April 2025 musical events newsletter
Bach B Minor Mass Concert 12.7.25 - application form
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Bach B Minor Mass Concert 12.7.25 - application form
(If you have a btinternet.com email address you may not receive this newsletter
(I'm spam, apparently), but I will post it here every month.)
Please make sure all new events are sent to me by noon on the last day of the month.
About Us
Cumbria Festival Chorus is a large-scale, county-wide choir drawn from all communities in Cumbria and beyond. Our events are open without audition to all enthusiastic singers committed to developing the rich heritage of the British choral tradition.
Our aims are:
Our programme includes:
Our organising committee is entirely voluntary and has many years' experience of planning large choral events. We have no paid staff and our funding relies on subscriptions, sponsorship and funds from grant-making bodies.
Our aims are:
- to encourage young people to continue an interest in choral singing after leaving school
- to provide a platform for young soloists and instrumentalists to make great music
- to widen and explore the repertoire of larger-scale choral and orchestral music
- to encourage new ways of presenting choral music so that it is accessible
Our programme includes:
- choral workshops
- training days for choral singing and conducting
- a major choral festival weekend in the same year as the historic Mary Wakefield Festival
- collaboration with other music events through the sharing of resources and expertise
Our organising committee is entirely voluntary and has many years' experience of planning large choral events. We have no paid staff and our funding relies on subscriptions, sponsorship and funds from grant-making bodies.
