Handel Messiah Come and Sing Workshop

12 noon - 5.00pm Sat 12th October 2024

St Mary's Church, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AT

Come and sing a much-loved choral masterpiece, led by an inspiring conductor, in a friendly and supportive environment. Discover or re-ignite your passion for choral singing in this workshop. Whether it’s a piece you know well, or you have never sung it before, you will find something to love and learn in these glorious choruses! All welcome. 

'And the glory' | 'For unto us' | 'His yoke is easy' | 'All we like sheep' | 'Hallelujah' | 'Worthy is the lamb'

Musical Director, Hilary Campbell 

Anita D'Attellis, piano

Informal performance at 4.30pm 

TICKETS:

£20.00 non-HCS member, £10.00 HCS member, £5.00 concessions (under 30, or in receipt of income or disability benefit) 

£3.00 score hire (see below)

£5.00 to listen to performance at 4.30PM 

This is a ticketless event. Please book and pay here.

We will be singing from 12.30pm to 1.45pm so you are advised to have lunch before we start!

REGISTRATION: 12 noon. Workshop Session 1: 12.30pm - 1.45pm, break:1.45pm - 2.00pm, Session 2: 2.00pm - 3.00pm, afternoon break with home-made cakes: 3.00pm - 3.30pm, Session 3: 3.30pm - 4.20pm. Informal performance: 4.30pm - 5.00pm.

TRAVEL: Henley is accessible by train & bus. St Mary’s Church is a 10-minute walk from station.

PARKING: Paid all day parking at train station car park. Street parking is very limited.

SCORE: Using Bärenreiter or New Novello Watkins Shaw Edition which is available to hire.

Hilary Campbell 

Hilary Campbell is a British choral conductor based in London. She is Associate Conductor of Ex Cathedra, and her guest work includes directing and preparing ensembles such as the BBC Symphony Chorus, whom she prepared for a performance of Mozart's Mass in C Minor at the Proms, The BBC Singers, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Chorus, BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service Singers, the University of Greenwich Choir and the Fourth Choir. She is Musical Director and Founder of professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, West London Chorus and West London Chamber Choir; she also runs projects with Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir at the Royal Academy of Music, in conjunction with Blossom Street and the RAM composition department. Hilary also leads workshops for the Royal Opera House, is a course director for Helicon Arts, and runs an annual choral week for Music for Everyone. In 2021, Hilary was honoured to be awarded the Making Music 'best vocal group music director' prize, and she and Bristol Choral Society were jointed awarded the RPS Inspiration Award.