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Whitehaven Male Voice Choir's Annual Concert in Whitehaven Civic Hall
June 2012
Photo courtesy of Jan Fialkowski

Annual Concert - 8th June 2013

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The Choir are delighted to announce that the guest soloist for their 2013 Annual Summer Concert will be Welsh soprano Catrin Aur. 

Catrin hails from West Wales. She studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, the Royal Academy of Music, London and most recently at the prestigious International Academy of Voice in Cardiff with Dennis O'Neill supported by the Retreats Foundation Grant. Whilst at the Royal Academy she was the recipient of the RAM English Song Prize, Sir Geraint Evans Scholarship, Elias Soprano Prize and the first Dame Shirley Bassey Vocal Award. In 2009, she won the Towyn Roberts Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, represented the UK in the final rounds of the Montreal International Singing Competition and was named MOCSA Young Welsh Singer of the Year. Other awards include the DISS Advanced Opera Scholarship. Catrin was a finalist in the BBC Welsh Singer Competition in 2010.

Her operatic roles include title-role Aida, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Violetta in La Traviata, Mimi and Musetta in La Boheme, title-role in Madama Butterfly, Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, title role in The Merry Widow, Elisetta in Il Matrimonio Segreto, Danubia in ‘Ten Belles’. She has also understudied the role of Dew Fairy in Hansel & Gretel for Glyndebourne Festival Opera.

She has an extensive oratorio repertoire including Verdi’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation and Nelson Mass, Handel’s Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Schubert’s Mass in G.

Concert highlights include performances at Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva, in Kyoto, Japan for Japanese Royalty and a St David’s Day reception held at the Foreign Office, London. She recently embarked on a UK wide Strauss Gala tour and has also performed in America, Italy and Canada. She has performed numerous Lieder and Welsh song recitals and has taken part in masterclasses with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Ileana Contrubas, Sir Jonathan Miller, David Syrus, Malcolm Martineau and Roger Nichols.

Engagements last season included understudy Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Glyndebourne Touring Opera and understudy Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream for English National Opera. This season, she sang Musetta in La Boheme for Opera Project, Aida and High Priestess in Aida at the Royal Albert Hall in London and gave concerts in Hong Kong with the City Chamber Orchestra Hong Kong conducted by Gareth Jones. Future plans include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni for Mid Wales Opera and concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, Cadogan Hall, London, Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and St David’s Hall in Cardiff.

The Musical Director for the concert will be Peter Argyle, with piano accompaniment provided by Joan Johnston and Hugh Turpin. Tickets priced at (£10 Adult) (£8 Over 65's) & (£5 Under 16's) are available from Don Messenger (Concert Secretary) on 01946 63452 or from any choir member.

For further information on Catrin visit: catrinaur.com

Future Concerts

Date/Time:
Location:
Information:
Saturday
8th June
2013
7:30pm
The Civic Hall, Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Annual Concert with guest soloist Catrin Aur.
Tickets: £10/£8/£5
Tel: 01946 63452
Wednesday
10th July
2013
7:30pm
The Methodist Church, Main Street, Egremont, Cumbria
Concert with a guest soloist.
Tel: 01946 63452
Friday
16th August
2013
7:00pm
St Bartholomew's Church, Loweswater, Cumbria
Concert with a guest soloist.
Tel: 01946 63452
Friday
6th September
2013
7:30pm
The Priory Church, St Bees, Cumbria
Concert with a guest soloist.
Tel: 01946 63452
Wednesday
11th September
2013
7:30pm
St Cuthbert's Church, Seascale, Cumbria
Concert with a guest soloist.
Tel: 01946 63452
Saturday
21st September
2013
7:30pm
The Salvation Army rooms, Millom, Cumbria
Concert with a guest soloist.
Tel: 01946 63452
Saturday
2nd November
2013
7:30pm
Westmorland Hall, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria
Massed choir and band
Help For Heroes Gala Concert.
Friday
13th December
2013
7:30pm
St Begh's Priory Church, Coach Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Annual Christmas Concert.
Tel: 01946 63452
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Future Events

Date/Time:
Location:
Information:
Sunday
28th April
2013
7:00pm
St Gregory & St Patrick's Church, Quay Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria
choir committee meeting.
Thursday
19th December
2013
9:30am - 12:30pm
Morrisons Supermarket, Flatt Walks, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Christmas charity singing.
Friday
20th December
2013
9:30am - 12:30pm
Dunmail Park shopping centre, Workington, Cumbria
Christmas charity singing.
Saturday
21st December
2013
9:30am - 12:30pm
Tesco Supermarket, Bransty Row, North Shore, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Christmas charity singing.
Saturday
14th June
2014
Muncaster Castle, Nr Ravenglass, Cumbria
Wedding.
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St Nicholas' Church, Whitehaven
St Nicholas' Church, Whitehaven
Hugh Robinson and Choir member Derrick Coid in May 1999 at the Choir's annual fund raising day

PREVIOUS ANNUAL CONCERT GUEST ARTISTS
1980 - PRESENT

1980 - CHOIR AND LOCAL GUEST ARTIST
1981 - ST BEES ORCHESTRA
1982 - FLIMBY SILVER SAXHORN BAND
1983 - WHITEHAVEN CHILDREN'S CHOIR
1984 - TYNESIDE LADIES BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS
1985 - EHENSIDE SCHOOL BAND WITH PIANIST SAM HEYWOOD & CAROLE WILSON
1986 - JOAN RODGERS
1987 - CHRISTOPHER UNDERWOOD
1988 - CALIFORNIA GIRLS CHOIR
1989 - JANE HARRISON
1990 - IDA-MARIA TURRI
1991 - VANESSA WILLIAMSON
1992 - PATRICIA PICTOR
1993 - TYNESIDE LADIES BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS
1994 - CALIFORNIA GIRLS CHOIR
1995 - ANGELA PARKER
1996 - MARYETTA MIDGLEY
1997 - VERNON MIDGLEY
1998 - DONNA BATEMAN
1999 - CHARLES NGANDWE
2000 - TYNESIDE LADIES BARBERSHOP HARMONY CHORUS
2001 - ROS EVANS
2002 - DEWI WYN
2003 - KATE WOOLVERIDGE
2004 - OWEN WEBB
2005 - JOANNE THOMAS
2006 - LOUISE INNES
2007 - KATE WOOLVERIDGE
2008 - JO APPLEBY
2009 - THE GIBSIDE SINGERS
2010 - RHIAN LEWIS
2011 - MARGARET KEYS
2012 - GWAWR EDWARDS

A Selection of Previous Choir Guest Artists

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Gwawr Edwards

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Margaret Keys
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Rhian Lewis


Jo Appleby

Jo Appleby
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Kate Woolveridge

Giuseppe Deligia

Giuseppe Deligia

Louise Innes

Louise Innes

Joanne Thomas

Joanne Thomas

Donna Bateman

Donna Bateman

Sean Rea

Sean Rea

Maryetta Midgley

Maryetta Midgley

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Karen Wilson

Keri Farish

Keri Farish