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Meet our Young Conducting Scholars for 2023
By SfP Head of Marketing |
Sing for Pleasure is delighted to announce the four recipients of our Young Conducting Scholarships this year. Congratulations to Oliver, Katie, James and Sarah for your success in the face of such fierce competition. Meet our new scholars! Oliver Heath Oliver is a 2nd year music student at Leeds University from Northern Ireland. He is …
Young Conducting Scholarship Programme 2023-24
By SfP Head of Marketing |
Sing for Pleasure is delighted to open applications for our acclaimed Young Conducting Scholarship 2023-24. This specially designed, year-long programme offers promising young musicians aged 18-25 funded places on our courses, plus one-to-one mentoring and support to further develop their skills. We are extremely grateful to the John Lewis Partnership and the generous individual donors …
Jamie Crick (1966–2023)
By SfP Head of Marketing |
All of us at Sing for Pleasure were shocked to learn of the death on 29 August of Jamie Crick, aged just 57, after a brief illness. A well-known radio broadcaster, Jamie was a trustee of Sing for Pleasure for several years. Many members will remember his wonderful contribution to our Golden Jubilee concert in …
Sing for Pleasure 60th Anniversary: Diamond Cuts Project
By SfP Head of Marketing |
Calling SfP members past and present! Sing for Pleasure will be celebrating its Diamond Jubilee in 2024. A series of exciting events is being planned to mark this special occasion – more details of which will follow, so do watch this space! As SfP continues to move forward, we want to celebrate our heritage by …
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Come and hear Bach and Haydn in York!
By SfP Head of Marketing |
The cumulation of our singing trip to York will be a concert of Bach and Handel in the York St John University Chapel and we’d LOVE to see you there. Join us for an evening of extraordinary music, presenting the works of two of the greatest composers in history, Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Joseph …
Meet Paul, our new CEO
By SfP Head of Marketing |
A message from Miles Wallis-Clarke, Chair of Trustees. Over recent months we have undergone a robust and thorough process to appoint the next CEO of Sing for Pleasure. We wanted to build on the considerable contributions of recent CEOs including Steve Gregson, Manvinder Rattan and Catherine Beddison. Amongst the 111 applications we had many very …