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Cambridge Voices are an internationally renowned concert choir, led by our Director of Music, Ian de Massini.
For more information on the choir, concert program, news and information about recordings, please see the choir website: Cambridge Voices
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Music at St Columba's
Our Director of Music, the internationally renowned Ian de Massini, regularly composes new music for our worship, as well as directing Cambridge Voices and our own St Columba's Choir. Ian writes detailed notes on the music for each week, which are available with the order of service on a Sunday morning.
St Columba's Choir - always open to all!
St Columba's has a thriving choir of singers drawn exclusively from the membership of the church and who present a choral introit and anthem as part of our morning worship normally once a month.
Their repertoire is chosen especially to illuminate St Columba's particular style of worship, and the choir is always led by the church's Director of Music, Ian de Massini, former scholar of King's College Chapel Choir, Cambridge, and currently Director of Cambridge Voices.
Often, St Columba's Choir will be accompanied by Ian playing the magnificent 19th-century Erard grand piano that resides in our church. Everyone is welcome to sing in the choir, and there are no auditions: nor is the ability to read music essential.
For each month a short introit and a longer anthem are prepared over two Sunday morning rehearsals, both at 10.15am, the second of which is then followed by a performance of the two pieces during the ensuing morning service. Attendance is entirely voluntary. All music is made available in advance and copies can be found upon the small table placed directly in front of the organ in church for anyone to take away and look at. St Columba's Director of Music is particularly skilled at arranging works specially to suit the requirements of our church choir and, as a result, there are to be no less than five first performances of works over the next three months from such composers as J. S. Bach, Handel, Peter Warlock, Flor Peeters and even De Massini himself.
New singers are always welcome to come and be part of the choir at any time. Music, folder and pencil will all be provided: you just need to come and sing the right notes, preferably in the right order! For more details contact the Director of Music, Ian de Massini, at any time (tel. 0780 1234 343; Email )
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