member resources

We continue to be guided by “Making Music”, our national membership organisation for music groups and promoters.

The previous mandated restrictions have, of course, been ended, but that does not mean that Covid has been conquered, rather that the impact of contracting Covid is now much reduced following the vaccination programme, increased immunity after having had the disease and mutations in the virus itself.

However, that is a general statement of the “on average” type and we need to remember that some people still get Covid very badly indeed whilst others are more vulnerable to catching the disease. Similarly we can remind ourselves that some of our members have more vulnerable people at home or for whom they are carers and I believe we each owe them a moral duty not to knowingly expose them to the disease as the consequences for them and their loved ones may be significantly worse than any symptoms we experience ourselves.

Making music therefore advise a set of “safer behaviours” which I would strongly recommend we each adopt, please :

1. Getting vaccinated – including all available boosters.
2. Letting fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meeting outside. We will have windows open at rehearsals so please dress appropriately
3. Wearing a face covering in crowded and enclosed spaces, especially where you come into contact with people you do not usually meet, when rates of transmission are high.
4. Trying to stay at home if you are unwell.
5. Taking a test if you have COVID-19 symptoms, (if available) and staying at home and avoiding contact with other people if you test positive; and
6. Washing your hands and following advice to ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it’.

The single most important point is that no one should come to rehearsals if they have the slightest symptoms or if you suspect you have been in contact with someone who is carrying the disease. Can we each, please, adopt this as a personal obligation to our fellow choir-members.

I hope you will agree that these are a reasonable set of clearly-stated behaviours and that you can personally commit to their adoption.

Rehearsals for our Spring 2025 concert

Rehearsals are on Tuesdays between 8 and 10pm at Walthamstow Hall Junior School, Bradbourne Park Road, Sevenoaks, TN13 3LD and will run from 7 January to 1 April, with the concert at 7.30pm at Pamoja Concert Hall, Sevenoaks School on on Saturday 5 April.

Scores

Brian Shirreff has hire scores for both the Faure and Durufle Requiems at £2 each – correct money please. The two shorter pieces are open source materials and can be downloaded and printed from the links below :

Faure, Cantique de Jean Racine – Click Here

Durufle, Ubi Caritas et Amore – Click Here

Rehearsal Aids

Faure Requiem – Chord Perfect (NB you may occasionally see a panel seeking a donation – if you want to make one, do, otherwise click in top right corner of panel to close)

Soprano – Click Here

Alto – Click Here

Tenor 1 – Click Here

Tenor 2 – Click Here

Bass 1 – Click Here

Bass 2 – Click Here

Faure – Cantique de Jean Racine – Chord Perfect

Soprano – Click Here

Alto – Click Here

Tenor – Click Here

Bass – Click Here

Durufle Requiem – Cyberbass – Click Here

Durufle – Ubi Caritas et Amor – Cyberbass – Click Here (NB Just 1 Ubi Caritas)