Although the Coronavirus crisis lockdown has made it impossible for Leith Hill and Cambridge Timeline Choirs to meet in person during the Summer Term, we have decided the show must go own! Timeline Choir is going virtual, and you are invited to sing with us from the comfort of your own homes!
What’s more, we decided to try to turn these restrictions on our activities (can’t meet in person, can’t hear each other singing in real time) into an opportunity, by embracing things we can’t do in the real world, but can do in the virtual one. First of all, we’re giving Leith Hill and Cambridge members the chance to join in with each other’s choirs this term (well, why not?!). We’ve also joined forces Jon Hughes (website here), known to TLC members as the composer of Through the Gate, one of our favourite pieces to sing. By collaborating with each other, we can combine our skill-sets to make available a far greater range of online resources over the coming term, as well as new music, fresh ideas, and the chance to connect with like-minded singers from other parts of the UK. It’s a way of turning this separation into a coming together. 🙂
- Leith Hill Timeline Choir (Claire): 7:30-8:30pm – Tuesday evenings (Surrey)
- The Stonegate Singers (Jon): 7:30-8:30pm – Wednesday evenings (York)
- Cambridge Timeline Choir (Stef): 7:00-8:00pm – Thursday evenings (ends as the NHS clap begins)
- The Roundhay Singers (Jon): 8:05-9:05pm – Thursday evenings (starts just after the NHS clap) (Leeds)
From w/c Monday 20th April to w/c Monday 6th JulyWith HALF TERM in w/c Monday 25th May.
As well as these weekly sessions, Claire, Stef, and Jon will be sharing warmup videos, rounds, technical tips, fun songs, tutorials for harmony parts, and much more as the term progresses. We will keep you well-stocked with heart-warming harmony during these troubling times!
Leith Hill Timeline Choir Begins the Summer Term with a Zoom session on Tuesday 21st April, 7:30–8:30pm, live from Claire’s living room. Invitations to the Zoom rehearsals arrive by email at the beginning of every week. You can email Claire to sign up or read more here.
Cambridge Timeline Choir begins the Summer Term with a Zoom session on Thursday 23rd April, 7:00–8:00pm, live from Stef’s living room (usually featuring special guest performer, Magnus the piano-playing cat). Invitations to the Zoom rehearsals arrive by email at the beginning of every week. You can email Stef to sign up or read more here.
Timeline Choir is a community singing group with a difference: although it is open to all, with no auditions and no requirement for members to be able to read music, the choir is set apart by its specially-arranged and artistically ambitious repertoire, which celebrates the heritage of the local area, from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day.