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Friday 11th December 2015 Candlelit Carols in the Park

Frimley Lodge Park

Sunday 13th December 2015 Christmas Extravaganza

Frimley Lodge Park

Saturday 23rd April 2016 Shakespeare 400th Anniversary

Concert

High Cross Church

Saturday 2nd July 2016 Jewels of the Baroque – Choral and

Orchestral Extravaganza

Tomlinscote School

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Surrey Heath Singers is open for new voices, male and female.

We practise every Monday evening upstairs in High Cross Church.

The start of the term is the best time to come and have a go, as everyone else is new to the music at this stage.

The Spring Term starts at 19.30 on Monday 4th January 2016.

Like to be involved but don’t trust your voice?Like to be involved but don’t trust your voice?Like to be involved but don’t trust your voice?Like to be involved but don’t trust your voice?

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house, back-room and business activities so essential to a community choir.

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A Community Christmas Concert A Community Christmas Concert A Community Christmas Concert A Community Christmas Concert

O come, all ye faithful All All All All ---- Page 9Page 9Page 9Page 9

Gabriel’s message Basque, arr. Willcocks

Sans Day carol John Rutter

A ReadingA ReadingA ReadingA Reading

God rest you merry, gentlemen All All All All ---- Page 10Page 10Page 10Page 10

Quem pastores laudavere German, arr. John Rutter

In the bleak midwinter Harold Darke

Good King Wenceslas All All All All ---- Page 11Page 11Page 11Page 11

Zero Harmony (Siemens Choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens Choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens Choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens Choir)

Gaudete

Ding dong! merrily on high

O little one sweet German, arr. Bach

Deck the hall Welsh, arr. Willcocks

See amid the winter’s snow All All All All ---- Page 12Page 12Page 12Page 12

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are available in the Concourse downstairsare available in the Concourse downstairsare available in the Concourse downstairsare available in the Concourse downstairs

Once in royal David’s city All All All All ---- Page 13Page 13Page 13Page 13

Nativity carol John Rutter

I wonder as I wander Appalachian, arr. Rutter

A ReadingA ReadingA ReadingA Reading

Singet!Singet!Singet!Singet! Carol Competition: The fastest Christmas on record

O little town of Bethlehem All All All All ---- Page 14Page 14Page 14Page 14

Away in a manger Trad. arr. Kirkpatrick

Silent night German, arr. Willcocks

Star carol (Surrey Heath Singers with Zero Harmony) John Rutter

Unto us is born a Son All All All All ---- Page 15Page 15Page 15Page 15

Sussex carol Trad. arr, Willcocks

Hark! the herald-angels sing “Glory” All All All All ---- Page 16Page 16Page 16Page 16

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SURREY HEATH SINGERS SURREY HEATH SINGERS SURREY HEATH SINGERS SURREY HEATH SINGERS is the performing name of Surrey Heath Choral Society.... A friendly, non-auditioned, mixed voice choir of 75 singers under the baton of our dynamic musical director, Andrew Phillips, we present three or four concerts each year. The high-light of the previous year was the glittering Opera Gala, “Murder, Mayhem and Mystery” which included some of the most famous arias and choruses from the great operas – the Humming Chorus from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from Verdi’s Nabucco and the Triumphal Scene from Verdi’s Aida to mention but a few. Choir for Hire Choir for Hire Choir for Hire Choir for Hire – The whole choir and “Singet!” (the “A Cappella” group) are available to sing at private functions throughout the year. At least three months’ notice is required when booking, to allow time to make the necessary arrangements and rehearse. During the past year smaller groups have sung at weddings, in hospitals and at civic functions and we look forward again to leading the singing in Frimley Lodge Park for the Candlelit Carols in the Park on Friday 11th December and for the Christmas Extravaganza on Sun-day 13th December. 1111

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stststst AltosAltosAltosAltos – Jenny Bertenshaw, Sue Bullock, Rosemary Ealden, Peggy Hoskin, Anne Mams, Kathy Mills, Barbara Rowe, Gill Wakes, Margaret Walker

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ndndndnd AltosAltosAltosAltos – Elizabeth Courtis, Janet Elliott, Pauline Green, Julie Gregg, Amelia Salmon, Debra Sheffield, Janet Stacey, Jocelyn Story, Lesley Thomas, Sue Towler, Rita Whiting

