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Naked Voices, Bristol Seventeen fabulous voices sing extraordinary
acappella! Pop and passion,
funk and folk. Three years sell-out at Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Pick of
the Fringe and Lenny Award). Featured on BBC2 The Edinburgh Show, BBC
Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland. Director Dee Jarlett also co-directs Bristols
massive Gasworks Community Choir.
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Nankersey Male Choir,
Flushing, Cornwall Nankersey is the old
cornish name for Flushing. It is on the opposite side of the harbour to
Falmouth. The choir was formed in 1950 and the choir motto is "to sing for
and give pleasure" The choir has 53 members.
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National
Westminster City Chorus, London
The National Westminster City
Chorus was formed in 1920
by the staff
of the National Provincial Bank and has given concerts in major London
concert halls every year since then, covering a wide range of music from
Byrd, Gabrieli and Monteverdi, through the classical repertoire to
contemporary works by John Tavener, Gershwin and Cole Porter. Based in
the City and supported by the National Westminster Bank, the Choir is
always keen to involve those working there and new voices are always
welcome.
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National Youth Choirs of Great
Britain Founded in 1983, the main choir (there are several) meets
twice a year for intensive 10-day courses leading to performances in
Britain's major concert venues
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National Youth Choirs of Scotland
Founded in 1996, the main choir (of 100 members aged 16-24 and born,
resident or studying in Scotland) meets annually in July for a 10-day
residential course followed by a concert tour. There are also two choirs
for children aged 7 and 8, in Edinburgh and West Lothian; and a training
choir.
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NChant, Warwickshire Since 2002, this young
women's choir with ages ranging from 14 - 40 has explored a contemporary
approach to medieval music inspired by the work of contemporary &
medieval ensembles such as 'Medieval Babes', Sarband, and Sequentia. But
it is not just about the music. We seek to become an informal &
supportive community, exploring our own spiritual journeys through
contemporary & ancient songs & rituals, and encouraging an open,
questioning and questing approach to spirituality
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N'Early Music Consort, Dulwich, London An a capella filk
choir based in Great Britain. Filk music can be described as "music
produced by and for the science fiction and fantasy fandom community".
The range of topics and styles is so wide that an alternative definition
has been proposed: "Filk is what filkers do".
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Neath Male Choir (Melincryddan
Male Choir)
Founded in 1978, and reformed as Neath Male Choir in 2000.
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Neath Port Talbot
Cancer Challenge Singers, Neath, South Wales
This mixed choir was formed in 1999 to act as a spearhead
for the Neath Port Talbot Cancer Challenge Charity which itself was
formed in 1997 by Joan Lewis MBE. Joan, a music teacher in Neath, South
Wales, was successfully treated for cancer and formed the charity as
a way of saying thank you to hospital staff. The charity has raised
nearly £500,000 for local hospitals of which the choir has
contributed about £40,000. When touring out of its home area the
choir has also raised a significant amount of money for
other charities in the UK and abroad.
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Nelson Arion Male
Voice Choir, Nelson, Lancashire Founded as a Glee choir in 1887,
the current 90-strong membership is proud to continue a fine tradition
of music making, unbroken despite the intervention of two World Wars.
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Nelson Consort, London
We provide music
covering an extensive repertoire from traditional choral music (sacred
and secular) to close harmony. We are highly experienced in providing
music for church services, functions and concerts.
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Neston Ecumenical Singers, Neston, Wirral
A warm and friendly interdenominational Wirral-based choir who sing
three concerts a year and a number of choral evensongs.
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New
Alexandra Singers, London
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New Cambridge Singers
Founded in 1986 specifically as a good chamber choir about 32-strong, to
be drawn from experienced singers. They especially encourage young
musicians, encourage new music, commission new works and revive
neglected ones
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New Canongait
Singers, Edinburgh
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New Century Singers, Bovey
Tracey, Devon A small friendly mixed
choir based in the Devon town of Bovey Tracey. Formed in 1999 to sing
both sacred and secular music to concert standard in churches and other
venues for our enjoyment and also to help raise money for charity.
Repertoire also includes G&S, major Musicals and Andrew Lloyd Webber,
plus a full social calendar. The best part is 'No Audition necessary!!!
