All Saints' Chamber Choir

Newcastle upon Tyne

All Saints' Chamber Choir, based in Gosforth, was founded in 1992 by its Artistic Director Edward Marsh.

www.chamber-choir.com

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Jonathan Scott is the visitor for this group from the Making Music: North East Regional Committee.

Cappella Novocastriensis

Newcastle upon Tyne

Cappella Novocastriensis was founded in 1960 by Dr Frederick Hudson to specialise in singing music for worship. It has about 40 members, and often sings unaccompanied.

Cappella sings in churches throughout the North East, as well as giving several major concerts each year. These concerts frequently promote unjustly neglected music: programmes have ranged through works from the Eton Choirbook to specially commissioned works by John Joubert, whose Hymne of the Nativity received its premiere at the concert given in December 2000 in Holy Trinity, Jesmond. The choir also sings unaccompanied works by other modern composers such as Tavener, Gorecki, Whitacre and Lauridsen.

In recent years Cappella has given a number of performances of early music with period instruments provided by Newcastle Baroque, or on occasion by period brass ensembles such as QuintEssential and the English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 has been performed on two occasions in Durham Cathedral.

In 1999, with the aid of the Lottery Fund, the City of Newcastle, the Sir James Knott Trust and individual subscriptions, Cappella commissioned a chamber organ from Neil Richerby of
Lammermuir Pipeorgans. This organ, his "Opus 34", has been a valuable asset to the choir's performances, and is available on hire for concerts in the North East by arrangement with the chairman of Cappella (e-mail Kim.Bartlett@tgfl.net).

In December the choir usually gives a candlelit concert in the church of St Willibrord with All Saints, Newcastle Quayside. This concert has featured in succession Christmas music from Venice, Germany, England and France. In the week before Christmas the choir has regularly sung carols in a Newcastle shopping centre, to raise money for the Children's Foundation. The choir has also appeared on Tyne Tees Television's With Voices Raised, and has produced two CDs of Christmas music, in 2002 and 2005, which have been featured on BBC Radio 3's The Choir, and Classic FM's The Full Works.
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http://cappellanovocastriensis.com

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Chilli Road Band

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Chilli Road Band is a dynamic, vibrant community band consisting of adults and children playing an eclectic mix of latin, jazz and rock on an array of instruments: steel pans, percussion, drums, brass and woodwind. Band members, ranging from beginner musicians to accomplished performers, rehearse at Chillingham Road Primary School on Tuesday evenings.

People wanting to book the band should get in touch with Steve Nash (07824 555221) and people interested in joining the band should contact Paul Fletcher (0191 265 0304).

www.chilliroadband.co.uk

Drummed Up

Newcastle upon Tyne

Drummed Up is a West African drumming group based in the Newcastle upon Tyne dedicated to playing drums and percussion. We are based at the Newcastle Music Service building at 41 Jesmond Vale, for directions use this map.

From 6.30pm until 8.20pm we have the taught session, (people arriving early usually gather in the Blue Bell pub, opposite Nr.41) Newcomers are welcomed and are taught enough to join in immediately. The performance rehearsal period starts at 8.40 (beginners welcome to stay to observe only)

Drummed Up currently have quite a large collection of West African Djembe drums and percussion, so there's always something for you to play, or you can bring your own instruments.

We meet simply to share the experience of drumming together, and we hope to share this experience with audiences. Please contact the group to find out more.

www.drummedup.org.uk

Jonathan Scott is the visitor for this group from the Making Music: North East Regional Committee.

Few Broth

Newcastle/Northumberland

The band have a love of all types of folk with a leaning towards 'Geordie' folk songs.

www.freewebs.com/fewbroth/

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Heaton Voices Community Choir

Newcastle upon Tyne

Heaton Voices is a community choir based in Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Heaton Voices began in January 2000, set up by Richard Scott in response to the need for a community based singing group.

www.heatonvoices.org.uk

Jesmond Choral Group

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Jesmond Choral Group (founded in 1966 as the St James's Choral Group) performs choral music regularly in and around the Newcastle upon Tyne area. The Group currently comprises around 30 members and is based at St Hilda's Church on Thornleigh Road, Jesmond, rehearsing on Tuesday evenings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm.

