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The BBC Singers are the UK’s only full-time professional chamber choir, and along with the five orchestras, they are full-time salaried musicians whose pay is negotiated with the Musicians' Union (United Kingdom).
Today's choir was founded in October 1921 [n 1] and included both choral and orchestral sections, with the first post-war public performance in March 1922. [14] In its early years, the choir worked in association with the Royal Military School of Music (RMSM) at Kneller Hall under the direction of Charles Thornton Lofthouse. [15]
Pages in category "British choirs" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. The 17; A. Angelis; B.
Bob Chilcott is the current principal guest conductor of the choir. David Hill was the most recent conductor from 2007 to 2017. Sofi Jeannin was a guest-conductor of the choir in January 2017. In May 2017, the BBC announced her appointment as the choir's next chief conductor, the first woman to hold the post, with effect from July 2018. [6]
The choir's vocal coach, Polly Beck, studied at the RSAMD (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), and later the postgraduate opera course at the RNCM, for which she won an entrance scholarship. Beck returned to Scotland to work with Scottish Opera, and has performed as a soloist with several UK orchestras, and in many festivals.
The Really Big Chorus (TRBC) is Britain's largest choral society, made up of singers from hundreds of different choirs all over the UK as well as thousands of individuals. It was founded by Don Monro, an Electrical Engineering lecturer (and clarinettist) at Imperial College, just opposite the Royal Albert Hall.
Brighton Festival Chorus (abbreviated to BFC) is a large choir of over 150 amateur singers based in Brighton, UK.One of the country's leading symphony choruses.., [1] and considered "one of the jewels in the city's musical crown", [2] BFC performs in major concert halls throughout Britain and Europe, particularly in Brighton and London.
The Harmonies of Hope Choir - A Choir of children who've had kidney transplants. The choir is funded by Children in Need and they sang from their homes across London and The South East and were edited together by the BBC Production Team. Ely Cathedral for BBC East; Portmeirion for BBC Wales [50] Cardiff Castle for BBC Wales [50]