Flier for 30 June.  To reinforce the organiser's publicity for the songs concert, Lynne has produced this poster.  We in the choir and our friends are asked to print it off, and distribute it, and display it locally so that we attract a good audience.

Next rehearsal on Thursday 21 June.  Start is at 7.0 pm

Future Thursday rehearsals:

Thursdays 14,and 21 June both also start at 7pm.

EXTRA Rehearsal

Tuesday 26 June starts at 7pm in Trinity Hall as usual.

There will be a rehearsal in the Angel at 10 am on the day of the concert.

Summer Concert: 30 June 12am to 1pm in The Ballroom of The Angel Hotel (Rehearsal there in the morning).

Music will include Aesop's Fables by Bob Chilcot, The Seal Lullaby, songs from In the Mood, and Songs and Sonnets by George Shearing.

The Choir Garden Party will be on the day of the concert 30 June at 4.0 pm, once again at Rita and Brian's house and garden.

Midi - Aesop's Fables. Log in to John Fletcher Music and pay £6 for 6 months or £10 for a year.  The site provides the MP3 midis for the Fables.

Midi - Songs and Sonnets. Log in to:

A YouTube - Aesop's Fables

A link proposed by Jane and supported by Roger:

A YouTube - Seal Lullaby

With the music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5jvDF2T6M

A YouTube - Virgo Virginum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjMfUrvKp7Y

A youTube - Agnus Dei

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvqkL4qlow

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Winter Concert: 10 November in St Mary's at 7.0pm.  Mozart's Requiem (New Novello) + Purcell's Funeral Sentences.
 

Social Events: Choir's New Year's Party A happy evening's Gwent Bach Choir dinner was held in Abergavenny Golf Club on 12 January.  It was quite a noisy and much enjoyed evening with a huge raffle taking place near the end of the evening.  One or two photographs, rather second rate, were taken to record the enjoyment of the event.     The huge raffle after dinner   Just one of the many tables

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A Final Rehearsal

Slowing down the music on midis Valerie has prepared clear instructions for changing the speed of music when using Windows Media Player. Converting a video to MP3.  Barrie has produced a video explaining how to do it:   http://www.screencast.com/t/HznNgii1iKV     Society's choir used surtitles Surtitles were thrown onto the wall above the pulpit for the audience, unfolding the story of Bach's St John Passion.    Audio clip from a November concert Recordings were taken of the November concert from the side of the church.  Mendelssohn's Verleih uns Frieden. A recording from a Summer Concert: I Know My Soul - Parry   Immortal Bach Sung by the Gwent Bach Choir in St Mary's Priory Church on 4 July 2014.  Immortal Bach by Knut Nystedt. Vocal Issues David Baggs, A long standing bass in the Choir and a physicist by training has kindly produced some interesting articles and scientific note. Choir's archive. The Choir's archive is at www.gwentarchives.gov.uk .   Other local choirs. Kington Choral Society - www.kingtonchoral.org.uk/ The Crickhowell Choral Society - www.crickhowellchoralsociety.org/ The Monmouth Choral Society - www.monmouthchoralsociety.co.uk/ The Unicorn Singers - www.unicornsingers.co.uk/ The Brecon Singers - www.breconsingers.com The Hereford Choral Society -  http://www.herefordchoralsociety.org/   Instrumental The Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra www.abergavennysymph.org.uk The Brecon Baroque Festival http://www.breconbaroquefestival.com