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The Singers are a chamber choir of 36 voices which rehearses in central London every 3 - 4 weeks on a Sunday afternoon. It gives and average of 6 concerts a year in the South East : often mixed programmes of a cappella music, with an orchestral concert including a larger scale work every other year in London.

They give concerts further afield, including Norwich Cathedral (1996), Rheims Cathedral (1997), Verona and St. Mark's, Venice (1998), St Nicholas Cathedral, Galway and other venues in Ireland (2000), Barcelona (2002), Florence, Sienna and San Gimignano (2004) and Ballywillan, Northern Ireland (2004). In 2005 the performed in and around Erfurt, Germany and as part of the Thaxted Festival .

They have given concerts on behalf of local and national charities, including the National Trust, Christchurch Forum, MENCAP. the Museum of Garden History and the Hospice Movement and have raised over £20,000 since their formation.

A special feature of the choir is its support of younger singers by giving concerts which have incorporated youth choirs in works such as Andrew Carter's: Benedicite and Guido Haazen's: Missa Luba and with school choirs in Oxford, New Malden and Heathfield. They invite other singers to join them for special events, such as Brahm's: Requiem which it performed in Heathfield, Sussex (1996) and the Rachmaninov: Vespers (2001).

Its enterprising programmes range from a mix of sacred and secular works interspersed with readings, to longer and rarely performed works such as Pizzetti's: Messa De Requiem (1997), Camerata of London), Vaughan Williams': Mass in G Minor (1999) and Finzi's: Requiem da Camera with the Camerata of London in 2003 and Britten's: Company of Heaven in 1998 and again in 2005 at St James’ Piccadilly with the Camerata of London.

  1993 - First year

1998 in Venice

August Bank Holiday at Castle Acre

Year 2000 in Tuam, Ireland
         
  Brian Newman  
 

In addition to his work with the Grove Singers, Brian is conductor of the Heathfield Choral Society and the Lyric Chamber Orchestra. He has also worked with massed choirs, as chorus master for Opera Galas and other concerts at major venues, including the Royal Albert Hall, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham and the Crystal Palace Concert Bowl.

He has conducted in America with the London Chorale, and in China and Europe with the Grove Singers and the English Concert Singers. He has prepared choirs for television and CD recordings.

    Conductor - Brian Newman
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