If you enjoy singing for fun this is the choir for you.
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New City Adult Choir,
London e-mail only: contact:
info@newcity.newham.sch.uk Based
at New City Primary School, New City Road, Plaistow, London E13
9PY we meet on Tuesdays 3.45 - 4.45 pm, during term time starting 6th October
2009. All abilities welcome.
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New England Chorale,
Northamptonshire Mixed voice choir of 20 singers drawn from the East
and South Midlands, with an eclectic repertoire and specialist interest
in modern American music.
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New Essex Choral Society A friendly group of
about 35 mixed voices with a common interest in singing. The choir
gives three concerts a year including major religious and secular works
as well as shorter pieces in various styles.
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New Harmony Ladies Choir of
Bristol, Avon
Founded in
1994, the New Harmony Ladies Choir is a friendly choir of around 50
members. Our concerts are in aid of local and national charities as
part of their fundraising activities. The choir sings both a
capella and accompanied works of different musical styles to a high
standard. We have a wide repertoire, ranging from classical works
to modern upbeat medleys. The choir has sung at various venues in
the UK and abroad, including at the Colston Hall with Aled Jones.
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New Harmony Singers,
Pontypool, Torfaen, South Wales
A 4-part mixed choir, formed in Torfaen in 1979,
with 42 members specialising in close harmony singing of easy listening
music. Founder members Musical Director, Pam Guy, and Accompanist,
Heather Langdon, have enthusiastically guided the choir into what is now
their 25th Anniversary year. The choir are happy to perform in a concert
hall, church or cabaret circuit and have raised over £100,000 for
charity in their 25 years of music making.
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New Horizon Singers, Somerset
A ladies choir singing both sacred and secular choral music with
the primary aim of raising funds for local Somerset charities.
Having good, local support over recent years in a range of fundraising
concerts.
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New London Chamber Choir, London
One of Europe's leading non-professional contemporary music choir.
Whilst we are at home in a huge range of musical styles, we specialise
in 20th and 21st century repertoire, and over 25 years have given many
world and British premieres. Founded and conducted by James Wood. Entry
by audition.
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New London
Children's Choir Well-known and impressive choir formed by Ronald
Corp in 1991 for boys & girls aged 7 -18. Their repertory ranges from
early to 20th-century music, with a special commitment to
commissioning new works
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New
London Singers
Founded in 1963, the choir comprises about
40 talented amateur singers. It has built its reputation as one of
London's leading amateur choirs on a wide-ranging repertoire of both
a cappella and accompanied music. With
programmes encompassing the Monteverdi Vespers to world premieres of
specially commissioned pieces the choir performs around eight concerts a
year, with regular appearances in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar
Square.
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New Mill Male Voice Choir,
Holmfirth, Yorkshire Formed in 1991 the 50 plus members of the choir
have toured Italy and the Czech Republic, released 2 CDs and a video.
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New Mills Parish Church Choir, High Peak,
Derbyshire
We are a well resourced choir with a
large (and expanding) library, digital piano and superb
'Renn' pipe organ and we are also affiliated to the
Royal School of Church Music.
The Choir Director (Tim Hawkins) studied the organ at the London College
of Music gaining performing and teaching diplomas before graduating with
distinction winning the Westminster prize for musicianship.
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New Music Makers, Hedge End,
Hampshire We are a
very friendly mixed voice choir, who love to sing! We sing a variety of
styles of music: musicals, easy listening, spiritual, classic choral and
much more.
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New Renaissance Voices, London
was formed in 1987 to perform polyphonic music of the 15th
and 16th centuries. It now sings regularly in the newly
refurbished church of St Johns, Waterloo. NRV has performed as
part of the Southwark Festival and given two concerts in Southwark
Cathedral. Music hire available.
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New Sussex Singers Lewes,
East Sussex 14-strong The New Sussex Singers with an eclectic
repertoire - Madrigals to Jazz, Opera to Oratorio.
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New Voices,
Ipswich, Suffolk
New Voices has recently reformed as an
independent choral group. Now with more than 20 singers and under the
direction of conductor Stephen Rumsey, New Voices has a new ethos: to
learn and perform a wide variety of songs, increase understanding of
music and enjoy choral singing.
