VACANCY FOR MUSICAL DIRECTOR Teddington Choral Society is seeking to appoint a new Musical Director from September 2011 as Geoffrey Bowyer is retiring from this role after 25 years. Experience of choral teaching and conducting is required. Applicants should be able to deliver rehearsals that are challenging, productive and enjoyable, and should have a vision for the future of the choir. Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential. The Musical Director will be responsible for directing all rehearsals, conducting choir and orchestral concerts, arranging an orchestra and other musical accompaniment as necessary and working with the Committee to select repertoire, soloists and venues. S/he will need to attend committee meetings by invitation, roughly twice a term in the evening. Our repertoire is generally mainstream choral, including music from the 21st century. The Society currently presents 3 concerts a year and another as part of the Voices for Hospices event in alternate years. There is a musically lighter summer soiree, a Christmas concert in December and a large choral and orchestral work in the spring, when we use professional soloists and an orchestra. Rehearsals take place during term time at the United Reformed Church, Twickenham, on Mondays between 7.45pm and 9.45pm. Recruitment will be via Richmond Adult Community College’s application process. For details and an application form, please contact Kate Livingston. Email: johnandkatelivingston@yahoo.co.uk Welcome to the Teddington Choral Society Website.
TCS is currently around 100 strong; we are always on the lookout for new singers, particularly male voices. We perform three concerts a year: the Spring Concert is our serious one, usually a major oratorio or operatic piece; the Summer Soirée is of a lighter nature, usually themed and including a bring-your-own supper. In December we give a traditional Carol Concert at which we also perform longer works. In September 2011, the choir will celebrate its 60th anniversary. Over its 60 years, the society has had only five Musical Directors! During this time, the choir has performed in some very prestigious venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal Festival Hall and at Kneller Hall with the Band of the Royal Military School of Music. We have also entertained in Central Hall, Westminster; at Eastbourne, Chipping Norton; Wandsworth; and at the Alexandra Palace. Over the years, TCS has performed under many distinguished batons, including those of Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir Adrian Boult, Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Vilem Tausky. More recently, in November 2000, the choir took part in The Richmond Millennium 2000 Concert at the Landmark Arts Centre, Teddington, performing Verdi’s Requiem with The Barnes Choir, Cantanti Camerati, Whitton Choral Society and The Richmond Orchestra, all under the baton of Phillip Hesketh.
Thanks to these past successes and our imaginative choice of future programmes, TCS is thriving. We are always pleased to welcome new singers, regardless of age, especially those who enjoy their music making: we do like to rehearse and perform with our sense of humour switched on! Kate Livingston,
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Then, in March 2001, TCS performed the world
première
of Geoffrey Bowyer’s ‘A Pilgrim’s Requiem’,
with Cantanti Camerati and the Teddington Symphonia. In 2004, some
members of TCS formed part of the choir to be
seen in the Bridget Jones film, The Edge Of Reason.