Vox Nymburgenis came on a return visit to the UK in September 2017. They had a great time in the UK and the choirs have made friends for life.
They were welcomed with a BBQ at Helen and Beth's house where they couldn't believe the MD was cooking on the BBQ for them! We enjoyed singing a join concert with them on the Friday evening, this was followed by a little social time including buffet in the Charles Dickens pub.
On the Saturday Vox sung their own lunchtime concert to a large audience in Christ Church, Worthing.
We had an 'afterglow' in East Worthing Community Centre with chilli cooked by Beth (for 70 people!) and a buffet provided by some of the Rowland Singers. Renato (one of our basses) made an amazing celebration cake.

Our summer concerts went down a storm. We were supporting two local young singers, Emma Stevens and Abby Fell who delighted the audience with their solos and duets. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house for their finale - A Boy Like That from West Side Story.
These girls are two to watch out for in the future!

We had a great Easter 2017 season which saw us taking a good part of our UK repertoire to Prague. We couldn't sing Mozart's Requiem in Prague due to the timing of our visit so instead we added Vivaldi's Gloria to the mix of our other Easter hymns and songs.

Our summer 2016 concerts were a huge success and we thoroughly enjoyed having Dominic Smith, flautist, as our guest.
We sang a great variety including show tunes and even Bohemian Rhapsody!

Wow well what can I say.. Our biggest concert to date. Good Friday saw us take on Handel's Messiah in its entirety with the Sinfonia of Arun Orchestra.
We have been inundated with positive comments...

"Sung with absolute passion by choir and soloists alike (no professional been-there-done-that world-weariness)...Highlights- 'Wonderful!', 'rejected' (sung almost with a sob), the grace notes of 'I know that my Redeemer liveth' and the absolute silence before the final two Amens. 
A truly memorable finale to a Good Friday."                            James Spanner

"Many congratulations on last nights performance of ‘Messiah’ – you must be shattered!  You don’t often hear the whole version.  I thought the choir did themselves proud – you could hear every word and you sounded very well rehearsed and polished."
                                       Juliet Robinson

A truly memorable concert for choir, soloists and orchestra and not one that is going to be forgotten in a long time!

Christmas Celebrations 2015 saw The Emery Ensemble take the solo spots in the two smaller concerts. In the Assembly Hall we were joined by a selection of our MD's piano students ranging from the age of 5 to 16.
A whole abundance of Christmas songs and carols were sung and played, some familiar to all some new.
We raised a fantastic £1000 for the MS Society Sussex Treatment Centre.

We hosted Churchdown Male Voice Choir in October 2015. We also welcomed The Emery Ensemble. With a varied afternoon of entertainment enjoyed by all who attended.

What a great set of concerts. Abby Fell was superb and has been receiving a whole host of compliments since her fabulous performances.
The choir sang their hearts out and seem to go from strength to strength with audience members commenting on the fact these were our best concerts yet! 
Our thanks as always goes to Helen Emery for all her hard work and dedication to get us to where we are today.
We have a break from singing now and return to rehearsals on 2nd September with open rehearsals learning choruses from Handel's Messiah.

What a fantastic concert... if you missed it you missed out!!
Gillian our Mezzo-Soprano soloist entertained not only with the choir during Rutter's 'Feel the Spirit' but also during her two solo sets.
We were accompanied by Julie and would like to extend our thanks to Julie for stepping in for the last two concerts due to our regular accompanist breaking a finger!
The Rowland Singers would not be where they are today without Helen Emery. Helen works us hard every Wednesday (and occasional Mondays) to make us achieve what we do. We are extremely thankful for all her hard work and dedication to the choir.
We are raising money this term for the MND Association.