We rehearse weekly on Wednesday evenings from 7.30-9.30 at the Seventh
Day Adventist Church, Rope Walk, Ipswich,
Suffolk IP4 1ND.
Come along to a rehearsal to find out more - no audition is necessary to
join!
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Newbury Chamber Choir, Berkshire
We are a small and friendly
group of singers who particularly enjoy music from across a wide range
of European classical music. We give three or four concerts a year,
always with appropriate instrumental accompaniment and we’ve become
known for reviving works from outside the mainstream choral repertory.
We recently changed
our name from the Newbury Baroque Singers to reflect the wider range of
music that we perform and to avoid confusion.
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Newbury Choral Society, Newbury, Berkshire The largest and oldest choir in Newbury,
performing 3 concerts
a year, in Newbury and other venues such as Douai Abbey, Woolhampton.
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Newbury Parish Church (St Nicholas) Choir, Berkshire
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Newcastle City Temple
Songsters, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear The Choir of the
Salvation Army based at the City Temple in the centre of Newcastle upon
Tyne. The choir provides music in two services each Sunday at the City
Temple and have performed in churches and concert venues across the UK.
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Newcastle Male
Chorus, Tyne & Wear With over 60 members, they were prize
winners in 4 successive years in the Huddersfield Male Voice
Championship, and have won first prize at Stockton, Morecambe, Harrogate, Eskdale
and Derwentside Festivals
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Newcastle Male Voice Choir,
Staffordshire Their last few years have included engagements with
the California Girls' Choir and the bands of the Royal Marines, RAF,
Russian Central Army, White Russian Army, US Air Forces in Europe &
Bahrain Police.
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Newcastle upon Tyne Bach
Choir 90 strong SATB we sing Bach, usually with period band of
Newcastle Baroque, British music, and for the third concert of the year,
anything from baroque to new commissions.
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Newchurch
Ladies Choir, Isle of Wight, Hampshire Formed in 1962 and now with
20 members. The choir entertains all over the island at concerts for
charities and at local churches.
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Newchurch Men's Choir, Isle of Wight, Hampshire The choir entertains
all over the island at concerts for charities and at local churches.
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Newent and District
Choral Society, Newent, Gloucestershire
A small and friendly Choral Society of about 45 members. We meet in St
Mary's church, Newent on Tuesday nights (and afterwards, usually in the
Black Dog!) In addition to our Spring and Christmas concerts we take part
in other events, such as the Christmas Carol pub crawl, to raise money for
charities and to help pay for orchestras! In Summer, a subgroup, the
Newent & Scottish Choir sings anything ranging from medieval to jazz,
often a cappella, at interesting venues such as Usk Castle and the Linton
Jazz Festival.
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Newlyn Male Choir, nr Penzance, Cornwall Formed in 1921 to raise funds for the family of a
local man killed at Penlee Quarry. Membership currently around 35, with
success in many national and local competitions over the years. Recent
prestigious concerts in Chichester Cathedral
and Westminster Abbey
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Newport & District Male Voice Choir, Newport, Shropshire A
traditional male voice choir with a professional conductor and
accompanist who sing to high standards. Repertoire is a mixture of
standard MVC repertoire and newer music, including pieces specially
composed for the choir. An active concert programme ( at least one
performance most months), including a tour to Slovenia planned for
2006. New members always welcome. Music reading not essential
(although it helps) - a pleasing voice, enthusiasm and willingness
to commit to this happy and active choir much more important.
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Newport Pagnell
Singers, Buckinghamshire A small choir with a repertoire from
light songs to oratorio. Their 2001/2 season includes a Requiem written
by their musical director, Gerald Hill
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Newport Philharmonic Choir,
Gwent Formed from a 1988 Welsh National Eisteddfod choir, now 80+
SATB. Performs 3 concerts a year, with at least one major work
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Newquay Male Voice Choir, Cornwall The first evidence of a Male
Voice Choir in Newquay dates from the post war years when a group of men
got together and formed a choir in 1947. This choir disbanded in 1956,
but was eventually reformed as Newquay Male Voice Choir with the first
practice held on 20th November 1974.
