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BBC Choral Ambition
Ashton Singers are very pleased to have been one of the successful
applicants for the BBC Performing Arts Fund – Choral Ambition Scheme
in 2010. The grant was used for training, including a master class for
Ashton Singers by BBC Singers Chief Conductor David Hill, and in
support of the programme of events celebrating our 40th anniversary.
The BBC
Performing Arts Fund is a
charity that was set up within the
BBC in 2003 to help everyone achieve their musical ambitions, from
choirs, hip hop artists and musical theatre performers to folk
musicians. Since its inception the fund has awarded over £3m
to aspiring musicians, performers and groups across a range of genres
through funding instruments, training and development. To learn more
about what the fund does and how you can apply please visit the website
www.bbc.co.uk/performingartsfund.
The
Ashton Singers is a chamber choir of about 34 singers and was
founded in 1969
by its present conductor, Julian Macey. The
choir is based in Winchester, England and gives concerts mainly in the
Winchester area. Its repertoire includes music from all periods, both
sacred and secular, but it has a particular affinity for Renaissance
and Baroque choral music. The choir
sings the services in Winchester Cathedral for a day each year and in
other cathedrals from time to time.
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Rehearsing
for Evensong
in
St Paul’s Cathedral, April 2010
Our next event
Saturday 31st March 2012 at 7.30pm St Luke's Church, Mildmay Street (off Stanmore Lane), Winchesterdirections
Music for Lent
Julian Macey conductor Pat Glynn vihuela
Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Week by Carlo Gesualdo and Johann Kuhnau Requiem (1605) by Tomas Luis de Victoria Music for vihuela and voice by Alonso Mudarra and Victoria
