WEEK ONE 2 – 9 August
Cappella Chamber Choir
Greg Hallam conductor
Simon Gregory accompanist
If you are a keen choral singer of a reasonable standard and would enjoy a week studying and performing some singularly beautiful music, then this is the course for you.
The choir will be limited to between thirty and forty members and places are subject to the balance of voices. A concert will be given at the end of the week for which the repertoire will be selected from the following list.
“Greg Hallam – excellent! Lovely manner, encouraging, professional, inspiring”
Why not come and meet old friends and make new ones in what could be the most rewarding week of your musical year.
Repertoire
Parry ed. Gibb from Songs of Farewell
There is an Old Belief CPDL #20719 free download
Lewis The souls of the righteous Banks Music Publications
Bruckner ed. Gibb Os Justi CPDL #23942 free download
Whitacre A Boy and a Girl Shadow Water Music / Hal Leonard
Burton Little Trotty Wagtail (SATB) digital download from : www.peterburtonmusic.com/product/little-trotty-wagtail-single-digital-download/
Lobo Pater Peccavi PDF available from the Summer School Office
Tichelli Earth Song (SATB) Hinshaw Music
Parry ed. Urmann Crossing the Bar CPDL #27052 free download
Campkin The Crimson Sun Peters Edition
Walton A Litany Oxford University Press
Please note. The summer school does not have a music shop on site. Students should acquire their course materials before they arrive at the school either from their local music shop or from our nominated internet supplier, Forsyth Music. The following address will take you straight to the Sherborne Summer School of Music section of Forsyth’s website where you will find the music for your course ready to purchase: https://www.forsyths.co.uk/189389-sherborne-summer-school-2026
Added extra – open to all members of the summer school
Choral Workshop 1
Haydn, Creation
Greg Hallam conductor
As an added extra, on Sunday evening the 2 August, Greg Hallam will direct an open rehearsal with orchestra of Haydn’s Creation. All members of the school are welcome and encouraged to take part, copies will be provided.
Other Choral Courses at Sherborne this summer
Choral Masterpieces of Five Centuries (9 – 16 August)
The Lighter Side Choral Course (9 – 16 August)
The Art of Choral Direction (9 – 16 August)
The Art of Choral Direction (9 – 16 August)