Contact: Jonathan Scott, Music Director.

www.jesmondchoralgroup.org.uk

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Mutandi

Newcastle upon Tyne

Mutandi is an energetic performance group based in Newcastle upon Tyne, playing traditional West African rhythms with full djembe, bass drum and bell sections... all accompanied by our lovely, vivacious dancers. We are an exciting, vibrant and fun gigging group who get any audience up and dancing!

www.myspace.com/mutandi

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New Tyneside Orchestra

Newcastle upon Tyne

Since its foundation in 1970, the NTO has doubled in size and has attracted players from all walks of life. The orchestra is now one of the leading amateur orchestras in the north east with a strong core of over 70 players.

The NTO performs three main concerts a year, currently from its concert base at Royal Grammar School, Jesmond. In addition the orchestra gives a number of smaller chamber concerts each year, often for local charities, as well as accompanying local choral groups in their own performances.

We tackle a variety of works, from Malcolm Arnold to Mozart, Tschaikovsky to Tippett so there really is something to suit all tastes.

For more information about the orchestra, including details of all forthcoming concerts, please visit our website (below). To be added to our electronic mailing list to receive details of our concerts please email newtyneorch@hotmail.com.

Vacancies

The New Tyneside Orchestra rehearses weekly on Tyneside. There are occasional vacancies in some sections of the orchestra and anyone interested, who is of a sufficiently high standard of playing, is asked to contact the secretary, Rachael Leisk.

www.newtyneorch.org.uk/

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Newcastle All Stars Steel Orchestra

Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle All Stars' repertoire is self-arranged drawing upon pop, film scores, latin, reggae, swing and calypso.

www.newcastleallstars.org.uk

Newcastle Choral Society

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Newcastle Choral Society is a choir of over one hundred. We perform a wide variety of works at venues around the North East with Mark Anyan (pictured) as our Musical Director since September 2007. Mark is General Manager of the National Youth Choir, a singing tutor for Durham County Music Service, and joint Musical Director for the newly formed Durham Cathedral Young Singers. We rehearse every Monday 7.30-9.30pm at St James and St Basils' Church Hall, Wingrove Road Fenham.

We are always looking for new voices, especially tenors and basses, so why not come along and join us. Contact geoff.marshall@which.net for further information.

www.communigate.co.uk/ne/ncs/

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Jonathan Scott is the visitor for this group from the Making Music: North East Regional Committee.

Newcastle upon Tyne Bach Choir

Newcastle upon Tyne


The choir, of some 90 plus members, was founded in 1915. Three concerts are given annually, one of works by J.S.Bach, one of British music, the third a contrasting programme. Throughout its history, the Newcastle upon Bach Choir has been based in the Music Department of Newcastle University. Dr Eric Cross is the musical director. The choir rehearses on Monday evenings during academic terms from 6.30 - 8.30pm, usually in the Kings Hall, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University.

Contact: Rose Haslam (Choir Secretary) on 0191 285 3975 email: vrhaslam@btinternet.com

www.newcastlebachchoir.org.uk

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Newcastle upon Tyne Chamber Music Society

Newcastle upon Tyne

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North East Gospel Choir

Newcastle upon Tyne

Leader: Sharon Durant
Sessions: Monthly, Sunday 4.30 - 6.30pm
Venue: Trinity Christian Community Centre, Freeman Road, Newcastle, NE3 1SS
For more information contact: 01670 517191, richards222@btinternet.com

North East of England Barbershop Harmony Club

Newcastle upon Tyne

North East Recorder Orchestra

Newcastle upon Tyne

The North East Recorder Orchestra (NERCO) was formed in January 2004 to give recorder players in the North East of England the opportunity to tackle large scale pieces either especially written for the recorder orchestra or arrangements.

