Cantabile were very excited today. They were visited by a BBC camera crew who came to interview them as semi-finalists in the 2014 Songs of Praise School Choir of the Years competition. They were filmed in Hereford Cathedral.
Sunday 16th March is the date for the semi-final and final of the Senior School Choir of the Year 2014.
Request your free tickets to come and support us at The International Convention Centre in Birmingham between 2:00 and 6:00 pm.
The judging line up includes the classically trained musician, singer and television presenter Myleene Klass and the internationally renowned choral expert and conductor Suzi Digby.
Hot off the press – HCS’s Cantabile Girls Choir is one of six senior school choirs through to the final stages of the BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year.
The semi-final and final will be held in March in Birmingham (to be confirmed). After the semi-final the judges will choose three of the junior and 3 of the senior school choirs to compete in the final.
More details will be posted when available.
For those unable to attend the concert last Monday at St John’s I’ve attached some samples which mobile technology failed to distort beyond recognition. Apologies that these don’t reflect the breadth of talented contributions that we all enjoyed. If more surface will add them in.
To help us all feel the Christmas cheer, Cantabile are ready to delight us with old favourites, and new, at their Christmas Concert tonight.
Tickets will be available on the door on a first come first served basis. The concert will start at 7:00pm.
http://www.herefordshiremethodists.org.uk/st-johns/st-johns-map
A candlelit advent concert was enjoyed by all on Saturday courtesy of the organisers at St Lawrence Church, Stretton Grandison, who asked them to return again this year and kick-start the festive season.
We were very grateful for the warm reception shown by Elizabeth Mullenger and the equally enthusiastic helpers and audience.
Cantabile contributed to the wonderful Britten Centenary Concert held at Hereford Cathedral by singing elements of the Ceremony of Carols.
Click here to listen to an amateur recording of their performance.
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Cantabile were invited to perform a selection of songs on the S4C outdoor stage. They found themselves in a very different kind of competition – with the broadcasts from the main pavilion! See if you think they managed to keep on track …
The sun was not the sole cause of a mini heat wave today in Wales – the Senior Children’s Choir class was a scorcher! What a great competition full of incredible choirs from all over the world. Cantabile was proud to be part of such a fantastic competition. Eleven, out of the twenty-one Choirs singing their hearts out, had travelled to the UK to compete.
Amazingly Cantabile won the class (90.7), with Russia’s Jazz-Choir of the State Children Philharmonic Society a close second (89.7) and Estonia’s Estonian Radio Children’s Choir third (89.0).
“Wow!” was how the Adjudicator, Ralph Allwood MBE, started his feedback to Cantabile with their performance of the Tiree Love Song with “a wonderful full sound … very difficult to fault.” He then described their rendition of Dance to your Daddy as a “Tour de Force … effortlessly sung” despite the complexity of the arrangement.
Jo Williamson was delighted to be awarded The Musical Director’s Award which is given by the Eisteddfod’s Music Director, and was inspired in part by the choir’s performance of the Tiree Love Song, arranged by Michael Neaum.
Hereford Cantabile Girls Choir 