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Newstead Abbey Singers, Nottinghamshire:
e-mail only: Eleanor
Thornley - Chairman. A 16 voice chamber choirs performing a wide
variety of musical styles from sacred music through unaccompanied
madrigals to modern part soings. Whilst our main performances are our
mid-summer concert and our carol concert at Wollaton Hall, we also sing at
many other local events throughout the year.
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Newtones Male Voice
Choir, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne A small student-run group
specialising in a cappella arrangements of popular songs. They
recently released their debut album, Only Us.
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Nidus Children's Choir, Cwbran, South Wales We have a junior
choir and senior choir of 30 (Aged 8 to 16) plus a group of 10 young
trainees. The choirs perform both separately and together and
available for concerts, fundraisers and also for hire. All children
are members of Nidus Theatre Arts and from Cwmbran and surrounding
areas of South Wales. We have about 10 confident child soloists who
are of a very high standard and all children are professionally
trained at Nidus.
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Nonsuch Singers, London
One of London's leading chamber choirs, formed in 1977 by singers from
the BBC
Symphony Chorus, and now with 25-30 singers performing a wide
range of a cappella & accompanied music
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Nonsuch Singers, Hickling, Norfolk: e-mail only: contact
Dominic Vlasto.
A small a cappella group that sing anthems, motets,
madrigals, folksong arrangements and much more. Concerts are usually
punctuated by readings of poetry and prose, serious and humorous
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Norfolk Gallery Quire, Castle Acre, Norfolk Exists to revive the
lively music that was used in Norfolk village churches in the 18th and
early 19th centuries. We rehearse on the second and fourth Monday of
each month at 8.00pm in the function room of the Ostrich Inn, Castle
Acre.
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Norland Nannies Choir, Bath
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North Camden Chorus, London
An amateur choir meeting for weekly rehearsals during two "terms" each
year, each leading up to a concert. We're based in North London. We meet
at Parliament Hill School on Highgate Road, London NW5 1RL, between
Kentish Town and Highgate (Tufnell Park is the nearest tube). Membership
of the choir is open to anyone with or without choral experience. You
don't have to be able to read music, and there are no auditions.
Students are particularly welcome. We sing a rather eclectic mix of
"classical" music.
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North
Cornwall Community Choir
We’re a proper community choir,
everyone is welcome, no experience is necessary and there’s definitely
no audition. Democratic song programme choice. We’re a friendly,
welcoming bunch who just love singing. We meet every Sunday evening in
the Methodist hall at Poundstock.
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North Cotswold Chamber Choir,
Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire They aim to sing small-scale music,
mainly unaccompanied, to the highest possible standard. None is a
professional music performer, but many were formally trained as singers
and musicians.
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North Devon
Choral Society Over 100 singers, 3 choral concert6s each season,
performing a wide range of classical works, mostly with professional
soloists and organists, sometimes with orchestra, throughout North
Devon.
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North Downs
Consort, NE Surrey The North Downs
Consort is a chamber choir drawing its membership from a wide area of
Surrey, Kent and South London. Setting a high standard of performance it
seeks to explore the more unusual choral repertoire as well as well
known classics. The choir's 'home' venue is St Paul's Church Woldingham
The choir rehearses on Monday evening (8 - 10 p.m.) during term time at
in the new church room at St Paul's Church, Woldingham.
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North East Hampshire
Young Singers (NEHYS). NEHYS (pronounced
“Knee Highs”) is a choir for children in years 4-8 in the Fleet,
Yateley, Farnborough and Aldershot area of Hampshire. It was formed
in February 2006 and is supported by the Hampshire Music Service.
Rehearsals are currently held in Fleet. Children are not asked to
audition but must show enthusiasm and commitment to the choir.
In its first year NEHYS shared a concert with
Fleet Choral Society, hosted its own concert with special guests,
won the highest mark in the Junior Choirs section of the Aldershot
Festival and performed with other HMS area ensembles at the Princes
Hall in Aldershot. In 2007 NEHYS shared a Christmas Concert with
Yateley Choral Society and sang on the P & O cruise ship the Artemis
before it set sail for a world cruise.
