10th Anniversary Gala Concert
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On Sunday 24 November 2019, Tonic Choir celebrated 10 years of singing, laughter and friendship with two sold-out performances at the Harrow Arts Centre, with a guest appearance by the award-winning Jubilate choir.
Reviews here For photos on Flickr go to PHOTOLINK. Highlights included Sea Song Medley (arr. Bryan Kesselman) - World premiere Scottish Song Medley (arr. Bryan Kesselman) - World premiere Sing me To Sleep (Greene/Bigham arr. Bryan Kesselman) Moustaches (Music: Bryan Kesselman, Words: Philip Barnett) Zimbabwe Suite (Music: Bryan Kesselman, Words: Russ McAnulla) |
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10th anniversary year - beginning October 2018
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EVENT 1: Saturday 10 November 2018
Beyond the Trenches at Bentley Priory Museum. (Tonic Extra) EVENT 2: Thursday 15 November 2018 Singing at the INTU Shopping Centre, Watford EVENT 3: Sunday 10 February 2019 Workshop with Mary King Sunday 17 March 2019 Rehearsal for Spring concert EVENT 4: Wednesday 20 March 2019 Tonic 4 at the Betty and Asher Loftus Centre in Friern Barnet EVENT 5: Sunday 24 March 2019 Tonic's Spring Concert with ENO Harewood Artist, Nadine Benjamin. EVENT 6: Saturday 1 June 2019 Tonic Extra at The Bushey Academy with More Than Just a Choir. EVENT 7: Sunday 30 June 2019 A choral jazz event with Pete Churchill. Photos EVENT 8: Sunday 14 July 2019 Carmina Burana with full orchestra with the Really Big Chorus at the Royal Albert Hall Photos here EVENT 9: Sunday 4 August 2019 Summer tea party EVENT 10: Saturday 19 October 2019 Voices for Hospices at the Harrow School Speech Room. Another opportunity to join other choirs in this historic setting and raise money for our local hospice. EVENT 11: Sunday 24 November 2019 Our 10th anniversary concert at the Harrow Arts Centre. ALSO 100 members attended a series of workshops (Sept 2018) Music included A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman), The Rose, and Stand By Me. A large party went to see Porgy and Bess at the ENO (Oct 2018) Our friend, Nadine Benjamin, made her ENO debut. Tonic Extra presented Beyond the Trenches (a WW1 programme) at Bentley Priory Museum (Nov 2018) This was a repeat of last year's show and played once again to full houses. A group (50+) drawn from all the Tonic choirs sang at INTU Shopping Centre, Watford. (Dec 2018) Photos A small group went to see La Bohème at the ENO (Dec 2018) Our friend, Nadine Benjamin, sang Musetta. Vocal coach and broadcaster, Mary King, led a workshop. (Feb 2019) Tonic Extra teamed up with More Than Just A Choir for a fund raiser. Over £3,000 was raised for MTJAC. (June 2019) Brian Kay (one of the original Kings Singers and Really Big Chorus conductor) led a Carmina Burana rehearsal for the 40 or so members of Tonic who were learning the piece for July in the Royal Albert Hall. (June 2019) Photos |
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