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 and Songs and Sonnets by George Shearing.

Those who want to buy their own copies can secure a discount from DS Music  www.dsmusic.com making the cost below the normal £16.  Their telephone number is 01600 772770.  Tell them that you are a member of the choir.

The Choir Garden Party will be later on the day of the concert, 30 June.

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 here.

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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