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Founded in 1989, we
have grown from a small group of friends to a happy ‘family’ of some 30
people of 12 nationalities and with ages ranging from 24 to over 80.
Our musically gifted new director, Leela Herriman, gently coaxes us to refine
our pitch, watch our dynamics and improve the general musical quality of our
performance – but never forgets we need to have fun too. We remember
each other’s birthdays and hold joint parties several times a year. We
eagerly welcome anyone who can sing in tune and enjoys doing so. Right now,
we are particularly keen to find more tenors and basses, and sopranos who can
hit the top notes. Our
operating language is English with translations made for our large group of
Catalan speakers. The majority of our repertoire is in English and includes
classical and gospel music, songs from musicals, traditional folk songs and
spirituals. Our biannual concerts always include Catalan songs as well
as songs in other languages, often reflecting the choir’s different
nationalities. From the beginning
we decided that, to make progress, we had to work hard and talk little during
rehearsals. At the moment these are held every Wednesday night between “MASS CHOIR” CONCERT at St Esteve Church, Andorra Saturday, 19th
May. The following choirs: the French choir SUO TEMPORE, Catherine Metayer’s
two choirs, ELS PETITS CANTORS & COR DE CAMBRA DE LES VALLS D’ANDORRA and The
International Club’s INTERNATIONAL SINGERS will
sing a varied programme both separately and together - and you’ll even get
the chance to join in at the end! Tickets are 5€ each. All the money raised will go to
Infants del Món for building infant schools in Cambodia. Book tickets with
Clare Allcard allcards@andorra.ad
or tel. 344 181 or look out for them at the Wednesday coffee
morning (as soon as they have been printed) May/June: The International Singers' concerts and 'At Home with the
Singers' fund-Raising dinner/concert December: The International Singers' Festival of International
Christmas Music THE INTERNATIONAL SINGERS No probs! Lots of us were like that.
Now's your chance to find your voice again amongst a truly international and friendly
bunch of people. And if you're a man then all the better, we truly need you!
If you'd like to give us a try or just want to come along and see what we get
up to give Clare a ring on 344 181. INTERNATIONAL SINGERS ANNUAL REPORT 2007 TO THE CLUB INTERNATIONAL D’ANDORRA International Singers report 2007 Well, we’ve had yet another
roller-coaster year. Sadly, our wonderful Leela stepped down as director but happily has returned
to lend us her rich singing voice. Tracking down good
directors in The Tuesday Group’s enthusiasm is ignited by The Thursday Group has the inspirational Luc
Sanchez as pianist. This is a mixed choir of some 32 voices (including most
of the Tuesday Group.) This season we are having a ball with medleys from
Sister Act and Lloyd Webber. As to new singers, our prayers have been so well answered that we are
in danger of running out of material for uniforms... Of the 13 new singers,
our youngest is 15-year-old Sandra Botey, daughter
of the singer and Last Christmas we gave three concerts and raised
almost 1,000€ to help build schools in rural 2008 will be remembered as the year that our trusty,
10-year-old Roland keyboard finally gave up the ghost. We have replaced it
with a brand new one - that weighs a ton!! As with the last one, we are
sharing it equally with the Now please get out your diaries… On Saturday, 31st
May at 8.30pm we plan to repeat last year’s successful fund-raising format
for At Home with the Singers in the same venue kindly leant to us by
the Escaldes Comú, in the
comú building by Caldea.
It will include refreshments followed by a concert of choir and audience
songs, solos and a raffle. Tickets are 5€ and have to be bought prior to
the concert. The money from last year’s evening went towards paying our
pianist. Leela, bless her, worked for free. Costs
have risen considerably this year as, naturally, both our young pianists need
to earn a living. I should at this point say a special thank you to
the Friends of the Singers without whom we could not continue our work of
bridge-building in the wider community that is Our second concert will be in Regards
Clare
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Anyone interested in joining us do
please contact either Clare
Allcard 836269 and 344181 or Maria Teresa Raurell 836123 |
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