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PRESIDENT'S TALK - SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2008
Choir President Ros Grant will give an illustrated talk on her latest adventures in Rubislaw Church Centre at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday 1 November 2008. Tickets priced £5 will be on sale from Tuesday 7 October.
QUIZ NIGHT - SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2009
A little late for Burns Night but Haggis will be provided - more details to come.
COFFEE MORNING - SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2009
A coffee morning in aid of Choir funds will be held in Queens Cross Church Hall from 10-12 a.m. on Saturday 21 March 2009.
ABERDEEN BACH CHOIR IN CLOSING CONCERT OF 2008 BRECHIN ARTS FESTIVAL
The Choir was invited to perform in the closing concert of the Brechin Arts Festival on Sunday 28 September 2008 in Brechin Cathedral.
LONDON TRIP REPLACES CANCELLED STAVANGER TRIP
The sub-committee under Kate Graham planning a possible recital in Stavanger Cathedral in July/August 2008 has reluctantly decided to cancel the trip as it has not proved possible to agree a suitable date. This trip was replaced by a trip to London including a performance in Saint Columba's Church on Saturday 12 July 2008 and participation in a performance of The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins in the Royal Albert Hall the following evening.
SOCIAL EVENING WITH COLIN BROCKIE
Baritone Colin Brockie, winner of the Ellie Pirie Scholarship winner for 2006-7 and 2007-8 and former winner in 2003-4, provided the entertainment at a social evening to be held in Ferryhill Parish Church on Saturday 22 March 2008.
MUSICAL CELEBRATION FOR JAMES LOBBAN
A musical celebration of the life of our late conductor was held in St Machar's Cathedral at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday 3 March 2007.
BAG PACKING AT ASDA
The Asda bag packing event on Saturday 16 December 2006 raised £859.40 for choir funds.
SILENT AUCTION
The Silent Auction in Queens Cross Church
on Saturday 7 October 2006 raised £1 300 for choir funds.
50th ANNIVERSARY - Aberdeen Bach Choir celebrated its 50th anniversary since
its reconstitution in 2006. The highlight was a performance of J.S. Bach St
Matthew Passion on Sunday 23 April 2006 in St. Machar's Cathedral.
50th ANNIVERSARY DINNER
The 50th anniversary dinner
which was to have been held at The Marcliffe Hotel in the Courtyard suite on
Monday 24 April 2006 has been postponed indefinitely.
ELLIE PIRIE PRIZE WINNER
The winner of the Ellie Pirie prize for 2005-6 is
Paul Tierney, Baritone, a student of music at the University of Aberdeen. Paul performed a short recital for the choir in St Margaret's School on Tuesday 17 January 2007.
The winner of the Ellie Pirie Scholarship for 2004-5 was Andrew House, a fine
young tenor from Perth who was
in his third year of a music degree at the University of Aberdeen. On Tuesday,
15 November 2005, Andrew gave a most
accomplished and varied recital which was warmly received by around fifty
choir members.
He
then joined the audience to sample the refreshments provided. It was a very
friendly and enjoyable evening, and there was a special welcome to the new
members who came along.
BRAILLE AND LARGE PRINT PROGRAMMES - Our December
2003 concert saw the introduction of Braille and large print programmes,
which ensured that our concert was made accessible to as wide a range of
people as possible. Please contact our
Publicity officer to
reserve a Braille or large print programme for our forthcoming concerts.
BRECHIN ARTS FESTIVAL - Aberdeen Bach Choir, with Donald Hawkesworth, Eva
Robertson and members of Aberdeen Sinfonietta, performed works by J.S. Bach
and Karl Jenkins at the closing concert of the 2004 Brechin
Arts
Festival
on Sunday 3rd
October
2004. Colin Brockie, the current holder of
the Ellie Pirie Scholarship and a fine, young baritone singer, also gave a
recital of songs accompanied by Donald Hawkesworth (piano).
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