{"id":1500,"date":"2015-10-22T08:42:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T08:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/?p=1500"},"modified":"2015-10-22T08:47:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T08:47:54","slug":"in-choir-within-alice-hargreaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cantusfirmus\/2015\/10\/22\/in-choir-within-alice-hargreaves\/","title":{"rendered":"In-Choir Within: Alice Hargreaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continuing our series featuring choral singers at the University. This week, first-year soprano with Minerva Voices, Chorus and the Cecilian Choir Alice Hargreaves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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How did you get into choral singing ?<\/strong>
\nFrom a young age I loved choral music, as I watched my older sister sing in many concerts, but it started properly when I performed a solo in my Junior School Concert at the age of 10. I will never forget how nervous I was, and how amazing it felt after I had sung.<\/p>\n

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Alice Hargreaves<\/p><\/div>\n

What\u2019s your favourite piece ? <\/strong>
\nThere are so many pieces that I love. But if I had to pick one, it would probably have to be Silent Noon<\/em> by Ralph Vaughan Williams. It is such an amazing piece and it sends shivers down my spine every time I sing it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your best\/worst memory about singing in a choir ? <\/strong>
\nMy worst memory would have to be when I was 12 years old and had been practising for a choral concert, it was an unusually warm day and I remember in the rehearsal on the day, I was so ill that I couldn\u2019t actually make the performance. I was so upset at the time but looking back I think it was for the best!<\/p>\n

My best memory, well, I have two! My first would be when in July I sang ‘Pie Jesu’ from Faure\u2019s Requiem<\/em> in St Paul\u2019s Chapel, Ground Zero in New York. It was a special moment and one I will never forget. My second would be when my school were fortunate enough to perform the choral work Every Purpose Under The Heaven<\/em> written and conducted by Howard Goodall.<\/p>\n

What do you find the most inspirational aspect of choral singing ?<\/strong>
\nBeing able to meet and sing with so many other people, and connect with them through beautiful musical works, with the result of this connection being something special and magical.<\/p>\n

Alice is on Twitter @alhargreaves_<\/a><\/p>\n