Choral Classes
Sunday 21st March 2010
Adjudicator: Sandy Chenery MA

Sandy Chenery is Director of Music at Brighton College. Prior to this his career encompassed ensemble singing, oratorio, recital work and opera. For over 10 years he sang daily services in several of the Country’s leading Choral Foundations including Wells Cathedral, St Mary’s Cathedral Edinburgh and latterly St George’s Chapel Windsor Castle. As an oratorio singer he has performed many of the major works in the repertoire, among them Handel’s, Dixit Dominus, Saul, Solomon and Messiah, the Bach Passions and B minor Mass and he made his Albert Hall debut in a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. He has travelled extensively in the USA and Europe performing as a soloist and with the Scottish Ensemble Cappella Nova with whom he made many recordings and broadcasts. As a choir trainer and singing teacher he worked for Berkshire Young Musicians’ Trust conducting and coaching the award-winning Berkshire Boys Choir and working with the Berkshire Youth Choir, twice winners of Sainsbury’s Choir of the Year. He is also in demand as a choral workshop leader most recently at the Wigmore Hall and with primary school children at Eton College. We are delighted to welcome him for his first visit to the Watford Festival in 2010.

Own Choice Classes
  Fee Award
A1 Junior Choirs - Age 11 & under
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A2 Youth Choirs - Age 14 & under
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A3 Choirs - Open
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A4 Small Choirs - Age 11 and under: 20 voices maximum
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A5 Small Choirs - Age 18 and under: 20 voices maximum
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A6 Small Choirs - Open : 20 voices maximum
Two contrasting songs.
£16.00 Certificates
A7 Music Theatre Chorus - Age 18 and under
Two songs from any Music Theatre Show or Film. This new class is specifically for choirs who prefer to specialise in light music style performances.
 £16.00  Certificates