Meetings take place on the 4th Saturday in each month (except August and December) from 10am to 1pm in the hall of Christchurch, Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contact: John Hawkes, email: nercoinfo@googlemail.com, tel: 01661 822909

www.nerco.org.uk

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Northern Chords

North East

North East Chamber Music Festival.

Visit the website to find details of concerts and events during the festival weekend.

www.northernchords.co.uk

Northern Praeclassica

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Northern Praeclassica is a chamber choir, nominally of about twenty-five members, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was formed in 1973 to perform music of the 16th Century, but the repertoire has since been extended to embrace music of all periods. Sacred and secular, accompanied and unaccompanied, large and small scale works all appear on the Choir's programmes. In a typical year the Choir stages three concerts, of which one per year is on a larger scale, given in aid of a charity, often attracting local external sponsorship. Northern Praeclassica is itself a registered Charity (Reg. 503478), and is a member of Making Music.

The choir meets every Monday during school term-times under its Musical Director, Simon Fidler, in Jesmond. It welcomes applications from appropriately experienced singers to join.

For further information, or for advance notice of our programme of concerts, please contact the Secretary, Les Brunton: Tel: 0191 281 2936, Email: les.brunton@yahoo.co.uk

northernpraeclassica.homecall.co.uk

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Northumberland Orchestral Society

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Northumberland Orchestral Society, founded in 1877, has the distinction of being the third oldest active orchestra in the country. The orchestra has about 55 regular players covering a wide age range and a wide range of professions and interests.

The aim of the orchestra is to provide an atmosphere in which every member is able to play to the best of their ability, in a happy environment, and to enjoy each other's company.

They play a wide range of music, from the Classical Period to the present day. They give several concerts a year, sometimes including concerts for and with children.

The conductor, Gillian Coop, was Director of Music at the Central Newcastle High School for 35 years and has wide experience of both choral and orchestral conducting.

The orchestra meets every Monday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in the Central Newcastle High Music School, Brandling Village, Jesmond. (The nearest Metro station is Jesmond).

New members are most welcome; please visit our website (below) or, if you would like further information, email postmaster@northumberlandorchestralsociety.org.uk.

www.northumberlandorchestralsociety.org.uk

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Orchestra North East

Durham, Newcastle

Orchestra North East (formerly Durham Sinfonia) was formed in the 1980s, and its members are drawn from across the North East. Its membership comprises both professional and amateur musicians who come together for at least three major concerts per year.

www.durhamsinfonia.org.uk

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St Paul's Youth Ensemble

Newcastle upon Tyne

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Tenth Avenue Band

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Tenth Avenue Band play a mixture of music - Latin, Jazz, Blues, African and Ska. Their repertoire also includes some Yiddish Klezmer and some Croatian tunes, but they are best known for Latin dance music - Mambo, Cumbia, Rhumba, Cha-Cha and Samba.

www.tenthavenueband.co.uk

The Singers

Newcastle upon Tyne

The Singers is a chamber choir of some 20+ singers. The choir is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, rehearsing one weekend in each month, the choir aims to maintain a sweetness and clarity of tone which is particularly appropriate for the earlier choral repertoire which is one of its specialties. The choir will be performing in St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, St George's Chapel, Windsor and Southwark Cathedral during 2007.

Contact: Rose Haslam (Choir Secretary) on 0191 285 3975: email: vrhaslam@btinternet.com

www.singers.org.uk

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Tyneside Chamber Orchestra

Newcastle upon Tyne

Currently in its 53rd season, the TCO presents concerts three times a year.

There are occasional vacancies for string players, who are 'auditioned' via 3 rehearsals which take place on alternate Sunday evenings (more frequently just before a concert) for two hours from 1700 at the Peoples' Theatre in Heaton, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

For further information contact the Secretary Drusilla Calvert on 0191 499 0094 or dcalvert@macrex.com

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