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Mark in rehearsal

Voce Chamber Choir

Upcoming performances 2026

Saturday 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 performances

2025

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'


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Tony Kushner, playwright, The Illusion at Bristol Old Vic Studio

Mark Lawrence Composer

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