enjoying bringing choral music to life Highlights for 2008 Haydn & Rheinberger Easter Saturday at Wesley Chapel has become a regular feature of our programme in recent years. Our lunchtime concert in 2008 includes performances of Haydn's Te Deum and Rheinberger's Stabat Mater. Vaughan Williams Memorial Events 2008 marks 50 years since the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams. We are planning several events this year to commemorate his memory. In addition to the concerts shown in our 2008 Diary, we are running a competition for composers. Click here for details.   Vocalis - choral excellence for the Harrogate area. In 2004, after 30 years in existence, the members of Harrogate Chamber Singers took the opportunity to revitalise the choir with a new name, Vocalis, and a new look that reflects a renewed focus on sharing their enjoyment of choral music with others. Under the directorship of Tim Knight, the choir has been expanding the repertoire of music that now includes contemporary as well as traditional choral music. In addition the choir has developed a newly found taste for travel and has been on tour to Holland as guests of Christelijk Vocaal Ensemble Cantare and is planning future tours. The concerts themselves are becoming more varied in both locations and in the mix of programme, the choir now actively seeks other musical and artistic talent to join the concerts, creating events for the audience that tempt them away from the box to hear real live music. We are encouraging a more informal style to the concerts although not at the expense of performance quality! The choir sings mainly a capella and is equally at home in churches, concert halls, private dinners or homes. We raise funds for charitable organisations either by direct donations from concert receipts or by providing music for fund raising events.
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