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2 December 2023

1. Next Rehearsal: Next week’s rehearsal will consist of the following; Purcell: AllMozart: Duncan would like us to progress with the Mozart as much as time will allow us.  2. Additional Rehearsal:On Saturday 20 January there is an additional rehearsal for the Purcell and the Mozart from 1400-1700. Please put this date in your calendar, this...

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21 October 2023

Firstly I am delighted to be assuming the role of Chair, I am looking forward to the challenge thank you all for your confidence. My huge thanks to Philip who has performed an extraordinary role and I am grateful for his very detailed handover to me. I now move onto some reassuring news; Our member...

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Orpheus 2024

Saturday 13 January 2024, Orpheus – this is a popular come-and-sing. There is a one-day workshop/rehearsal – 13 January 2024, followed by a concert in Oxford Town Hall on 10 February 2024, Brahms Requiem and Dvorak Te Deum. For more details, see their website.

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10 September 2023

Message from Duncan In case you missed it, Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor was the centrepiece of a BBC Prom on the television last night. A stunning performance from The Dunedin Consort conducted by John Butt. The tenor Benjamin Hullet (a past SCS soloist), a brilliant chorus, and some of Mozart’s most dazzling writing...

Oxford 2021
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Oxford 2021

With two failed attempts to sing in Porto casting a long shadow, our MD proposed a 'singing staycation' in Oxford

Jerez 2019
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Jerez 2019

The 2019 Summertown Singers trip took us back to Spain, to another wine region but this time, instead of the slightly cooler northern Spanish area of La Rioja we were in the deep south west, in the sherry capital, Jerez de la Frontera.

Haro 2017
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Haro 2017

In August 2017, the Summertown Singers gathered to rehearse and sing in Haro, in the Rioja region of Spain. This was the second visit to Haro, after a successful visit in 2011.

Santo Domingo 2012
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Santo Domingo 2012

2012 saw the Summertown Singers in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, a small mediæval town on the one of pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela.

Haro 2011
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Haro 2011

2011 was our first visit to Haro where we performed in the bodega of a renowned Haro winemaker.