St George's Chapel, Windsor, November 2009
Forthcoming Concerts
Sunday September 12th - 5.30pm - Pink Champagne!
- 'A Sparkling Gala of Operetta Gems' starring Opera Stars from
ENO, New Sadler's
Wells Opera & Carl Rosa Opera - Rosemary
Ashe, Stephen Brown & John Lofthouse, accompanied by
Kirbye Voices - in aid of The Theatre
Royal Bury. Tickets from £8.50
Book now on 01284 769505 or
www.theatreroyal.org, preceeded
by a High Tea with Pink Fizz at 4.30pm in the Greene Room ( £10)
Saturday September 25th - 7pm - Musical Melford! - A concert to celebrate 50 years of The National Trust at Melford Hall, Long Melford. Tickets from 01787 379228
Kirbye Voices is an established choir of around 30 experienced voices drawn from the Bury St Edmunds area where it is based which specialise in unaccompanied choral music of all periods, both sacred and secular.
We are proud to be named after the madrigal composer George Kirbye, who lived and worked in Bury. and who most notably contributed to Morley's Triumphs of Oriana in 1601. Kirbye is buried in St Mary's Church, Bury where he was Churchwarden.
Our repertoire is wide and varied, equally at home singing Byrd, Handel & Howells as Elgar, Sullivan & close harmonies in King's Singers arrangements!
We enjoy regular visits to sing Cathedral services, and recent visits have included our 'home' Cathedral in St Edmundsbury, Ely, Norwich, Canterbury, Coventry and Chelmsford. We have also had the distinction of singing in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, and our Tribute to Thomas Tallis programme at Waltham Abbey, where in 1540, he was Organist.
We present an annual Christmas Fundraising Concert, usually in the magnificent acoustic of The Atheneaum, in Bury St Edmunds, near where we rehearse. In 2009, we were delighted to have as our host, one of the UK's most popular comedians, BBC TV's Ian Lavender, (Dads Army & EastEnders) and together, we raised over £1,000 for Macmillan Nurses.
We meet every Thursday at the Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate St, Bury St Edmunds, from 7.45 – 9.45, and we welcome new members with sight reading and choral experience who can also commit on a regular basis, to join us - particularly tenors & basses!
Over the years, we have raised many thousands of pounds for church and other charitable funds, and are always pleased to hear from those who would welcome a concert in aid of their particular fund.
Please for further details.
Norwich Cathedral Weekend, July 2008