{"id":7011,"date":"2015-10-16T11:18:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T10:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2015-10-16T11:18:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T10:18:14","slug":"latest-on-the-choral-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2015\/10\/16\/latest-on-the-choral-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest on the choral blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the start of the new academic year, choral life at the University has also burst into renewed life; over on the choral blog, Cantus Firmus<\/em>, we take a look at our newest ensemble, Minerva Voices<\/strong><\/a>, an upper-voice auditioned choir which has begun rehearsing ahead of a busy year; the Cecilian Choir<\/strong> has also sprung into bloom <\/a>as it starts rehearsals on Handel’s Messiah<\/em> for a Christmas Baroque concert in December; and the ‘In-Choir Within’ series introducing choral singers at the University\u00a0continues with an introduction to first-year soprano, Alice Scott<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Cecilian Choir 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With the University Chorus<\/strong> also at work in preparing Vaughan Williams’ rarely-performed The First Nowell<\/em>, you could almost say that the music department is on song… Read all about it on Cantus Firmus<\/em> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n