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Exeter Chamber Choir
The Choir was formed in 1997 from a nucleus of leading Devon-based singers. Previous musical directors include the composer-conductors Antony le Fleming and Graham Treacher. The current director is Andrew Daldorph.
The
Choir’s repertoire includes works with orchestra, new commissions and
masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present day. The Choir
performs at venues across Devon, including Buckfast Abbey, Dartington
Great Hall and Exeter Cathedral, as well as further afield.
For information on how to obtain tickets for forthcoming concerts, how to join our mailing list to receive details of forthcoming concerts, or if you are interested in joining the choir, please visit our Contacts page.
Andrew Daldorph |
Andrew Daldorph
A former pupil of Tiffin Boys' School, Kingston, Andrew Daldorph graduated with a first class honours degree in music from the University of Southampton in 1993. He then took up the post of Organ Scholar at Guildford Cathedral under Andrew Millington and subsequently gained Fellowship of the Royal College of Organists. Andrew took lessons from some of the world's most eminent organists, including Peter Hurford, David Hill, and Dame Gillian Weir, and on the harpsichord, studied with Robert Woolley. He frequently gives recitals and has played for services and concerts in cathedrals and concert halls throughout the country.
He is the conductor of both the East Devon Choral Society and Exeter Chamber Choir. Notable performances have included Bach's B Minor Mass in Exeter Cathedral with Devon Baroque orchestra, Mozart's Requiem, Bach's Magnificat, Brahms' Requiem and Orff's Carmina Burana. He looks forward to directing a performance of Elgar's ‘Dream of Gerontius' in May 2011, which will combine both choirs and a full symphony orchestra.
Andrew has arranged a great deal of music and is commissioned regularly to compose original pieces – mostly choral or jazz. Both his Devon-based choirs regularly perform his arrangements and compositions, from Christmas songs and carols to jazz standards where the voices might be mistaken for a Big Band. His major work – Songs of Hope and Creation - is a modern oratorio and had its première in spring 2008, receiving a standing ovation and much critical acclaim, and in October 2009 was performed in Exeter Cathedral by Exeter Chamber Choir with East Devon Choral Society to a near-capacity audience, again receiving a standing ovation.
Andrew teaches piano, organ and singing privately and at Exeter School. To relax, he enjoys playing jazz piano with his trio at functions across the UK and abroad.
For more information, please visit: www.andrewdaldorph.co.uk |
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Future Concerts
(Click here for more details)
Mozart in Exeter Cathedral
Saturday 25th February
7.30 pm
Performances of Mozart’s great Mass in C minor together with the Clarinet Concerto, played by Chris Gradwell, all in the wonderful acoustic of Exeter Cathedral.
Tickets range in price between £7 and £24.
Click here for the booking form.
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Lent at Buckfast Abbey
Saturday 31st March 7.15pm
Lenten music including works by Lotti, Pablo Casals, Andrew Daldorph, Poulenc & JS Bach.
Tickets £8 (concessions £5) available on the door or by using the booking form.
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"Unforgettable Choir"
Exeter Chamber Choir and East Devon Choral Society have been awarded the prestigious title of
PRS for Music's
"Unforgettable Choir"
for their performance of Andrew Daldorph's
Songs of Hope & Creation
in Exeter Cathedral,
October 2009.
See this link for further details
(See below for how to order a CD of the concert.)
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A recording of Exeter Chamber Choir's and East Devon Choral Society's performance of Songs of Hope and Creation in Exeter Cathedral on 31st October 2009 is available on a double CD priced just £8 (+ £1 postage and packing). (Click here to access the order form.)
Extracts from the CD can be heard on the "Listen to the Choir" page.
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