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08 December 2023:  

The King's Trust -

Christmas Event at 

Highgrove:

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With little notice the choir received an approach from Highgrove to see if we would sing carols at their Christmas gathering for students and staff currently working with the King's Trust (formerly the Prince's Trust). Within a couple of weeks a plan was agreed and around half the regular choir was able to commit.

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Some who had planned to sing were not well enough on the day, but there was still a good turnout –13 of us  sang our hearts out, to David's accompaniment. The weather was kind: not too cold, and only a shower or two of rain, when we went under cover. We sounded good. We sang for almost an hour in the first slot as guests were arriving, and then again for half an hour or so mid-afternoon. Many were gracious enough to appreciate us, and we were photographed by many as well.

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We were also filmed. One of the big American TV news networks was covering the event as part of their news programme, and they wanted to feature us to kick the show off as it went on air. So, Tetbury Community Choir has gone global!!

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 In our second singing slot, we were treated to the King himself. He came and spoke with several members of the choir, and Chris introduced him to our musical director who in turn bowed and wished him a Happy Christmas, on behalf of us all. Chris mentioned that we rehearse on Thursday evenings, should the King find himself at a loose end on a Thursday…! The King laughed, and said something to the effect that if we heard him sing, we wouldn’t want him!"

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12 May 2023  Best of British and Beyond - 

 

As part of the celebrations of the Coronation of King Charles we performed at Tetbury's Good Shed - with popular songs from the home nations and some of the Commonwealth countries. this was interspersed with readings from local  poets/writers and a piano duet by Eleanor and David.

 

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02 June 2022.  We performed at the Beacon Lighting ceremony at St Mary's Church, Tetbury as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations. We sang the official song "A Life Lived With Grace - Lyrics by Lucy Kiely and Music by Atueyi Vincent.

We were led by our departing Musical Director Jules Addison, accompanied by Anne-Marie Humphries.

                                                          

August 2019.  Once again we were invited to sing at Holiday and Home held at Christ Church on the 1st and 2nd August.2019. One change from previous years was that of our Musical Director, as this was the first event for Nicki Atwell who had taken over from Richard George following our concert in April.

The theme for this year's event was "On the Farm" and one of the songs we sung was " O what a Beautiful Morning " from Oklahoma which  our audience joined in with the chorus. For us this is now an annual event that we thoroughly enjoy and we look forward to Holiday at Home 2020.  

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April 2019 We again performed our anniversary concert at The Goods Shed, Tetbury. Regretably it was  the last concert under the direction of our Musical Director Richard George. We were however pleased to see to see our new Musical Director, Nicola Atwell in our Audience which numbered a near sell out of 160.

We were also pleased to have Alyssia Waite, a sixteen year old soprano, as our guest soloist.

Alyssia  gave a very professional performance which delighted both the choir and audience alike with music ranging from O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini to Viliar by Franz Lehar.

The concert was in aid of Macmillan Cancer Research and the evening raised the princely sum of £1400. We thank everybody, including The Goods Shed, who supported us and the charity for what proved a very enjoyable evening.

 

December 2018 

To conclude our programme for the year a small group from the choir sang at St. Mary's Day Centre for residents of Tetbury. They had been invited  by local company Prestige Nursing + Care to come along for lunch and to be entertained. The choir sang a number of Carols which everyone was invited to join in. The accompaniment on the accordion was provided by our very own Chairman Paul Harley.

The Tetbury  Community Choir is always pleased to attend  occasions such as this 

for local organisations. Do please contact us if you have an event  you would like us to sing at.

 

 

October 2018

Our final concert of the year took place at St. Mary's Primary School Tetbury. to raise funds for the refurbishment of the School Hall. Our soloist for the evening was local singer Heather Bristow whose

performance included a traditional Irish Song " Siuill A Run " and " The Old Rugged Cross ".

The choir's repertoire, some thirteen songs, commenced with Labi Siffre's " Something Inside So Strong", included "For the Beauty of the Earth " by John Rutter and " Seal Lullaby" by Eric Whittaker  ending with our now signature song " Do You Hear The People Sing " from " Les Miserable ".

 

August 2018

We were very pleased to be again asked to sing at the " Holiday at Home " event at Christ

Church Tetbury on the 9th and 10th of August 2018 . Our repertoire commenced with a number

called "Thank me Lucky Stars ", composed and written by our Musical Director Richard especially for

the occasion.

Our programme ended with "Do you hear the People Sing " from the musical "Les Miserable"

We are already looking forward to August 2019 when we hope to return to preform again. 

 

 

April 2018

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Following on from our concert in February at St. Mary's Church, the Goods Shed was the venue             for our concert on the 18th April attended and supported by an audience of 120.

The programme was an eclectic mix of music which hopefully suited all tastes

From the surplus raised a cheque was recently presented to The Friends of Tetbury Hospital.

 

We were also very privileged to have as our soloist Maria Jagusz, an internationally renowned mezzo soprano.​ Maria has also helped improve the choir's interpretation and presentation of it's repertoire by holding a workshop in March prior to the concert, with another to follow at                   the end of April.

 

A big thank you must go to those volunteers from The Goods Shed who also helped make the evening

very enjoyable and successful.