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Choral Evensong 01
Choral Evensong 01

Choral Evensong
Rehearsal 01
Rehearsal 01

Truro Choral Society rehearsal
New Year's Day concert
New Year's Day concert

Truro Choral Society's inaugural New Year's Day concert, 01 January 2017.
Workshop 01
Workshop 01

Paul Martyn-West
Soloists
Soloists

Our Music Director with the "Messiah" soloists Katherine Gregory, Helena Paish, Rebekah Scamp, Lowenna Wearne - sopranos; Felicity Turner - alto; Matthew Secombe - tenor; Jaivin Raj - bass
Summer 01
Summer 01

Cornish Wind Quintet
Charity collection
Charity collection

By kind permission of the Dean, a retiring collection after the Messiah concert, was made in aid of Little Harbour Children's Hospice, St Austell.

Our Treasurer, Markus Mueller (far left), presented a cheque for £917 to Roger Clarke (far right), who was representing Little Harbour, on the steps of Truro Cathedral on Monday, 11th January. Also in the photo are Glynnis Wadham-Smith (TCS Vice Chair) and Colin Scofield (TCS Publicity Officer).
Rutter 01
Rutter 01

Rehearsal for the Rutter Requiem
Our MD with soloists for "Messiah"
Our MD with soloists for "Messiah"

Director of Music with the soloists
Organ soloist
Organ soloist

Carolyn Craig was the soloist for the Saint-Saens Organ Symphony
Soloists (plus Michael Hoeg in the organ loft)
Soloists (plus Michael Hoeg in the organ loft)

David Caroe (bass), Helena Paish (alto), Katherine Gregory (soprano), Paul Badley (tenor), Paul Comeau (piano), Martin Palmer (conductor).

Missing from this photo is Michael Hoeg (organ)
Rehearsal 02
Rehearsal 02

Rehearsing for “Messiah”
Elijah 01
Elijah 01

Truro Choral Society, with Three Spires Singers in rehearsal for Mendelssohn's "Elijah"
Workshop 02
Workshop 02

Susanne Deneke demonstrating the correct German pronunciation
Weber
Weber

Weber's Clarinet Concerto soloist
Concert organist
Concert organist

Carolyn Craig
Invictus Trust presentation
Invictus Trust presentation

By kind permission of the Dean, a collection was made at the performance of "Messiah" on behalf of this year's chosen charity, the Invictus Trust. A total of £1,371 was raised.
Rutter 02
Rutter 02

Rehearsal for the Rutter Requiem
Afternoon rehearsal
Afternoon rehearsal

Soprano and bass sections
Rehearsal 03
Rehearsal 03

Section rehearsal
Elijah 02
Elijah 02

Our Director of Music, with cello bow in hand, rather than baton - joint concert with Three Spires Singers.
Workshop 03
Workshop 03

Naturally, cake featured
Summer 03
Summer 03

Our bass soloist
Rutter 03
Rutter 03

Rehearsal for the Rutter Requiem
Afternoon rehearsal
Afternoon rehearsal

Alto and tenor sections with our conductor, Martin Palmer
Rehearsal 04
Rehearsal 04

Alto section rehearsing their “messiah” part
Concert
Concert

Tenor soloist Nathan Vale, singing with Truro Choral Society
Summer 04
Summer 04

Soprano soloist
Afternoon rehearsal
Afternoon rehearsal

Getting a bit frivolous...
Social 01
Social 01

Director of Music Martin Palmer, with our accompanist Käthe Wright Kaufman at the annual choir party
Social 02
Social 02

The view from Mylor Yacht Club at the summer party
Ready to start
Ready to start

Awaiting the conductor and soloists
Brahms rehearsal
Brahms rehearsal

Afternoon rehearsal in the Cathedral
Nelson Mass soloists
Nelson Mass soloists

Soloists for the Nelson Mass (left to right):
Tim Mirfin (bass), Rebecca Squire (alto), Cheryl Rosevear (soprano) and Mark Hounsell (tenor)
2022/23 - Thomas Dilley
2022/23 - Thomas Dilley

