Two weeks without a blog.  Apologies for this, but the Music Department has, however, been as busy as ever.

There have been two evenings of Carol Singing with members of the Chamber Choir at The Royal York and Faulkener Hotel in Sidmouth, as part of their 'Turkey and Tinsel' weekends.

The Chamber Choir also travelled to Winchester Cathedral to sing Choral Evensong on Wed. 14th November.  This was a great occasion with the music consisting of Smith responses, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G by Stanford [with two Y13 soloists] and the anthem "The Lord is my Shepherd" by Rutter.  A large congregation enjoyed the singing and we enjoyed the playing of the organ scholar Jonathan Hope  who, in addition to having relatives in Honiton and Chard, has a cousin who is a Colytonian!  Small world.  The obligatory meal followed this evensong and we were looked after very well by the staff at ASK .

Glyndebourne Touring Opera's performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro was the next event, with a group of nearly 30 students and staff attending the Theatre Royal in Plymouth. [A different production to the one in the earlier link but performed with real joie de vivre]  The chorus included Colytonian Daniel Rudge.  Five proud staff were sitting in the audience watching a former student starting to make his way in the musical world.  Next we will hear him singing the Bass solos in the forthcoming CGS Senior Choir performance of Messiah on Saturday 20th April 2013 in Exeter Cathedral.