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North Hampshire Jubilee Choir
The North Hampshire Jubilee Choir was founded
in 2002 to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Golden Jubilee. They perform
a wide variety of choral music, from classical masses to modern pieces,
sometimes accompanied by an orchestra. We have twin aims - to entertain
people and to have in the choir singers from each decade.
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North Herts Guild of Singers a large choir of
more than 100 voices, SATB, rehearsing weekly at
Hitchin in Hertfordshire and performing four concerts a year.
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North Leeds Singers, W. Yorkshire: e-mail only: contact
Oliver Wiggins.
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North London Chorus
65-strong, aiming to make high-quality music in a friendly atmosphere.
It performs 3 times a year at St
James's, Muswell Hill, sings at other major London venues and
undertakes the occasional foreign tour.
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North Yorkshire Chorus
Mixed voice choir of around 80, performing a varied repertoire around
the county. Rehearsals are in Northallerton on alternate Saturday
afternoons.
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Northam Choral
Society, Bideford, Devon A 50 strong
North Devon four-part choir that draws its members from villages and
towns around Bideford. We concentrate on singing classic and
contemporary sacred choral music, and we present two concerts per year,
one in December and one in May. We are often joined in these
performances by the Hartland Chamber Orchestra.
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Northampton Bach Choir,
Northants Formed in 1936 the choir has grown in stature, size and
reputation to become one of the foremost choruses in the region
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Northampton Chamber Choir,
Northants A mixed choir of about 35 voices performing secular music
in and around Northampton.
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Northampton Ladies Orpheus Choir e-mail
only: contact
patsy.mcnally@btinternet.com We are a well established SSA choir
who enjoy singing a wide variety of music including well-known
traditional and classic pieces, selections from musicals and songs by
popular modern composers. The choir supports local charities and
churches by singing at their fund-raising events, participates in music
festivals and sings for weddings and community organisations. We
rehearse on Monday evenings between 7.30-9.15pm
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Northampton Male Voice Choir.
Established in 1947
the choir has a current membership of 45 singers. The choir rehearses
most Tuesday evenings and fulfils on average one major engagement per
month (approx) plus smaller engagements near Christmas. It has gained a
good reputation and has recently sung with both the London Welsh and
Llanelli MVCs at prestigious concerts and toured in France and Spain.
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Northampton
Philharmonic Choir, Northamptonshire
The NPC
has been in existence in one form or another since 1896. It
currently has about 80 members, led by the Musical Director
Christopher Mabley. Rehearsals are held weekly in Northampton, and
we perform in a number of venues in the county and beyond. We
perform at least one major concert each term, with extra events,
including Choral Workshops, in our schedule from time to time. We
aim to be a friendly and welcoming group. We enjoy singing a widely
varied repertoire of choral music to a high standard, and are keen
to augment all sections of the choir.
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Northamptonshire
Baha'i Choir Founded in 3/99, now 20-25 singers offering cultural
and musical diversity for the new Millennium!
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Northavon Singers, Bristol, Avon Northavon Singers is a mixed four
part choir singing at two to three public concerts per year, in addition
to some local events such as a local nursing home and by appointment. We
meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:30-9pm at St Peter's Church Hall, Church
Road, Filton, Bristol BS34
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Northern Cathedral
Singers A training choir singing services to a high musical
standard at cathedrals, abbeys, ministers and priories. Services take
place on Saturdays and Bank Holidays. In January/February choir members
meet on two Saturdays to rehearse music for the year ahead
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Northern
Ireland Baha'i Choir The choir was constructed as a four part ,
SATB A Cappella--(without accompanying instruments) choir in 1992
under the musical direction of Susie Agahi. The core of our music is the
writings of Bahá'u'lláh (founder of the Baha'i Faith) often set to music
by Bahá'ís. However, as the popularity of the choir has increased and
venues have diversified, the range of pieces has increased to include
secular and sacred music. In the right venue, Danny Boy, Blue Moon and
Irish Eyes sit side by side with deeply moving sacred pieces by Ravi
Shankar , Tom Price, Mozart and others
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Northern
Praeclassica, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear The Northern
Praeclassica is a small choir, nominally of twenty members. It was
formed in 1973 by Iain Ward-Campbell, primarily to perform music of the
16th Century. Since then our repertoire has been extended to embrace
music from the 11th to the 20th centuries. Our programmes include
sacred, secular, accompanied, unaccompanied, large and small scale works.
