Summer 2018 sees us—that is David and Rachel Musgrove—saying goodbye to the choir we founded in order to move to a less crowded part of the country where our dream thatched cottage awaits. Though we have found it very stimulating running a small chamber choir it has also been at times an enormous challenge and…
Harlequin has very ambitious plans for 2018 including a concert of purely contemporary music. We are currently preparing a world premiere by local composer Ian Assersohn—Verses from Panthea, based on poems by Oscar Wilde. Alongside this we have some glorious music by Cambridgeshire-based Janet Wheeler from a recent composition Time Becomes a Song. We investigate…
Our first self-promoted Christmas concert was a great success with over 240 in the audience, filling Holy Trinity Church in Guildford. Thank you for coming! We very much enjoyed welcoming Tillingbourne School Choir to sing with us as well as our friends Surrey Brass. The money raised will be used for our new recording in…
I’m delighted to say that the first of our two Christmas concerts is already SOLD OUT! (16th November 2017). Our Teddington concert with Surrey Brass at the huge Landmark Theatre has always been a rip-roaring success. Harlequin came onto the scene when the concert was already understood as THE Christmas event in the local area.…
So much news! We are sad to be saying goodbye to Catherine who has been our music director for the past four years. The wonderful Tom Lydon will be taking us through our Christmas rehearsal run. We are very excited to announce that we are moving to Guildford in October at the beginning of our…
We are thrilled to announce that we have won first prize in the ‘Own Choir’ category at the Portsmouth Music Festival! We sang a selection of pieces based on the theme ‘Living Things’. And oh my, isn’t it a beauty!
“In the secluded setting of the Surrey Hills, five miles south of Guildford lies Gate Street Barn, a truly magnificent place for any special occasion…” and we’re singing there on 8th January! Gate Street Barn is hosting an open day and Harlequin is the choir of choice. Given that the Barn is booked for almost every…
The ‘Rejoice in the Lamb’ poster caused much consternation amongst our local supporters. An enormous lamb kebab was used to highlight the fact that this was a concert for food lovers. We apologise to those who found it sacrilegious and are sad for the two who boycotted the concert—you missed a treat. Delighted to hear,…
Harlequin is pushing towards becoming a choir of around 20 voices. We now have spaces for a tenor, second bass and second alto. If you are interested please contact us and come along for an informal sing. Harlequin is looking for singers who are keen to commit themselves to a regular termly rehearsal schedule and…
After only singing together for just over two years, it gives us great pleasure to announce we were chosen as adult winners in the Choir of the Year’s first round heat in Portsmouth.
After an interesting committee meeting in which Angela did her best to keep us in order, we made up our minds to put on a performance of Messiah in 2017. It will be a one to a part instrumental ensemble and small choir with professional soloists. This is going to be a ‘Harlequin and friends’…
Bring us, O Lord God, at our last awakening, into the house and gate of heaven, to enter into that gate and dwell in that house, where there shall be no darkness nor dazzling, but one equal light; no noise nor silence, but one equal music; no fears nor hopes, but one equal possession; no…
Steve hates competitions and we’re doing two this year. So what a stroke of luck it was that second bass Esmond Cordingley Poole got in touch with us recently. He is singing with Harlequin for 2016 before going up for his undergraduate year at Oxford. We’re also delighted to welcome Rachel Jesman in alto/2nd soprano. Rachel travels down…
Eek! We’ll be delighted if we get a Choir of the Day award when we compete down in Portsmouth on 28th May. Choir of the Year only runs every other year, so we felt compelled to have a go this year. That’s two very exciting competition opportunities for us this year. Busy, busy, busy!
We’re delighted to welcome Annelies Scott to our alto section. Annelies (nee Terry) was a finalist in the Young Musician of the Year Competition in 1986. Her instrument is the cello and she now teaches in Guildford and with the string specialist education charity, Pro Corda. She met Rachel and David—two of Harlequin’s members—many years ago…