Director: Jane Sturmheit [Email: sturmheit@hotmail.co.uk] Phone: 01904 706437.

CONTACTS   
Secretary: Mrs. J. Stephenson  01653 618673 
Ticket Secretary: Mrs. S. Craggs  01653

From the original sixteen members (some of whom are still with the Singers) Chanticleer has developed into a chamber choir of around thirty voices, attracting able singers from a wide area. Though most members live in the Malton and Pickering area, others come from York, Scarborough, Pocklington and Whitby - a catchment area spanning some fifty miles.

Most are amateur musicians, though some are professional. They have in common a love of singing, and a taste for a wide range of music: from medieval music, madrigals and Bach to twentieth century classical, sacred and popular music. Whatever is sung, however, there is an emphasis on quality of performance.

Most of our five or six concerts per year are held on our home territory, but from time to time we go much further afield, in the UK and abroad.

The Singers have performed on radio and television and made four professional recordings. The latest is a  CD, entitled 'Heart and Soul', and features the lighter side of the choir's repertoire. Another recording is planned for the Autumn of 2008.

In addition to our own concerts, the choir is sometimes able to accept invititations to sing for other organisations and for weddings.

A vacancy occasionally arises, and the Musical Director will be glad to audition prospective new members with good singing experience and sight-reading ability.

PROGRAMME: JAN-JULY 2008

  Feb. 2nd.  Transatlantic Links: a programme of British and American music, including 'From the Bavarian Highlands' and other pieces by Edward Elgar, in celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth. There are also works by Holst and Finzi; and from America, works by Lauridsen and Whitacre.

Wine and soft drinks will be served in the interval.

St. Mary's Priory Church, Old Malton at 7.30 p.m.

  Mar. 15th.  From this Island: Since the Renaissance, British composers have produced a wealth of sacred choral music; and this evening's programme presents some of these treasures, from the seventeenth century to the present day.  Included are works by Byrd, Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells, performed in the atmospheric setting of

Lastingham Church, at 7.30 p.m.

  June 28th.  Music for a Summer Evening: a selection of lighter music from the Singers' repertoire.

Sheriff Hutton Village Hall at 7.30 p.m.

In addition, the choir will be giving a concert at Filey Methodist Church on April 19th. at 7.30 p.m.

Look out for details of our Autumn concerts, and the ever popular Chanticleer Carols. Programme for 2008-9 will be available from July

 

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