all your friends, why don’t you send them a link or maybe our flyer below.

Christmas Carol Service

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Sacred British Music Concert
November 26th, 2007, posted by Samantha Costigan

Our first official concert in this incarnation is done!

We are away, if you didn’t catch the programme, it is given below. Thank you to everybody for coming I hope you had a enjoyable evening.

Sacred Music Programme

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24th November 2007 concert
November 7th, 2007, posted by Samantha Costigan

November Concert

Our concert entitled ‘Sacred British Music across the centuries’ was on Saturday 24th November at 7.30pm at Church of St James the Greater, London Road, Leicester. Including Britten’s Rejoice in Lamb.