by Mel Lawrie | Dec 7, 2019 | Events
With the introduction of a spring concert in April, 2019 was the first year that our choir had attempted two major concerts within a 9 month period – so James’s decision to create a programme of pieces composed or arranged by women was an even braver one! At its heart...
by Mel Lawrie | Nov 12, 2018 | Travels
In November 2018 a motley group from Lauderdale Community Choir set off for the Big Apple to sing in the Carnegie Hall, no less! We had to raise our game! Our designated ‘leader’, Emma, had undertaken a huge amount of organisation and liaison with DCINY* in order to...
by Mel Lawrie | Nov 3, 2018 | Travels
A chance ‘find’ on social media had alerted me to the opportunity to be part of a 2000 strong chorus coming together to perform Sir Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man in Berlin. This music was written as a Mass for Peace which embraces many religions and was originally...