A graduate of Queen's College, University of Oxford, Thomas has recently completed postgraduate studies at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse.
Rehearsal 2
Rehearsal 2

Afternoon rehearsal in the Cathedral
Soloists
Soloists

Our soloists for the Coronation Mass [L to R]:
Evie Harrison, Mille Montgomery-Smith and Imogen Dowse (soprano), Celia Stoddard (alto), Ben Hoadley (tenor), Charlie Murray (bass)

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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9276

Truro School Chamber Orchestra
Messiah soloists
Messiah soloists

Messiah soloists with our conductor (l:r)

Charlie Murray (bass), Toshi Ogita (tenor), Alison Kettlewell (alto), Imogen Dowse (soprano) and Martin Palmer (conductor)
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LNCP

Our Music Director, Martin Palmer, conducting the choirs, band and audience in a medley of Cornish music.
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Music for Advent
Music for Advent

Truro Symphony Orchestr,a awaiting the conductor
Choral Evensong 02
Choral Evensong 02

Choral Evensong
2021/22 - Alden Wright
2021/22 - Alden Wright

Hailing from Salisbury, North Carolina, Alden continues our recent trend for accompanists from North America.

In May 2020, he graduated with highest distinction from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied organ performance with Nathan Laube, and won the 2019 Arthur Poister National Competition in Organ Playing and the Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial Scholarship for undergraduate studies.

He has served previously as Organ Scholar and Assistant Organist at Duke University (summer 2019) and at the Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester (2018-2020).

Concert
Concert

Photo by Katie Ellis for Truro Choral Society
Nelson Mass organist
Nelson Mass organist

Truro Cathedral organ scholar and TCS accompanist, Alden Wright, was our organist for the concert
View from gallery
View from gallery

View of the choir stands from the Gallery

Photo courtesy of Andrew Wyatt
Alto CS
Alto CS

Our alto soloist for the Coronation Mass, Celia Stoddard, also kindly sang with the choir for the first half of the concert
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-4178

Truro School Chamber Orchestra
Choral Scholars and Lay Clerks
Choral Scholars and Lay Clerks

Several of the Cathedral's Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars joined us for the concert
LNCP
LNCP

Gareth Churcher conducting Camborne Town Band in Walton's "Crown Imperial" which opened the concert.
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Music for Advent
Music for Advent

Sopranos and Alto 1 sections
Choral Evensong 03
Choral Evensong 03

Choral Evensong
2019/20 - Manuel Piazza
2019/20 - Manuel Piazza

Manuel graduated from the University of Toronto with a BMus in Organ Performance. While in Toronto, he served as choir director and organist at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, organ scholar at Trinity College (University of Toronto), organ scholar at St James' Anglican Cathedral, and one of the five organists of St Michael's Cathedral Basilica.
Concert
Concert

During one of the solo pieces
Mozart soloist
Mozart soloist

Stella Pendrous, soloist for the Mozart piano concerto, with our Director of Music and conductor, Martin Palmer
Front of House
Front of House

We very much appreciate the help and support of Truro Choral Society's Front of House team
Choristers
Choristers

Choristers Millie Montgomery-Smith (left), Evie Harrison and Imogen Dowse (right) also joined the choir for the first half of the performance
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-4180

Tromone accompaniment for the Tuba Mirum
LNCP
LNCP

A full Cathedral for the concert.
BJC 9607 LR
Music for Advent
Music for Advent

Post-graduate students from London
Choral Evensong 04
Choral Evensong 04

Choral Evensong
2018/19 - Carolyn Craig
2018/19 - Carolyn Craig

Carolyn comes from Knoxville, Tennessee, graduating Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University (IU).