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Northern
Spirit, Durham A mixed-voice choir of about 30 talented students
and graduates based in Newcastle and Durham, performing a wide range of
music styles.
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Northern Voices, N.
Cheshire Northern Voices is a small group of amateur singers, led by
a professional MD. We sing short unaccompanied works including
madrigals, liturgical works and secular songs, mostly from the 16th &
20th centuries.
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Northwood Choral Society
Middlesex
A small, non audition, choir of around 35
members. We have an association with a Chamber Orchestra, allowing us to
perform a variety of works. Our Musical Director, Stephen Hope, is very
dynamic and rigorous but fun to singer with, resulting in high-quality
and well-received performances. We perform two (mainly 'Classical')
concerts in the Winter and Spring and a 'lighter' Summer Concert -
but has also sung at two venues in continental Europe.
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Norwich Barbershop Harmony Club (Fine City Chorus)
We are a
men's barbershop chorus based in Norwich and are members of BABS:
Barbershop singing was formally introduced to Norfolk in 1975 as
a result of an evening class set up at Wensum Lodge in Norwich
with the eight course members being conducted by Rosemary
Kimmins. Very shortly after this the group formed themselves
into the Norwich Barbershop Singers with Mrs Kimmins as their
first Musical Director- a novel choice for an all male group,
now some 35 years later we have another female Chorus Director,
Carol Logan. We sing unaccompanied, four part, close harmony
songs scored for tenor, lead, baritone, and bass voices. Many of
the songs date from the latter part of the 19th century onwards
and are special arrangements of popular songs of yesteryear. Now
of course more modern popular songs are sung such as written by
the Beatles, Cole Porter, Hoagy Carmichael etc.
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Norwich Harmony Norwich Harmony
Ladies Barbershop Chorus are singers of all ages and from all walks of
life who share a love of this style of harmony and a passion for singing
and performing.
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Norwich Philharmonic Chorus,
Norfolk An active and enthusiastic
choir. Currently they have 122 members. The Society's Choral Conductor
is David Dunnett. Rehearsals usually take place every Tuesday evening
(September - March) during school term time at 7.30pm in the Walter Roy
Theatre, Hewett School, Cecil Road, Norwich. New members are always
welcome.
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Norwich
School Choral Society, Norwich, Norfolk The Norwich School Choral Society, founded in 1983 by the present Director of Music, Colin Dowdeswell, has explored a wide repertoire ranging from Handel to Bernstein, and also works written by members of the school. The Society meets weekly during the Michaelmas
and Lent terms and enjoys a membership of some 80 pupils. The choir
sings for the School carol service in the Cathedral and is joined in the
Lent term by the Adult Choral Society, forming a choir of nearly 200
singers for the annual Choral Concert.
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Norwich
Singers 40-strong (and needing more men!), singing anything,
anywhere in Norfolk. Interested in joint productions and choral
millennium activity - any takers?
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Nossa Voz Choir, London "Nossa
Voz" means "Our Voice". We are a choir made up of Brazilian and
non-Brazilians who come together to sing Brazilian songs. We are always
looking for new members who are enthusiastic, committed and passionate
about music. Speaking Portuguese is not a requirement (but you will
learn some if you sing with us and you do not need previous musical
experience. We are serious about our singing but we have a lot of fun
rehearsing and performing together.
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Not Strictly Barbershop, Cheadle,
Staffordshire "Not Strictly Barbershop" celebrated its fifth
birthday in 2008 and is made up of people who love to sing Barbershop
style music in four part mixed voices (hence the name) We also sing
close harmony arrangements and intersperse short sketches in our concert
programmes. We are sponsored by the Cheadle U3A (Staffs). We meet from
September to May on Friday afternoons, 1-3pm, at Blythe Bridge Methodist
Hall, Stoke on Trent. We currently have 24 members and welcome
new members.
