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Musical Director: Guy Harbottle Accompanist: David Martyn Jones |
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| June 2008 |
Musical Director appointed! After a long and well-contested process for selecting our new Musical Director from such a high calibre field a decision has finally been made. The three short-listed candidates have each taken a rehearsal to enable conductor to meet choir and vice-versa. The choristers have now cast their votes, with good support for all three candidates (well done to them all), but a clear winner has emerged. We are delighted to announce that the new Musical Director for Newport Philharmonic Choir is .... Guy Harbottle! | ||||||||
| June 2008 |
Choir Barbecue On Saturday 7th June around thirty choristers and their guests plus children thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon of good food and company in the sunshine in the grounds of Tabernacle Church, Llanvaches. Emma's quiz engaged the mind while we munched through a seemingly endless supply of expertly cooked fare catering for the meat-eaters, vegetarians and those with a sweeter tooth ... and no need to get thirsty, even on a hot day. Many thanks to all who helped make it such a pleasurable social event.
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| May 2008 |
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| May 2008 |
Jeff's Presentation 'Do'
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| April 2008 |
Mal Pope Show Some of you may have missed Mal's show at 5am on Sunday mornings! He features a different choir each week and on Sunday 13th April he interviewed choir secretary Alwena. You can hear the edited highlights here (11.7 Mb) | ||||||||
| Feb.2008 |
Appointment of new MD The Musical Director of the choir, Jeffery Vernon Davies, having held this position for 18 years, has decided to tender his resignation with effect from Saturday 26th April 2008. During that time he has been a tremendous asset to the choir and it has made great progress under his leadership. Many challenging choral works have been performed and the choir's reputation established in Newport and further afield. He is going to be very difficult to replace. The committee is now in the process of drawing up plans for the appointment of a new Musical Director. It is hoped that Jeff's replacement will have an equally impressive music pedigree and with the ambition to build on Jeff's success and develop the potential of the choir into the years to come. |