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Voce Chamber Choir
Upcoming performances 2026Saturday 20 June
'What would the world be?' setting of Gerard Manley Hopkins (first performance)
Bath Camerata conducted by Robert Brooks
St Mary's Bathwick, Bath 19.00
Saturday 27 June
Sheep Shearing Song (first performance)
Voce Chamber Choir conducted by Suzi Digby
Central London venue tbc, 19.00, also
Saturday 22 August at St Mary's Bathwick 15.00 (Bath)
and St Mary's Church, Timsbury, Somerset 19.00
Wednesday 21 October
'The Bridge' Dramatic Cantata for children marking the 60th anniversary of the opening of the first Severn Bridge (1966)
Performed by, and written with, children from both sides of the River Severn. With Claire Alsop (piano; venue in Bristol, tbc
Recent performances2025
With Voce Chamber Choir: 'At the Year's Turning', settings of Blake, Herrick, Hardy
Church of St Clement Danes, London (June);
St Mary's Bathwick, Bath, and Timsbury, Somerset (August)
A Linden Tree, setting of traditional carol
St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, London (December)
April 2023 'The Hall on the Hill, community opera Commissioned to mark the bicentenary of St George's Bristol In 2018 Mark was awarded the Lady Groves Prize for his 'outstanding contribution to music in the community'
Tony Kushner, playwright, The Illusion at Bristol Old Vic Studio
photography by Graham Burke and Paul Blakemore
Diverse sources .. dovetailed beautifully to create a structure that is clear but unforced
Edward Wickham, conductor and critic, Song for Celia, for choir and organ.
Home by Christmas showed that music can indeed speak for the whole community to say something significant about life, love, hope, separation, danger, death and even politics
Raymond Warren, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of Bristol
I don't think I've been quite so moved by an event in years. I absolutely loved Home by Christmas it was so powerful on so many levels . .
Catherine Freda, Head of Education, St George's Bristol