Registered charity no. 284752

Our History


Our Conductors

From Name
1930s Mrs. E.E. Thomas (Ladies Choir)
1939-1949 Society inactive due to WWII
1949 Mr Bowsher
1955 Geoffrey Whitehouse (with Mr C R Dunn 1957-9)
December 1965 Clive Frost
 March 1973 Michael Savage
May 1973 Graham Dibbens
December 1979 Geoffrey Whitehouse
January 1980 John Yarnley
March 1983 John Blenkinsopp (with Nigel Riley 1993-95)
September 1998 David Soward
September 1999 Michael Wilson
February 2000 Charles Jones
September 2002 Iain Cooper

Accompanists

From (earliest mention) Name
pre 1957 For earlier concerts there is either no record of an accompanist or the choir was accompanied by an orchestra.
1957 Miss A Todd
1959 Miss Pickersgill
1960 Nora Porteous
 April 1965 Nora Porteous, Margaret Carter
1966 Margaret Carter
May 1968 Margaret Carter, Terence Greaves
1969 Margaret Carter
June 1970 Marjorie Harper
December 1990 Nigel Riley (also conductor, see above)
December 1994 Michael Wilson (later conductor, see above), Peter Meason
April 1995 Michael Wilson
November 1997 John Wade

Our History