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stststst TenorsTenorsTenorsTenors – John Stillwell, Keith Edwards, Olu Oluwaseyi

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ndndndnd TenorsTenorsTenorsTenors – Richard Ashworth, Keith Wigglesworth

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stststst Basses Basses Basses Basses – John Clenshaw, Clifford Drake, John Fullwood, Crispin Kirkman, Michael Lewis, Martin Radford, Denis Robb, Clive Smith, John Wood

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ndndndnd BassesBassesBassesBasses – Martin Butler, Tim FitzGerald, David Markby, Andrew Milligan

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Zero Harmony (Siemens plc choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens plc choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens plc choir)Zero Harmony (Siemens plc choir) ‘Zero Harmony’ is the in-house choir for Siemens’ Frimley Unit; the name is a pun on Zero Harm, the guiding principle in Health and Safety behind all Siemens activities. The choir is building towards doing outreach work in the local community as one of its goals. Siemens has another choir in Manchester, so we may soon be supporting our local choir in internal competition! Members of ‘Zero Harmony’ are automatically members of Surrey Heath Singers, and several of them who live locally have sung in our concerts and our commu-nity events.

Surrey Heath SingersSurrey Heath SingersSurrey Heath SingersSurrey Heath Singers Singet!Singet!Singet!Singet! – Our "a cappella" group will be performing regularly in 2015-16, including over the Christmas period. This month Singet! has sung for a stroke club in Farnborough. Business SupportBusiness SupportBusiness SupportBusiness Support - We have been in discussion with local businesses and are very grateful for the expressions of support we have received. In particular, Siemens plc en-gaged us to create an in-house choir at their Frimley headquarters, which has led us to appoint an assistant musical director, Rae Evans. We wish the new choir, “Zero Har-mony” every success and are delighted that they are joining us tonight. Civic, charity and community events Civic, charity and community events Civic, charity and community events Civic, charity and community events - The choir has sung at open-air Fun Days, com-munity carol services, civic functions, in the streets, in care homes, in hospitals, and even in Camberley Theatre with the Pantomime cast. Surrey Heath Singers is once again the partner of the Borough’s Greenspace team in staging Surrey Heath’s Candlelit Carols on Friday, 11th December 2015, in Frimley Lodge Park; and on the following Sunday, 13th December, between 10 and 4 is providing the carols for the Xmas Extravaganza at Pista-chios café in Frimley Lodge Park, which will raise money for the Mayor’s charity and the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust. We are looking for more invitations to sing in workplaces.

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ANDREW PHILLIPS ANDREW PHILLIPS ANDREW PHILLIPS ANDREW PHILLIPS ---- ConductorConductorConductorConductor

Andrew read Music at the University of Birmingham and studied singing at the Royal Col-lege of Music under the late Frederick Sharp. He has travelled widely, singing as a soloist with choral societies and music clubs throughout the United Kingdom as well as working with many of the professional choirs in London. His international work has taken him to most of Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East.

Performances over the last thirty years have ranged across an extensive repertoire, cov-ering most of the popular oratorio field from Monteverdi to Britten as well as more chal-lenging contemporary work. Equally at home with Baroque classics and the larger scale 19th century works of Verdi and Rossini, his work is always musically informed.

As a conductor he worked for many years with the Hampshire-based chamber choir Voci Cantanti and The Thames Singers of London, presenting each year a full season of con-certs in venues throughout the country. He built an enviable reputation in the recording studio, collaborating with major companies as conductor and producer on film scores and CD projects, work which he continues as a busy freelance record producer. He has been working successfully with Brockham Choral Society since 2007 and in 2010 was ap-pointed Musical Director of Surrey Heath Choral Society (now performing as Surrey Heath Singers).

A former member of Winchester Cathedral Choir and, contrastingly, the cabaret quintet, The Demon Barbers, he combines his work as a performer with that of coaching and teaching and was for twenty-five years the singing tutor at Wellington College. He is a Lay Clerk at Guildford Cathedral.

He is the Director of Chameleon Arts Management, a music agency which represents a wide variety of musicians for concert promotion and also provides a choral and orchestral booking service.

