Category member notices and updates
‘Christmas present’ to Yorkhill
We are delighted that our 2014 Christmas Concert has enabled us to donate £800 to support the work of the Yorkhill Children’s Charity.
The charity has special significant for one of our special guests at the concert, X-factor star Nicholas McDonald, pictured here with two pupils from Craigholme School: Suzanne Murphy, soprano soloist at the concert and Lucy Welsh, a member of the Grace Notes vocal ensemble, who also sang at the concert, together with Anne Laird, our Choir Secretary and Aileen McConnell from the charity.
Warm up January with a Ceilidh and a chat
As part of our fundraising for 2015, the Choir is hosting a Ceilidh Supper Night.
on 31st January
in St Bride’s Church Hall, Fallside Road
at 7 pm
Please bring your family and friends to what will be a lovely informal night,
supported by the excellent strains of local players, Jim Carson and his band, a fish supper, raffle and prizes.
Tickets (£10, including supper) can be purchased from the Choir Ticket Manager by 24th January.
January 2015 Members’ Update
It may be snowing outside, but we are already thinking of our Spring Concert and several other concerts before then!
In addition, we are looking forward to a lovely family get together on the 31st January for our Ceilidh Supper Night.
Members should look out the following music for January rehearsals:
- Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure / Rutter)
- The Gift of Music (John Rutter)
- Keep the Home Fires Burning,
- Lord of all Hopefulness (Struther)
- Love Divine (Howard Goodall)
- Stainer Crucifixion
- Va pensiero (Nabucco)
- Where Ever You Are (Paul Mealor)
Rehearsal links can be found on the current links page.
Please also remember to switch back to a plain folder for rehearsals rather than keep using the concert-only folder.
A PDF of our calendar of events (as it currently stands) can be downloaded here: calendar_2015-01-16_2015-08-31
Making more music! – our resolution for 2015
A very happy and musical 2015 to all our members and friends!
We are looking forward to lots of lovely new music when the session begins, on 11th January at 7 pm and to the regular singing exercise that helps offset winter indulgences and chase away those coughs and colds.
It will also be great to catch up with old friends and, in this season of new beginnings, to make a point of getting to know someone we didn’t know so well before.
Our choir Ceilidh Supper Evening on the 31st January will be another excellent opportunity to bring friends and family and to help raise funds for the work of the choir .
Members should look out the following pieces of music for the 11th:
- Keep the Home Fires Burning,
- Where Ever You Are (Paul Mealor),
- Lord of all Hopefulness,
- The Gift of Music (John Rutter)
- Love Divine (Howard Goodall)
Committee members should also note that the Committee will meet on the 11th at 6pm.
Happy Christmas to all our friends!
Thanks to choir members for a spectacular finish to a superb season this year (with a truly wonderful Christmas Concert) and to all our family and friends for their support over 2014.
Choir addicts need not worry -it is only 17 more sleeps to our next rehearsal and the preparations for our 15th birthday!
A very Happy and musical Christmas to all!
Charity ‘Christmas Jumper’ Rehearsal
We are looking forward to our most sparkly rehearsal yet – this year, ahead of our sell-out Christmas Concert the rehearsal will be festooned with Christmas Jumpers.
Choir members will be wearing their Christmas Jumpers, (or for those too posh to have one -Santa hats, tinsel, battery lights, or strings of baubles) and donating a minimum of £2 each to support our favourite charities.
Rehearsal Schedule Nov-Dec 2014
Please note the changes to our rehearsal schedule that are also detailed in our online calendar.
The calendar and this webpost will be updated with any changes – please continue to check periodically.
Rehearsal links can be found here.
November 23rd: 7.00-7.45 pm is ladies only: 7.45-9.00 pm All choir
November 30th: For all performers in either December concert there is an EXTENDED pre- concert rehearsal from 2.30-9.00pm with a break from 6 -7 pm for a meal / snack. Please BRING a packed meal / snack. Tea and coffee will be available. Please make every effort to attend if you plan to attend either performance.
December 7th: meet at 1pm Concert at 2pm; standard rehearsal 7.00-9.00pm
December 14th: NO rehearsal
December 21st: standard rehearsal 7.00-9.00pm
December 23rd: singers bus leaves from St Brides Pastoral Centre, Fallside Road at 2 pm; pre-concert rehearsal (mandatory for all perfomers)- 2.45-4.30 pm: wear a christmas jumper or something christmassy and bring £2 for charity; choir photograph at 6.30 ahead of concert that evening; friends and family bus leaves at 6.30pm from St Brides Pastoral Centre, Fallside Road. Members can download the schedule and notes for the event: Timetable RCS Christmas 2014
December 28th and January 4th: Holiday – NO rehearsals
January 11th: standard rehearsal 7.00-9.00pm
Uddingston Rotary Carol Concert 2014
It’s that time of year when it is all to easy to lose ourselves in the whirlwind created by the countdown to Christmas and forget why the season exists. Our annual concert with the Uddingston Rotary Club is a lovely chance to pause and relish the moment, while supporting the valuable work for our community of St Andrew’s Hospice.
We look forward to you joining us for our much beloved pre-Christmas ‘pick me up’:
on Sunday 7th December at 2 pm
at Uddingston Old Parish Church (G71 7HF)
Tickets available from Bothwell Post Office, or at Tesco on Saturday 22nd &
Sunday 23rd November between 11.00am – 2.00pm, or at the door
Adults £5; Children £3
November 2014 Members’ Update
Despite the leaves falling and the trees turning bare, the excitement is mounting as we prepare several new and other well loved pieces for our Christmas Concerts.
Please do check out our current links page to iron out those tricky patches between rehearsals.
Please bring to all future rehearsals your copy (if owned) of ‘Carols for Choirs’
Calendar Dates to note in your diary:
November 16th: rehearsal 7.00 – 7.45 – men only; 7.45 – 9.00 – All
November 23rd: rehearsal 7.00 – 7.45 – ladies only; 7.45 – 9.00 – All
November 30th: Possible additional choir rehearsal in the afternoon before the usual evening rehearsal
December 7th: afternoon – Rotary Carol Concert, Uddingston Old Parish Church (usual rehearsal at night)
December 23rd: 7pm Christmas Concert, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Please also check ahead that you have the correct choir concert attire and check with your section steward if you have any questions regarding clothing or the choir’s performance etiquette.
Bothwell Philharmonic Choir 