GAOS Choral Group

GAOS Choral Group Upcoming Events

Christmas Music Evening: Rehearsals are well under way for this year's traditional Christmas concert on Wed. 16 December, under the able direction of Keith Dale, who has included some old favorites and some challenging new music. With mince pies and mulled wine, the Christmas season will be off to a wonderful start! As rehearsal period is short, it is unfortunately too late to accept new singers for this event.

Mozart Mass in C Minor (the Great Mass): Rehearsals for this event will start in January 2010, and the concert will take place 29 May 2010 in the Cathédrale St Pierre, Geneva, jointly with the Durham (UK) Choral Society. We welcome new singers for this beautiful work, which Peter Billington will conduct with orchestra and soloists. Of course MEN are particularly encouraged to sign up! Please contact Peter Billington if you would like to sing with us, and Joan Cambitsis if you would like a score ordered for you. A wonderful piece of music, to be sung in an inspiring setting-- Do come along!

Regular Choral Group meetings

The Group meets weekly in term-time, on Tuesdays from 18h.15 to 19h.45, at the Ecole Henri Dunant, avenue Edmond Vaucher, Châtelaine (near Balexert). The Group has sung a wide variety of repertoire, and the year's programme usually includes two major concerts as well as the Christmas Music evening. The Choral Group's October 2009 concert, held in the Auditoire de Calvin, comprised a selection of short choral and solo works by Schubert and Vaughan Williams of poems set to music, culminating with Vaughan Williams' lyrical version of "Toward the Unknown Region" by Walt Whitman, all directed by Peter Billington and masterfully accompanied by Joan Cambitsis. In May 2009 the Temple de Coppet was the perfect setting for an /a cappella/ presentation of inspirational music by composers from the 17th to 21st centuries, culminating with ""A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott, accompanied by a small jazz combo. The Group is always happy to have new singers and would particularly welcome Tenors and Basses. Please note that participation implies being a paid-up member of GAOS. See contacts below.

A Brief History of the Choral Group

The GAOS Choral Group was formed in 1985 to provide a continuing musical activity for members of GAOS wishing to “keep in voice” in between shows. Since its formation, it has performed music ranging from Vivaldi to Bernstein and including sacred music, Broadway musicals, folk music, jazz/pop and operetta. It has appeared three times at Victoria Hall with the Orchestre Symphonique Genevois, in works by Schubert, Verdi and Dvorak.

Contacts

Carolyn Hornfeld: +41 (22) 345 8233, email: c-hornfeld@bluewin.ch

Susan Lloyd: +33 (450) 94 28 44, e-mail: lloydsue33@gmail.com