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GEOFFREY TUSON GEOFFREY TUSON GEOFFREY TUSON GEOFFREY TUSON ---- AccompanistAccompanistAccompanistAccompanist

The members of Surrey Heath Singers are delighted to have Geoffrey Tuson as their resi-dent accompanist. Geoffrey began learning the organ at the age of 14 with John Belcher. He spent a total of six years from 2004-2010 studying at the Royal College of Music in London, with Marga-ret Phillips during his undergraduate degree, and then subsequently with David Graham and Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin whilst completing his postgraduate studies. He was awarded the Harold Darke prize for excellence in organ performance on completion of his undergraduate degree. Studying at the RCM also afforded him opportunities to play famous instruments in France, Holland, North and East Germany as well as participating in master-classes with internationally-renowned organists such as Dame Gillian Weir and Thomas Trotter. In 2006 he won the Kent County Organists' Association's inaugural festival in Maidstone earning a recital in Canterbury Cathedral, which took place in April 2007. He has given recitals at many venues including St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Christ-church Priory and Brentwood Cathedral. He attained his Associateship Diploma from the Royal College of Organists and gave a recital in the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester in 2008. Geoffrey held the post of Organist and Choirmaster at St. Andrew's Church, Frimley Green in Surrey from 2004 until 2009 when he took up the position of Organist and Choir-master at The Royal Garrison Church of All Saints, Aldershot. He is also a peripatetic piano and organ teacher at Salesian College in Farnborough, Hampshire, and at Edge-borough in Frensham, Surrey, and, in addition, college / school accompanist at both. Geoffrey has been the regular rehearsal accompanist for the Surrey Heath Choral Society since January 2009. His performances in Surrey Heath Singers concerts regularly win acclaim from appreciative audiences.

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ABOUT OUR CAROLSABOUT OUR CAROLSABOUT OUR CAROLSABOUT OUR CAROLS

Like many choirs, Surrey Heath Singers uses the Oxford University Press “100 Carols for Choirs” as its main source of Christmas music. This is edited by David Willcocks and John Rutter, and they also arranged many of the carols. Previously we owed our carols to the likes of Ralph Vaughan Williams for rescuing traditional carols, and also to 19th cen-tury Americans for some of our favourite “English” carols. Sir David Willcocks, who died on 17th September 2015 aged 95, was Director of Music at King’s College Cambridge from 1957 - 1974. John Rutter was Director of Music at Clare College Cambridge from 1975 – 1979, and in 1981 founded the Cambridge Singers. He is the most successful choral composer of modern times, and regularly conducts and gives workshops in Surrey. The Cambridge renaissance in choral music, of which they are a part, has been a major driver in the improvement of standards in choirs all over the country and across the world, with choirs from places as far apart as Japan, Indonesia, France, Spain and the United States all striving to mirror the success of English choirs.

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SIR DAVID WILLCOCKSSIR DAVID WILLCOCKSSIR DAVID WILLCOCKSSIR DAVID WILLCOCKS

This year our Christmas concert is tinged with sadness, as it will be for other choirs and audiences the length and breadth of this country, and indeed around the world, because of the passing of Sir David Willcocks who died on 17th September at the age of 95. In 1961, he persuaded Oxford University Press to start publishing a series called Carols for Choirs. Yet again, as at every one of our Christmas concerts for many years, the choir will be singing carols from this series, ‘100 Carols for Choirs’. Many of the carols are in arrangements by Willcocks himself and they have become an invaluable resource for choral societies and church choirs at Christmas. At this concert 9 of the 22 carols are sung in arrangements by him, together with the soar-ing descants he composed for Once in Royal David’s City and Hark the Herald. His many great achievements included cathedral organist, composer, conductor of the Bach Choir, director of the Royal College of Music, and most famously director of music at King’s College Cambridge. But perhaps for many of us he will be most warmly remem-bered through the music we will be performing tonight.

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O come, all ye faithfulO come, all ye faithfulO come, all ye faithfulO come, all ye faithful

AllAllAllAll O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,

O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him

Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord!

AllAllAllAll God of God,

Light of Light, Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb;

Very God, Begotten, not created: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord!

AllAllAllAll See how the shepherds, Summoned to his cradle,

Leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear; We too will thither

Bend our joyful footsteps: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord!

AllAllAllAll Sing, choirs of angels,

Sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of heav’n above;

Glory to God In the highest:

O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,

Christ the Lord!

