In the first week of July we will be going on our most ambitious foreign tour so far: We will be performing three full-length evening concerts, two services and one organ recital in churches and cathedrals in Washington D.C., Delaware and Massachusetts.

Details of all our performances in the USA are now listed on the tour page. Full programmes and publicity material will be added to the page over the course of the next few weeks.

The concerts and services will feature 20 members of the Choir of Somerville College, David Crown (conductor) and Robert Pecksmith (organist).

This US tour, which we have been organising since last summer, was made possible by the generous support of Somerville College and our friends.

On Friday at 6pm the Choir of Somerville College and Somerville Music Society will be presenting West End Favourites and Film Music, a gala concert in aid of the choir's US tour.

Members of the Choir of Somerville College, Robert Pecksmith (organ/piano) and special guest star David Crown (baritone) perform a selection of favourite show tunes and film music. The concert features extracts from The Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Cats, Star Wars and Show Boat as well as 'One Day More', the rousing finale from Act I of Les Misérables. See the Facebook event for full details of the programme.

Performers:
Ruth Akinradewo (soprano), Ian Buchanan (tenor), David Crown (baritone/conductor), Katie Jeffries-Harris (mezzo-soprano), Matt Kerr (baritone), Douglas Knight (piano). Christoph Schnedermann (bass), Stefan Schwarz (baritone), Robert Pecksmith (organ/piano), Alexandra Worrell (soprano), Emily Winkler (soprano), Orly Watson (piano)

Admission is free. There will be a retiring collection in aid of the choir's summer tour.

We are pleased to announce that our crowdfunding campaign on Hubbub has come to a successful conclusion: Over the last few weeks we have raised £6,000 for our choir tour.

We are very grateful to Somerville's Development Office for all the support and we would like to thank our generous donors who are now listed on our new Friends of Somerville Choir page.

Further details of our US tour will be announced in the next couple of weeks.

Our fundraising for the tour to the USA begins today! For the next 20 days we’re looking to you for donations to get to our goal of £6,000 in order to make this possible. 

If we succeed, it will be a landmark in our development and a fantastic opportunity for us to perform in world renowned venues across the east coast including Washington National Cathedral and Trinity Church, Boston.

We've been investing huge efforts and enthusiasm into this project, and your support will really give us the final push we need to make it happen: https://hubbub.net/p/somervillechoirtour

In preparation for the recording sessions for our first commercial CD, the choir will be giving three performances in Somerset next week:

Wednesday 6 July 2011, 1pm, Wells Cathedral
Lunchtime Concert
Works by Rachmaninov, Pitoni, Farrant and Milford
Free admission

Wednesday 6 July 2011, 6pm, Downside Abbey
Service
Works by Tomkins, Tallis, Hughes, Knights

Thursday 7 July 2011, 7pm, St. Cuthbert's Church, Wells
"Music of 1947"
Robin Milford: Mass for Five voices, op. 84
Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9
Programme - Facebook Event
Tickets (£8) are available from the Parish Office.

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
David Crown, conductor
Tristan Mitchard, organ
Douglas Knight, organ