We do about 6 performances a year for local charities and societies.
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Nota Bene, London
Young, dynamic small choir, founded in 1998 and focusing on early music,
though not exclusively
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Noteable Company
is a mixed chamber choir of 26 voices which
specialises in 'a cappella' singing of sacred and secular music. The
Musical Director is Chris Mallinson and the choir has been very successful
in choral competitions throughout the Midlands.
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Notability, Manchester A
choir of around 16 people based, we are distinctive in several ways. We
don't have a conductor, though there is someone who brings us in and
off. As a consequence we look at the audience while we're singing. We
talk to the audience. We have a number of fine raconteurs who introduce
sets of songs, always informatively, often humorously. We try to
entertain rather than impress our audience. There's little that's
challenging to the ear (though there are some pieces that are difficult
to get right!).
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Notability, Romford, Essex
Notability
– A newly formed choir in Sept 2008 with approximately 25
members. We rehearse at the local YMCA on a Tuesday evening and
have a varied repertoire, so there is something for everyone!
We welcome all ages and abilities.
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Note-ability, Nottingham
Specialise in
unaccompanied vocal music from madrigals and motets to popular songs and
folksongs.
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Noteworthy Women, Baildon, West Yorkshire
This new
women's community choir will be starting on 4 November 2009 and singing
an eclectic mix of 3 and 4-part songs. No need to be able to read music
and no choir experience necessary - very friendly and informal - CDs (or
mp3s) provided for those who find it difficult to learn notes and/or
words. Rehearsals will take place 7.30-9.30pm on term-time Wednesdays at
Baildon
Community Link, 35
Cliffe Avenue, Baildon, BD17 6NX
(map). The building
is wheelchair accessible, it has its own car-park and there is also easy
street parking. The charge will be £17 per half term (5-7 weeks) but
everyone is welcome to come to 2 sessions before committing to the choir
and paying. There are currently 21 women signed up to come to the first
session and we'll be happy to grow to 40+. We're planning to perform in
the village -
Baildon is 6
miles from the centre of Bradford (West Yorkshire) - some time in
December or January.
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Notorious, Birmingham
The choir with the difference. 30 strong choir performing unusual pieces
in unusual places. Abba to Britten, Pubs to Concert Halls, traditional
choral works and own commissions
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Nottingham Bach
Choir Over 100 singers, performing 2-3 concerts each season, with
a repertoire ranging from late Renaissance to 20C Masters
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Nottingham
Boys' Choir Despite their title, they're 20/30-strong SATB with
men as well as boys and were founded in 1983 to sing a wide variety of
music from the 14th century to the present day
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Nottingham Choral Trust They run an adult symphony chorus (200+) and a
youth choir (300+), both via weekend courses & concerts, a chamber
choir (the East of England Singers), and a youth chamber choir
(plus non-choral activities).
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Nottingham Community
Pop Choir. We meet on a Monday evening between 7:30 and 9:30pm and
we are a non-auditioned adult choir for ages 18 and over.
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Nottingham Harmonic Society
Choir, Nottingham Auditioned choir with about 150 members founded
in1856. Typically 5 concerts a year, four in the Royal Concert Hall
Nottingham, one in Southwell Minster. Large scale popular and some, more
oesoteric, choral works anything from Purcell and Bach to Tippett,
Howells and Karl Jenkins. Members travel from Derbyshire,
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
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Nottingham Male Voice
Choir, Nottingham Established in 1957 the Choir has around 30
members and performs 10-12 concerts a year mainly for charities and
charitable institutions e.g. on 27th March 2008 we are
singing in Nottingham Council House for the lord Mayors Charity. We
also join with other choirs: for example, as part of our 50th
Anniversary we sang in Southwell Minster with the Chanterelders from
Leicester and in 2008 we are joining with Mirabile ladies choir to
perform a joint concert.
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Nova Voce-14, Nottingham
e-mail only:
contact:
christine.smith14@ntlworld.com Tackle everything unaccompanied-madrigals, folk
song, party-piece stuff (like teddy bears picnic) sacred and secular
standards.
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