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January 2012
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Michaelmas Music
It was the chance of a lifetime when Tim
Davies, watching an open rehearsal of the
National Youth Jazz Orchestra, was plucked
from the audience to join them, impressing
the conductor sufficiently to be invited back to
perform with them that night.
Franklin’s won the House Singing Competition
with a performance of Cee Lo Green’s
Forget
You
conducted by Henry Jenkinson and with
Henry Binning at the piano.
While the New College Choir were on tour, the
Abingdon Chapel Choir, in fine voice under new
director John Cotton, sang Evensong in New
College Chapel on 12 November.
A strings masterclass in November saw world-
renowned violinist Levon Chilingirian work with
six Abingdon violinists, encouraging them to
greater excellence. Later in the month the Joint
Choral Society of Abingdon and St Helen’s
together with members from Our Lady’s
Abingdon gave a disciplined and balanced
performance of Verdi’s
Requiem
.
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Verdi’s Requiem