It’s been a busy choral week this week, and it’s still not over; from Monday’s Chorus rehearsal of Carmina Burana, Tuesday’s Chamber Choir visit to Hassler, Lauridsen and Vaughan Williams, and Thursday’s Cecilian Choir in Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, there’s still tomorrow’s all-day Chamber Choir workshop yet to come.

Once each term, the Choir meets on a Saturday for an intensive session on key repertoire for the year; it’s also an opportunity for the group to combine socially early on in this, the first term – one of the basses has been diligently co-ordinating lunch by e-mail and Facebook throughout the week, organising who’ll be bringing what. Whilst there’s a lively social side to the day, it’s also about getting down to some serious rehearsing, focusing on developing the choir’s ensemble sound, getting to grips with tricky repertoire and really starting to push towards getting some of the music off the page and into performance mode.

Tomorrow will be long, hard work – but fun as well. (There’s even the promise of cake…). Watch this space to find out how we get on…