Past Events

The altos box at the Albert Hall

After the success of last year’s trip, the Senior Choir travelled down to London to be part of the massed choir performing works conducted by John Rutter.
Singing in the Royal Albert Hall was ‘really amazing’ and a good end to a busy year for the choir.

After the morning rehearsal we held a Barbecue at Ferry Meadows. The children enjoyed the food and an impromptu game of rounders. The rain held off until they were on the pedalos, and too busy splashing each other to notice. A big thank you goes to Melanie and Michael for organising this event.

The final concert of the year was held at the Town Hall. It gave the members who were leaving a final opportunity to entertain us. Well done and good luck to everyone in the future.

funded by Peterborough Youth Bank

The workshop by Brenda Rattray gave everyone a chance to forget the pressures of exams. Brenda’s enthusiasm inspired the youngsters to express themselves singing in parts and harmony to African and Gospel songs.

The Free workshop was organised by Members of the senior choir and was funded by a grant from Peterborough Youth Bank.

The choir celebrated it’s 15th Anniversary with an entertaining performance which included songs by Carter, Seiber, Jenkins and John Rutter. Ben and Joanna also demonstrated their talents on the piano.

Well done to everyone for creating such a wonderful evening.

As the choir has had several enjoyable weekend trips to Buckden Towers, our second charity concert this year was part of St Mary’s Church Music Festival, which was in aid of their Living Stones Appeal.

The choirs performance was well received with with everyone saying how brilliant and inspiring it was.

The following report of the evening’s entertainment was submitted to the Hunts Post.

The summer series of concerts at Buckden Parish Church got off to a fine start on Saturday 2nd May. The Peterborough Young Singers began by singing John Rutter’s “For the Beauty of the Earth” which set the tone for the evening. Their intonation was perfect and their young, fresh voices were a joy to listen to. They sang other Rutter pieces but they were equally at ease with the Three Hungarian Folk Songs by Matyas Seiber which were delivered at a very fast tempo but with excellent diction. They showed mature sensitivity in two movements from Karl Jenkins’s “The Armed Man”. The high standard of this choir which comprises young people form 8 to 21 years of age is due to the talent and hard work of its conductor, Benjamin Horden who joined the accompanist, Christopher Woodward in a duet for organ. They achieved remarkable effects in a transcription of a set of variations by Mozart originally written for string quartet. The audience was captivated by the enthusiasm of the choir and also by the discipline they showed throughout the evening. Their last song “The Rhythm of Life” reflected their energetic approach to their performance and we left the church with a spring in our step.

Well done everyone involved for making this such a success..

The choir organised a master class in singing given by the composer and conductor John Rutter.

One lady said she couldn’t believe she was actually in the same room as John Rutter. She’s loved his music for many years and “to sing it—with Him—today—wow!!”

A big thank you goes to everyone who worked so hard to make this such an enjoyable day, and particularly to Richard Allum for helping us at such short notice.

Members from both the choirs joined a Free workshop on 4 part a’cappella singing which had been organised by Hereward Harmony at the Fleet. They also took part in an evening concert where the girls sang “Lean on me”, and the boys sang “Bare Necessities” along with members of the National Barbershop Youth Chorus.

The choir was one of seven choirs from the East Anglia region invited by the National Association of Choirs to showcase their talents at the “Voices In Springtime” concert held at the King’s Lynn Corn Exchange.

The Combined Choirs at Peterborough Music Festival

Congratulations to the choir who won their class with their performances of “For the beauty of the earth” by John Rutter and “Londonderry Air” (arranged by Bob Chilcott).