The Hill Singers Chamber Choir has a wide ranging repertoire from renaissance motets to jazz standards and music by living composers. Our regular rehearsal is in the Wesley Room, Lantern Arts Centre, Tolverne Road, SW20 8RA,. We begin our 2023/24 season with our Musical Director, Benjamin Newlove on Tuesday 19th September 2023 at 7.30pm.
The choir is currently around 20 voices strong, ranging from people relatively new to choral singing to some very experienced choral singers. However, we are always pleased to see new singers and if you are interested in joining us, come to any of our Tuesday evening rehearsals, where you will receive a warm welcome. Please go to our music clips page to hear excerpts of our performances.
We started the 2022/23 Season with a concert of Christmas music with the theme of ‘Stars and Kings’.
Following this our March Concert theme was ‘Springtime & Renewal’, with music by George Shearing, Delius, Finzi, Morten Lauridsen, Barber , Skempton and more.
We finished our season in June with a concert of ‘Music for a Summer Evening’. The choir sang pieces by composers which included Vaughan Williams, Stanford, Elgar, Copeland and Eric Whittacre.
Previous recent Concerts have explored compositions from a diverse range of composers, including Byrd, Purcell, Brahms, Mozart and Vaughan Williams. We have featured music by contemporary composers, Will Todd, Alexander Campkin and John Rutter and American music has been a favourite of many choir members, with arrangements of popular classics such as ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Blue Moon’ and ‘Summertime’. Occasionally we have also been able to commission new works and we have sung in Welsh, Icelandic, French, German, and Portuguese
OUR REHEARSALS, STARTING ON 19th SEPTEMBER, ARE ON TUESDAY EVENINGS 7.30 – 9.30 PM, AT THE WESLEY ROOM, LANTERN ARTS CENTRE, TOLVERNE ROAD, SW20 8RA. THIS IS CLOSE TO RAYNES PARK RAILWAY STATION AND BUS STOPS FOR THE 57 & 200 BUSES.
WE ARE ALWAYS KEEN TO WELCOME NEW SINGERS TO JOIN US FOR ALL VOICE PARTS AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CHOIR, PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL hillsingers@aol.com OR CALL OUR SECRETARY tel: 0208 644 3794.
Benjamin Newlove - Musical Director
Benjamin Newlove has a busy schedule as a freelance harpsichordist, organist and conductor based in London. He holds the position of Director of Music at the Royal Church of St. Alfege, Greenwich.
Previous posts include the Royal Hospital Chelsea, St. Michael’s Church Cornhill, (appearing as an accompanist on the CD ‘Cornhill Visions’ with the Choir of St. Michael’s), St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge, St. Stephen’s Church, Gloucester Road and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Currently, Benjamin is studying for an MMus in harpsichord performance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Prior to this Benjamin studied at King’s College London and the RAM.
At the ages of 17 and 20 respectively, Benjamin gained his Associateship and Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists, in which for the former he was a multiple prize-winner. He also holds the Associateship diploma of Trinity College London for piano performance. Originally from Warrington, Benjamin began studying the organ with Michael Wynne, moving to Chetham’s School of Music in 2014. Here, Benjamin studied the organ with Christopher Stokes [Organist and Master of the Choristers at Manchester Cathedral], piano with Masa Tayama and Jonathan Middleton and harpsichord with Charlotte Turner. Benjamin currently receives harpsichord tuition from James Johnstone and organ tuition from Stephen Farr. Recently, Benjamin has taken part in masterclasses from Simon Johnson, Bine Bryndorf and Martin Schmeding as well as the New Paths, Greenwich Early Music and London Contemporary Music festivals acting as both a recitalist and accompanist.