However, almost immediately the choir moved their activities online
- we may have been separated but we are not silenced. The choir
continue to rehearse on Mondays via Zoom, and we, like many other
amateur choral groups, are awaiting clarification following the
guidance issued today from the Department for Digital, Culture,
Media & Sport (DCMS). We hope that we will be able to resume some
in-person activities in these last few months of 2020, and our
forecast for the 2021 programme of events has been adjusted (though
in this rapidly-evolving situation, may well continue to change for
some time to come).
Our Musical Director has tailored our
Home Choir so that we can
extract every possible benefit from the deprivations, and we
continue to welcome new members, even in these unusual times.
Members not only take part in our rehearsals, but because our
Musical Director has co-ordinated his other choirs - Huntingdonshire
Philharmonic, Royal Leamington Spa Bach Choir, and Wellingborough
Singers - into the same repertoire as we are singing, we are able to
work across geographical borders, and come together in additional
sessions with academics, conductors, instrumentalists, and singers,
with specialist knowledge in the music we are singing. Our
experience may be quite different in comparison to a normal
rehearsal, but we are thriving under these very difficult
circumstances.
Please do keep a close eye on our website for updates, and thank you
for your continued support.
This video was put together as part of
the 2020 Northamptonshire Week celebrations for
BBC Radio
Northampton
