In this section you will find the latest news from Epworth Choir.
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Epworth Choir Concert on Saturday 9th October, 2010
at 7.30pm, ChristChurch, Town Square, Woking.
Woking’s Epworth Choir announce this year’s Autumn Concert – ‘Sublime to Sizzlin’....!’ An Evening of Spirituals, Jazz and Songs from the Deep South. Epworth Choir are delighted to announce that the celebrated mezzo-soprano, Melanie Marshall will be the Guest Artiste.
 Melanie is frequently hailed as one of this country’s most versatile singers, encompassing jazz, opera, oratorio, musical theatre and cabaret. Her numerous recordings include John Rutter’s ‘A Christmas Festival’ and, ‘Feel the Spirit’, which will be performed at this concert. Melanie will also feature in ‘Highlights from Porgy & Bess’ arranged by Harry Simeone.
Epworth Choir are pleased to announce that the concert will also feature former Woking High School student, and Woking Musician of the year Finalist, Alexander Campbell, who will be performing Jazz Solos on the Trombone. Also appearing will be The Epworth Youth Choir and Daniel Hill, piano. The concert will be conducted by Amy Bebbington.
The concert will be supporting The Friends of Woking Community Hospital.
Tickets: £15, £5 (Children & Students) available from early July :
Epworth Choir Box Office, tel 01483 750506, online at: www.epworthchoir.org and
Origin Books & Media, Town Square, Woking.
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Katherine Dienes-Williams to conduct Epworth Choir in Cathedral
Epworth Carol concert at Guildford Cathedral on 19 December 2009.. to book see left panel and click on link
Katherine Dienes, MA, BMus, FRCO, Hon ARSCM, Hon GCM was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral in January 2008 following six years as Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick. She was the first-ever female member to be elected to the Cathedral Organists' Association, and on her appointment to Guildford, became the first ever woman to hold such a post in the Church of England.
Katherine was born and educated in Wellington, New Zealand and studied for a BA in Modern Languages and a BMus at Victoria University, Wellington. Katherine was Organ Scholar at Wellington Cathedral from 1988 to 1991 when she was appointed Assistant Organist there.
She is active as a composer, and one of her compositions was performed in the presence of the Queen in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990. Treble Clef Music Press publishes much of her treble voice repertoire in the United States. Other choral compositions, such as her setting of ‘Jesu dulcis memoria', have been performed widely both in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Katherine has studied choral training with David Hill, Chorusmaster to the Bach Choir in London and Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers, and Patrick Russill at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she took part in the Church Music Studies Course. She holds a Master of Arts in Music and Liturgy from Leeds University.
Other interests include languages (her BA is in French and German), travel, reading and swimming. She is a Knight of the Grand Order of Vitéz and a Knight of the Order of St. Ladislau (Hungary).
Katherine is married to Patrick Williams, Librarian to the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Katherine and Patrick have a daughter, Hannah. |
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Emmanuel Bach will guest with Epworth Choir on Saturday 19 December
Emmanuel has already distinguished himself as a solo violinist, showing a dedication, commitment and passion beyond his years. He has won numerous awards for his playing, including: the Humphrey Richardson Taylor Charitable Trust Prize, the Young Musician of the Year title in the IAPS Competition, and the RGS Musician of the Year Competition. Most recently he was the winner of the Woking Musician of the Year Award and will play with the Woking Symphony Orchestra in 2010. Concerts in 2009 have included a Piano Trio as part of the Leeds International Lunchtime Concert series; Wigmore Hall, leading the Procorda Sextet (playing an early Italian violin loaded by Peter Biddulph) as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations; Recital for the Friends of Music (South Africa) and Charity Recitals for Christian Aid and the Woking Hospice Emergency Appeal.Natasha Boyarski (Head of Strings at the Yehudi Menuhin School) has described him as ‘a musician with a unique individual gift that is a sign of true artistry'’.
Emmanuel has formed a duo with Jenny Stern and together they present a varied programme of classical repertoire. |
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 Epworth member, Johanna Branston (pictured here with Alan Titchmarsh), will be otherwise engaged when the Choir performs Handel’s ‘Messiah’ with the Brandenburg Sinfonia in Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 25th April. – She will be puckering up and competing in the 36th IWC World Whistling Championships in Louisburg, North Carolina, USA on that date!
Johanna will be the first English woman to take part in the Championships this century, and is hoping to raise money to support the work of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (Reg. Charity No. 179049) – a charity close to her heart, as she has two family members with ‘CF’.
"I am particularly sad to be missing this particular concert, as I know it will be a ‘belter’. Although a familiar piece to many, Music Director Neil Ferris is making us feel the ‘Messiah’ in an exciting, energised way, and choir members are working very hard to break old, familiar bad habits!"
Not all is lost, however, as if Johanna get past the first round in Louisburg, she might just be whistling the ‘Hallelujiah’ chorus on the same day!
"Epworth has been extremely generous to me, both in terms of sponsorship for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, and in encouragement for my somewhat unusual fundraising endeavour and, yes, I have had to stand up and whistle in front of them!......"
For concert and ticket information, please contact: 01483 750506 or 01483 440000
For information on how to support Johanna’s World Whistling Attempt, (including videoed proof of her ‘talent’(!), please go to www.justgiving.com/whistlingforcft, or contact the Cystic Fibrosis Trust on www.cftrust.org.uk (tel: 0208 464 7211) |
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