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God rest you merry, gentlemenGod rest you merry, gentlemenGod rest you merry, gentlemenGod rest you merry, gentlemen AllAllAllAll

God rest you merry, gentlemen, Let nothing you dismay,

For Jesus Christ our Saviour Was born upon this day,

To save us all from Satan’s power When we were gone astray: O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

AllAllAllAll From God our heav’nly Father

A blessed angel came, And unto certain shepherds Brought tidings of the same,

How that in Bethlehem was born The Son of God by name:

O tidings of comfort and joy, Comfort and joy,

O tidings of comfort and joy.

AllAllAllAll

Now to the Lord sing praises, All you within this place,

And with true love and brotherhood Each other now embrace; This holy tide of Christmas

All others doth deface: O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

Ladies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies Only But when to Bethlehem they came,

Whereat this infant lay, They found him in a manger,

Where oxen feed on hay; His mother Mary kneeling,

Unto the Lord did pray: O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

Men OnlyMen OnlyMen OnlyMen Only The shepherds at those tidings

Rejoicèd much in mind, And left their flocks a-feeding In tempest, storm and wind,

And went to Bethlehem straight-way

This blessed babe to find: O tidings of comfort and joy,

Comfort and joy, O tidings of comfort and joy.

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Good King WenceslasGood King WenceslasGood King WenceslasGood King Wenceslas

1. AllAllAllAll

Good King Wenceslas look’d out On the Feast of Stephen,

When the snow lay round about, Deep, and crisp, and even:

Brightly shone the moon that night, Though the frost was cruel,

When a poor man came in sight, Gath’ring winter fuel.

3. Men onlyMen onlyMen onlyMen only

‘Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, Bring me pine-logs hither:

Thou and I will see him dine, When we bear them thither.’

AllAllAllAll Page and monarch, forth they went,

Forth they went together: Through the rude wind’s wild lament

And the bitter weather.

2. Men onlyMen onlyMen onlyMen only

‘Hither, page, and stand by me, If thou know’st it, telling,

Yonder peasant, who is he? Where and what his dwelling?’

Ladies onlyLadies onlyLadies onlyLadies only ‘Sire, he lives a good league hence,

Underneath the mountain, Right against the forest fence,

By Saint Agnes’ fountain.’ 4. Ladies onlyLadies onlyLadies onlyLadies only

‘Sire, the night is darker now, And the wind blows stronger;

Fails my heart, I know not how; I can go no longer.’

Men onlyMen onlyMen onlyMen only ‘Mark my footsteps, good my page;

Tread thou in them boldly: Thou shalt find the winter’s rage

Freeze thy blood less coldly.’

5. All All All All

In his master’s steps he trod, Where the snow lay dinted;

Heat was in the very sod Which the saint had printed.

Therefore, Christian men, be sure, Wealth or rank possessing,

Ye who now will bless the poor, Shall yourselves find blessing.

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See amid the winter’s snowSee amid the winter’s snowSee amid the winter’s snowSee amid the winter’s snow

AllAllAllAll See amid the winter’s snow, Born for us on earth below;

See the tender lamb appears, Promis’d from eternal years: Hail, thou ever blessed morn!

Hail redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

AllAllAllAll Lo, within a manger lies

He who built the starry skies; He who, throned in light sublime,

Sits amid the cherubim: Hail, thou ever blessed morn!

Hail redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Men OnlyMen OnlyMen OnlyMen Only Say, ye holy shepherds, say What your joyful news today;

Wherefore have ye left your sheep On the lonely mountain steep? Hail, thou ever blessed morn!

Hail redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

AllAllAllAll ‘As we watch’d at dead of night,

Lo, we saw a wondrous light; Angels singing “Peace on earth”

Told us of the Saviour’s birth.’ Hail, thou ever blessed morn!

Hail redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Ladies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies Only Sacred Infant, all divine,

What a tender love was thine, Thus to come from highest bliss

Down to such a world as this! Hail, thou ever blessed morn!

Hail redemption’s happy dawn! Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

AllAllAllAll Teach, O teach us, Holy Child, By thy face so meek and mild,

Teach us to resemble thee, In thy sweet humility:

Hail, thou ever blessed morn! Hail redemption’s happy dawn!

Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

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Once in royal David’s cityOnce in royal David’s cityOnce in royal David’s cityOnce in royal David’s city

Choir OnlyChoir OnlyChoir OnlyChoir Only

Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed,

Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed:

Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child.

AllAllAllAll

He came down to earth from heaven Who is God and Lord of all, And his shelter was a stable,

And his cradle was a stall; With the poor, and mean, and lowly,

Lived on earth our Saviour holy.

AllAllAllAll

And through all his wondrous childhood He would honour and obey,

Love, and watch the lowly maiden, In whose gentle arms he lay; Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as he.

AllAllAllAll

Not in that poor lowly stable, With the oxen standing by,

We shall see him; but in heaven, Set at God’s right hand on high;

When like stars his children crowned All in white shall wait around.

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O little town of BethlehemO little town of BethlehemO little town of BethlehemO little town of Bethlehem

AllAllAllAll

O little town of Bethlehem, How still we see thee lie!

Above thy deep and dreamless sleep The silent stars go by.

Yet in thy dark streets shineth The everlasting light;

The hopes and fears of all the years Are met in thee tonight.

AllAllAllAll O morning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth, And praises sing to God the King,

And peace to men on earth; For Christ is born of Mary; And, gathered all above,

While mortals sleep, the angels keep

Their watch of wond’ring love.

Choir OnlyChoir OnlyChoir OnlyChoir Only How silently, how silently, The wondrous gift is giv’n!

So God imparts to human hearts The blessings of his heav’n. No ear may hear his coming;

But in this world of sin, Where meek souls will receive him, still

The dear Christ enters in.

AllAllAllAll O holy Child of Bethlehem,

Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin, and enter in,

Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels

The great glad tidings tell: O come to us, abide with us,

Our Lord Emmanuel.

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Unto us is born a SonUnto us is born a SonUnto us is born a SonUnto us is born a Son

AllAllAllAll Unto us is born a Son,

King of quires supernal: See on earth his life begun,

Of lords the Lord eternal, Of lords the Lord eternal.

AllAllAllAll Christ, from heav’n descending low,

Comes on earth a stranger; Ox and ass their owner know,

Becradled in the manger, Becradled in the manger.

Men OnlyMen OnlyMen OnlyMen Only

This did Herod sore affray, And grievously bewilder,

So he gave the word to slay, And slew the little childer, And slew the little childer.

Ladies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies OnlyLadies Only

Of his love and mercy mild This the Christmas story;

And O that Mary’s gentle Child Might lead us up to glory, Might lead us up to glory!

AllAllAllAll O and A, and A and O, Cum cantibus in choro, Let our merry organ go, Benedicamus Domino, Benedicamus Domino.

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Hark! the heraldHark! the heraldHark! the heraldHark! the herald----angels singangels singangels singangels sing

AllAllAllAll Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King;

Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled:

Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies, With th’angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King.

AllAllAllAll

Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ the everlasting Lord,

Late in time behold him come Off-spring of a virgin’s womb:

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail the incarnate Deity!

Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.

Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King.

AllAllAllAll Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings,

Ris’n with healing in his wings; Mild he lays his glory by,

Born that man no more may die, Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.

Hark! the herald-angels sing Glory to the new-born King.

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JOHN RUTTERJOHN RUTTERJOHN RUTTERJOHN RUTTER John Rutter was born in London in 1945 and received his first musical education as a chorister at Highgate School. He went on to study music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he wrote his first published compositions and conducted his first recording while still a student. His compositional career has embraced both large- and small-scale choral works, orchestral and instrumental pieces, a piano concerto, two children’s operas, music for television, and specialist writing for such groups as the Philip Jones Brass En-semble and the King’s Singers. His larger choral works, Gloria (1974), Requiem (1985), Magnificat (1990), Psalm-fest (1993) and Mass of the Children (2003), have been performed many times in Britain, North America and a growing number of other countries. He co-edited four volumes in the Carols for Choirs series with Sir David Willcocks, and, more recently, has edited the first two volumes in the new Oxford Choral Classics series, Opera Choruses (1995) and European Sacred Music (1996). From 1975 to 1979 he was Director of Music at Clare College, whose choir he di-rected in a number of broadcasts and recordings. After giving up the Clare post to allow more time for composition, he formed the Cambridge Singers as a profes-sional chamber choir primarily dedicated to recording, and he now divides his time between composition and conducting. He has guest-conducted or lectured at many concert halls, universities, churches, music festivals, and conferences in Europe, Africa, North and Central America and Australasia. In 1980 he was made an honorary Fellow of Westminster Choir College, Princeton, and in 1988 a Fellow of the Guild of Church Musicians. In 1996 the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred a Lambeth Doctorate of Music upon him in recognition of his contribution to church music. He was honoured in the 2007 Queen’s New Year Honours List, being awarded a CBE for services to music. John Rutter’s music is published by Oxford University Press, Hinshaw Music Inc. and Collegium Music Publications.