As a pianist, Carolyn performed at Carnegie Hall as a first-place winner of the American Protege International Music Talent Competition.
Mozart soloist
Mozart soloist

Soloist Stella Pendrous with Director of Music and Truro Choral Society chairman
Concert organist
Concert organist

Our accompaniest, Manuel Piazza was the organist for the concert
Awaiting conductor
Awaiting conductor

Almost all seats were taken as we awaited the conductors and soloists
Med students
Med students

Our rehearsal venue is adjacent to Cornwall's teaching hospital - this is the happy result!
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9267

The choir and orchestra filled the Cathedral nave
LNCP
LNCP

From the Gallery.
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Music for Advent
Music for Advent

The oboe section
2017/18 - Will Fairbairn
2017/18 - Will Fairbairn

Will read music and was the organ scholar at St Catharine's College Cambridge. While there, he played under Edward Wickham for both the College Choir and the Girls' Choir, accompanying them in their weekly round of services as well as for radio broadcasts, recordings and tours across Europe and the Far East.

In his third year, he was also the repetiteur for Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, playing under Stephen Cleobury.
Conductor and soloists
Conductor and soloists

Photo by Katie Ellis for Truro Choral Society
Front of House team
Front of House team

We greatly appreciate the work of the Front of House team for Truro Choral Society
Concert organ
Concert organ

The orchestra included two double basses and the concert organ
Rev Barry
Rev Barry

The Reverend Barry Coleman and Mrs Coleman - guests of our Music Director, who kindly agreed to take some new choir photos for us
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9313

Soprano section
LNCP
LNCP

Soprano Suzanne Manuell
BJC 70A8165 LR
Music for Advent
Music for Advent

L to R: Will Charnley (tenor), Mark Meadows Williams (bass, Martin Palmer (conductor) and Kate Banfield-Rickard (soprano)
2016/17 - Käthe Wright Kaufman
2016/17 - Käthe Wright Kaufman

Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Käthe studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where in 2013 she received the Gerald Barnes Award for Excellence in Pipe Organ. She received the Van Delinder Prize in Liturgical Organ Skills from Christ Church, Rochester, in both 2014 and 2015, and won the West Chester University International Organ Competition in 2015.
Nelson Mass sponsor
Nelson Mass sponsor

We were pleased to welcome to this concert our Sponsor, Ben Davies of Shore Partnership and his guests Mr and Mrs Griffiths.
Concert-ready 1
Concert-ready 1

Choir members beside the Cathedral's beautiful Christmas tree
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9297

Alto section
LNCP
LNCP

Some of Truro Choral Society tenors and sopranos.
BJC 70A7923 LR
Music for Advent
Music for Advent

This year's cohort of medical student choir members
2015/16 - Joseph O'Berry
2015/16 - Joseph O'Berry

A native of Georgia, USA, Joseph joins us following a year at Blackburn Cathedral as organ scholar.

From 2009-12 he read Organ Performance at The Townsend School of Music at Mercer University. He is a member of the Association of Anglican Musicians and a Colleague of the American Guild of Organists (CAGO).
Nelson Mass aisle
Nelson Mass aisle

Choir members assembling in St Mary's Aisle before the concert
Concert-ready 2
Concert-ready 2

Shining brightly….
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9285

Soprano soloist
LNCP
LNCP

The bass/baritone section.
BJC 70A7927 LR
2014/15 - James Orford
2014/15 - James Orford

James was organ scholar at Dulwich College for four years, as well as assistant organist at St Mark's Church, Bromley, He has been awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, on completion of his year as Truro Cathedral organ scholar.
Nelson Mass choir
Nelson Mass choir

Awaiting conductor and soloists
Brass section
Brass section

Our Director of Music and conductor Martin Palmer, with the brass section
LNCP
LNCP

Soloists and compere ([l-r] Roger Bush, Gareth Churcher, MartinPalmer, Russell Pascoe).
BJC 9342 LR
Soloists
Soloists

Soloists Jacob Dennison, baritone [left] and Will Charnley (tenor)
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9301

View from South Aisle, across the Soprano section
LNCP
LNCP

Soprano and alto sections.
BJC 70A8079 LR
Director of Music
Director of Music

Orchestral pieces

Photo courtesy of Katja Adie
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9307

