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Welcome to
South Somerset Choral Society
Could prospective new singers please note that membership of the choir for sopranos and altos is at present closed. Your name can be added to a waiting list by contacting our membership secretary by clicking here
The Society was formed over 40 years
ago and has staged concerts at least twice a year ever since. They
usually take place in December and March or April. There are also
other special public events and several social events during the
year which will be published on this web site and also advertised
to choir members at rehearsals.
For details of rehearsals (venue,
time etc) please go to our "Membership" tab
Further details of forthcoming
concerts can be found on the "Next
Concert" tab
For details of membership of our 100 club, please click here
Tim Donaldson (Musical Director)
Tim began singing as a boy chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. After University in Leeds (where he was choirmaster and deputy organist at the Anglican Chaplaincy Church) he joined BBC Radio as an Engineer, working in London, Bristol and finally, Luton, where he sang in many choirs. He was a member of a professional church choir in London and, as a member of the Corydon Singers, recorded Rachmaninov’s “Vespers” amongst other things. As a soloist, he sang the part of Pilate in the Somerset Chamber Choir’s performance of Bach’s “St John Passion” alongside Emma Kirkby, but has also made solo appearances with the North Curry Village Choir, Taunton Concert Band and South Somerset Choral Society. He conducted the Wingrave Singers (near Aylesbury) and, after a move to commercial radio in Bristol, Nailsea Choral Society for eight years. A founder member of the Somerset Chamber Choir, he conducts an occasional choir – the Somerset Consort - which performs in venues by invitation. He was appointed Assistant Musical Director of the South Somerset Choral Society in 2008, and has now succeeded Richard Barrell as Musical Director this season. He lives at Drayton, near Langport, with his wife Karen and their two children. |
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Rehearsal accompanist Shirley Long |
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