The
Phoenix Singers of Shrewsbury
(click
here for further details)
The
competition is open to composers of any nationality and any age. The choir is offering
three prizes:
First prize - £300, Second Prize - £200 and Third Prize - £100
An outstanding range of music
- Repertoire
à cappella sacred and secular from 1000 to 2004 including commissioned works; with orchestra Bach (all the major works), Britten, Bruckner, Buxtehude, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Rawsthorne, Stravinsky etc etc and ever expanding;
- Base
Shrewsbury Members from many parts of Shropshire;
- Performances
home Throughout Shropshire and farther afield abroad Estonia, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, some places several times. In 2008, France again, with with instrumentalists from Germany and Cyprus. with others Regularly receives groups from abroad, the last to come being an orchestra from Celle, Germany for the B Minor Mass.
A Choir of approximately 40 singers. Reg. charity number 702176.
Member of Making Music (N.F.M.S.)