View towards the Cathedral's West doors
LNCP
LNCP

Tenor front row
BJC 70A7923 v2LR
Organists
Organists

Conductor Andrew Wyatt [right] and the concert's organist Thomas Dilley, in their natural habitat
LNCP
LNCP

The bass section was supplemented by singers from City of Truro Male Choir
BJC 70A8189 LR
PEB
PEB

Alto soloist Paul-Ethan Bright also sang with the choir for the second half of the concert
LNCP
LNCP

Victoria Stolte (viola) accmpanied by Stella Pendrous (piano) in a piece by Rebecca Clarke.
BJC 70A8070 LR
Accompanist
Accompanist

Both the Father Willis and the concert organ were used for this concert, played by the Cathedral's organ scholar and Truro Choral Society's accompanist, Thomas Dilley
LNCP
LNCP

Victoria Stolte (viola) accmpanied by Stella Pendrous (piano) in a piece by Rebecca Clarke.
BJC 70A8051 LR
Composer
Composer

Composer (and cellist) Becky McGlade, with family and friends after the first performance of "Ring Out, Wild Bells", commissioned by Truro Choral Society to mark their 60th anniversary
LNCP
LNCP

Mostly Second Altos
BJC 70A8193 LR
SMS Gallery
SMS Gallery

We were delighted to welcome St Mary's Singers to take part in this Christmas concert. The programme also included a trio of unaccompanied carols sung by them from the Gallery.
LNCP
LNCP

An atmospheric shot of the Cathedral
BJC 9649 LR
LNCP
LNCP

A second set of songs by soprano soloist Suzanne Manuell
BJC 9663 LR
LNCP
LNCP

A new experience for Truro Choral Society - singing with Camborne Town Band, who did their best to raise the roof!
BJC 9761 LR
LNCP
LNCP

A full Cathedral for the concert
BJC 9665 LR
LNCP
LNCP

Gareth Churcher leading Camborne Town Band, choirs and audience
BJC 9779 LR
LNCP
LNCP

The concert was an "extra" for Truro Choral Society for this choir season.
BJC 9793 LR
LNCP
LNCP

Camborne Town Band
BJC 9732 LR
LNCP
LNCP

Camborne Town Band
BJC 70A8147 LR
LNCP
LNCP

Truro Choral Society was joined by City of Truro Male Choir, although a number of our tenors and basses sing in both choirs.
BJC 9824 LR
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Warm up stretches
LNCP
LNCP

The alto section (mostly)
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Warming up
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Warm up stretching
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Director of Music, leading warm up
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Warm up - face exercises
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DSC03056 crop

Getting ready to sing
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Soprano section
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DSC03060 crop1

Alto section
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Lower sections
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Second altos
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Bass section
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1st altos (mostly)
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2nd altos (mostly)
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DSC03065 crop

All eyes on the conductor
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DSC03064 crop

Mostly basses
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9327

Truro School kindly arrranged for the soloists
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9345

Brass section
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9343

Double basses
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9348

Cellos
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9350

Orchestra leader with the strings section
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9357

The choir filled the Cathedral nave, with audience in the North and South Aisles and the Gallery
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9359

Conductor Martin Palmer is Director of Music of both Truro School and Truro Choral Society
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9373

View from the Cathedral Gallery
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9367

Tenor and Bass sections
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Come and Sing event 11 June 2023-9377

A beautiful evening flooded the Cathedral with light
Full house
Full house

The concert was sold out
Royal Academy of Music soloists
Royal Academy of Music soloists

We were delighted to welcome a quartet of soloists from the Royal Academy of Music [l to r}: Constantine Akriditis (tenor), Sophie Patterson (alto), Sophie Benfield (soprano) and Conrad Chatterton (baritone - Elijah)
Elijah soloists
Elijah soloists

The Royal Academy of Soloists with "the Youth" (Imogen Dowse)
Cathedral nave
Cathedral nave

A full Cathedral nave, awaiting the start of the concert