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FRIENDS OF SURREY HEATH SINGERS

Mrs Cole Mrs I Cooper Mr & Mrs S Duckworth Mr B Ealden Mrs S Daglish Mr C Gimblett Mrs M Kirkman Mr C Powell Mr & Mrs Reed Mr & Mrs J Robbens Mrs E Roberts Mrs P Roberts Mr & Mrs R Smithson Mr J Wetherell

HONORARY CHOIR MEMBERS

Mr & Mrs G Essen Mrs V Hardy

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FRIENDS OF SURREY HEATH SINGERS

Application FormApplication FormApplication FormApplication Form Thank you for considering becoming a Friend of the Choir. For an annual donation of £10 per person, or more if you wish, you will be entitled to the following:

• A membership card and number (to be quoted when purchasing tickets)

• Reduced ticket price to include programme

• A reserved seat available when tickets are purchased in advance of the concert

• Early notification of future events and a copy of the SHS newsletter, In Harmony

• Your name/s being listed in the concert programme for the next year (this not only gives you well-deserved recognition for your help and support but also serves to encourage other people to become Friends)

• Invitation to SHS social and other events Please send your cheque, made payable to Surrey Heath Singers, together with this com-pleted form, to our Treasurer (or pass it to a member of the choir):

Kate Brown, Brentmoor Dene, Brentmoor Road, West End, GU24 9QGKate Brown, Brentmoor Dene, Brentmoor Road, West End, GU24 9QGKate Brown, Brentmoor Dene, Brentmoor Road, West End, GU24 9QGKate Brown, Brentmoor Dene, Brentmoor Road, West End, GU24 9QG Thank you.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I/we wish to become a Friend/s of Surrey Heath Singers A cheque for £ __________ is enclosed Date………………………… Name(s) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Postal Address:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code ……………………………….. Email address/es (please help us to reduce our impact on the environment): ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Gift Aid this donation (this means that, for every £1 donated, SHS can receive 25p so the Gift Aid this donation (this means that, for every £1 donated, SHS can receive 25p so the Gift Aid this donation (this means that, for every £1 donated, SHS can receive 25p so the Gift Aid this donation (this means that, for every £1 donated, SHS can receive 25p so the total value of the donation is £1.25):total value of the donation is £1.25):total value of the donation is £1.25):total value of the donation is £1.25): [ ]* I wish my membership fee and all subsequent fees/donations to be treated as Gift [ ]* I wish my membership fee and all subsequent fees/donations to be treated as Gift [ ]* I wish my membership fee and all subsequent fees/donations to be treated as Gift [ ]* I wish my membership fee and all subsequent fees/donations to be treated as Gift Aid (this is only applicable to UK income tax payers) *Please tick if appropriate.Aid (this is only applicable to UK income tax payers) *Please tick if appropriate.Aid (this is only applicable to UK income tax payers) *Please tick if appropriate.Aid (this is only applicable to UK income tax payers) *Please tick if appropriate.

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High Cross Church, Camberley Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3SY. Tel: 01276 66798

www.highcross.org.uk

Sunday Services @ High Cross

9.00am: Traditional Service (including Holy Communion, except on 3rd Sunday) 10.30am: Family Worship (including Holy Communion on 3rd Sunday)

The Cafe @ High Cross

Beverages, Light Snacks, Homemade Cakes & Biscuits

Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.00pm Sat 9.30am-12.30pm

Room hire available for regular or one-off hirings.

High Cross Church thanks Surrey Heath Singers for its ongoing support

and regular use of High Cross Church facilities for its practice sessions.

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Surrey Heath Singers gratefully acknowledges the support of partners and sponsors

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