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Welcome to
South Somerset Choral Society
A review of our last concert (Bach's B minor Mass) is now available on the "Reviews" tab
and here is a photo of the occasion kindly provided by Jeff Hutson
Dates for your diary: Please see the Membership tab
The Society was formed 50 years
ago this year and has staged concerts at least twice a year ever since. They
usually take place in March or April and November, with Carol Concerts in December. 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.
Photo courtesy Tris Pinkney and National Trust at Barrington Court
Further details of forthcoming
concerts can be found on the "Next
Concert" tab
For details of 100 club winners, 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. 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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