Blog Posts

Easter 2017 - including Prague

9/20/2017

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.

Christmas 2016

9/20/2017

Summer 2016

9/30/2016

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!

Good Friday Messiah 2016

3/27/2016

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 2015

12/31/2015

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.

Joint Concert with Churchdown Male Voice Choir and The Emery Ensemble

10/20/2015

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.

Step into Summer

7/22/2015

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.

Spring into Song...

5/5/2015

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.

NAC Conference - Singing by the Sea '15

3/24/2015

On 22nd March 2015 Worthing played host to the National Association of Choirs Annual Conference. A great time was had by all who took part. The Rowland Singers were joined by The Sussex Gruffs, The Pleasure Singers and Songbirds for a massed choral concert. We were also entertained by Michael Wooldridge on the concert organ.

New Year...

1/7/2015

A new year and a new challenge. This year sees the choir host the National Association of Choirs Annual Conference in Worthing on the 20th-22nd March. We will be singing as part of the conference entertainment on March 21st in the Assembly Hall, Worthing. Joining us will be The Sussex Gruffs, Songbirds and The Pleasure Singers and guest artist Michael Wooldridge, concert organist.
We are not doing our traditional Easter concerts this year but instead doing a Spring Concert entitled 'Spring into Song' on May 2nd. We are doing two performances at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. See our upcoming concerts for more details.
We then kick into our Summer set of singing... 'Step into Song'. Details available on our concert page.