Next Performance

Carol Concert 2019 will be held on Friday 13 December at 7pm in the Presbyterian Church, Abergavenny.  Carols 5 will be used.  Tregare and Perpergwm will be on 19 December.

Concert flier for the Carol Concert on 13 December is here.  200 fliers are available, but do print them off here and give them to friends.

After Christmas. 

Rehearsals start on Thursday 2 January 2020 in St Mary's Priory Church hall. 

The spring concert will be on 4 April at 7pm at St Mary's Priory Church: the Rossini's Messe Solennelle and one other item, possibly a Beethoven piece.

Choir dinner On Friday 10 January the Choir's Dinner will be held at the Abergavenny Golf Club.

The summer concert 2020 will be in The Angel's Ballroom during the Abergavenny Arts Festival 20/27 June 2020 date to be confirmed.

Skittles for the Choir

The evening of skittles was arranged for members of the choir at the Rising Sun on Friday 11 October.  Four teams of ten battled it out over three rounds, and in the end it was Duncan Wilkins who was the top scorer with Jean's team being the overall winner.  Here are some images taken by Jean. Click on them to enlarge:

 

 

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Concert held on 10 November 2018

At the end of the Mozart Requiem:

 

 

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