Music at Clare was
rather amateurish
when I was up.
How things
have changed!
Josh, Can Bass 3, gives the final installment of our USA tour blog, completed with a wonderful party in Cleveland Heights and a red-eye return to Blighty in time for our concert at St John's, Smith Square, a carol service, and the small matter of another B minor Mass performance...
more >Kit, Can Bass 1, tells of the historic day that the Director of Music made his US baritone debut as a spur-of-the-moment deputy in the beautiful landscape of Vermont...
more >Alex, Dec Tenor 2, tells us of our final concert in Cleveland Heights, with coach banter and Graham's awkward chat...
more >Sophie, Can Sop 1, charts the early morning start from Vermont to Cincinnati, with a special extra bonus edition from Robin, Can Bass 4, describing black tie ice skating and 1am gym antics...
more >Matthew, the Junior Organ Scholar, writes of the Choir's concert in the amazing grounds of St Paul's School, Concord, NH, and recalls the intercontinental sporting triumph on US soil...
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Chris, Can Tenor 1, charts day two of the USA tour takes us from Princeton to Boston, for a performance in Massachusetts’s General Hospital and a rare evening off together...
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USA ‘Veni Emmanuel’ tour, December 2013
Blog No. 2
Hugo Popplewell, Dec Bass 2
Day two of our USA tour sees us give our first performance in Trinity Church, Princeton, NJ, covered in snow!
more >After a long day of travelling, and some memorable happenings en route to JFK, we arrive in Princeton, NJ for the start of our 'Veni Emmanuel' tour...
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For the first of our blog posts, 3rd year soprano Sophie Horrocks recalls the choir's performances last week of Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and Tavener's The Lamb with the Aurora Orchestra in Bury St. Edmund's and London.
more >The choir joins forces with the Aurora Orchestra this week for two semi-staged performances of Britten's 'Rejoice in the Lamb', directed by tenor Andrew Staples and conducted by Nicolas Collon (both alumni of Clare).
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