Thank you Alison!
The orchestra committee would like to express its grateful thanks to Alison Rushworth, our conductor for our Winter Concert, on behalf of all the musicians. Alison did a fantastic job getting through a busy single rehearsal on schedule and always with good humoured encouragement. She conducted the concert with great aplomb and very generously waived her conducting fee, enabling the orchestra to make a larger donation to Marie Curie. The committee presented her with two bottles of locally produced craft gin and two Borders Chamber Orchestra engraved gin goblets as a token of our gratitude. The photograph from left to right: Nicky (Secretary), Paul (Treasurer & Webmaster), Alison, Simon (Chair), Cath (Orchestra Leader & Music Librarian) and Gillian (Charities & Front of House) Marie Curie funds raised
Our chosen charity for our Winter Concert was Marie Curie whose nurses help with the provision of end-of-life care at home for people in the Borders. We collected £274.46 in donations at the concert and the orchestra has been able to contribute a further £750 from our ticket sales to make a magnificent total donation to Marie Curie of £1,024.46. The photograph shows our Treasurer, Paul, with Caroline Green, a fundraising volunteer with Marie Curie in the Borders, at the concert on Saturday. Photos and videos from our Winter Concert now on our website
Photographs from the Winter Concert are now available to view on our website on the Photos page along with some video clips from the concert. Bach St John Passion – Borders Chamber Choir in association with Borders Chamber Orchestra
Borders Chamber Choir will be performing the St John Passion on Saturday 30th March at 2pm in Melrose Parish Church with 5 professional soloists and accompanied by the Borders Chamber Orchestra. Tom Raskin (Evangelist) is a tenor with the BBC Singers and The Sixteen and has performed many roles both in the UK and abroad Georgie Malcolm (Soprano) is fast establishing herself as a versatile singer of opera, oratorio and song. Judy Brown (Alto) is a Scottish singer based in London, singing a wide range of early, classical and contemporary music for mezzo-soprano/contralto. She is an experienced recitalist, consort, opera and oratorio singer. Chris Elliott (Tenor) is a Lyric Tenor with bases in Scotland, Northumberland, London & New York. He is best known for opera and oratorio Jon Stainsby (Bass) is a lyric baritone establishing a varied career in opera, oratorio and recital. Tickets are available online from Borders Chamber Choir on Trybooking.com and at the door: £15, Concessions £10. |