July 2010...The Highcliffe Junior Choir finished 7th (Senior section) and 4th (Youth section) at this year's Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The video clip from 2007 is Mary Denniss's last appearance as conductor after 28 years in charge. Double-click on "play" to see a video of their performance (double-click on the image for full screen, ESC to return)
I have been involved with the choir for over thirty years and have performed with them at Llangollen on nine occasions as singer, pianist and conductor.
Peterhouse Choir
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Listen to members of Peterhouse Choir performing Dowland's "Come Again" & Morley's "My Bonnie Lass" at the 1986 May Week Concert (D.Seifert, D.Nesbit, R.Goodrich Sopranos, R.Mortishire Alto, M.Hammond Tenor, S.Healy, C.Hawkins Bass. (Realplayer required)
PEOPLE MADE CONTACT SO FAR
A few years ago, in the twentieth anniversary of my final year as Organ Scholar at Peterhouse, I attempted to contact as many choir members as I could. This is the latest information I have - some comes from the people themselves and some comes from internet research.
Simon Healy (Middle row, Eleventh from Left) is a historian at the Houses of Parliament and is also taking a PhD at Birkbeck
Dr Justin Cross (Middle row, First from Left) is a Neuroradiologist at Addenbrookes Hospital
Renee Early is teaching at a secondary school near San Francisco. She is not pictured on the photograph as she had returned to America at the start of the 1985-86 academic year
Dr Jenny Wallace (Middle row, Seventh from Left) is Director of Studies in English at Peterhouse
Neil Hartman (Back row, Second from Left) works in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at St Batholomew's Hospital
Martin Robinson (Back row, Fourth from Left) is a software consultant with DAI and until recently played the organ at St Mary's Church, Watford
Dr Andrew Goldsbrough (Back row, First from Left) is Manager of the East of England Relay Centre in Cambridge, which promotes technology transfer across European borders. He sings with both Choir 2000 in Histon and with CUMS
Rachel Mortishire (Middle Row, Fifth from Left) is living in Antwerp in Belgium
Elsbeth Dixon (Middle Row, Eighth from Left) is Executive Director of the Da Vinci Institute for Technology Management in Johannesburg
John Sellgren (Middle Row, Fourth from Left). is Director of Communications at Hertfordshire County Council
Olive Murray (Front Row, Sixth from Left) is still singing and also spends time travelling and studying in Europe
Still looking for Jim Lloyd, William Hutchings, Chris Hawkins, Charlotte Dahms, Ros Goodrich or Dagmar Seifert
Peter Symonds College
This picture appeared in the Portsmouth Evening News following a performance by members of the Hampshire Specialist Music Course at the Central Library in Portsmouth on June 10th 1981. On the left is the original newspaper cutting while the photograph is on the right.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Seated (L to R) Robert Harvey last known living and teaching in Fordingbridge, Hampshire Caroline Balding is a successful violinist, member of the Gemini ensemble Helen Brew is flautist with Royal Scottish National Orchestra Karen Gregson Standing (L to R) Hilary Joy Mark Hammond Trevor ApSimon is living in Barcelona and running walking tours amongst other things Mark Hartt-Palmer is based in Chichester and performs regularly with organist Richard Barnes Tim Fisher plays first violin with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Tim Bourne is International Co-Head of Christie’s Watch department based in Hong Kong
OTHER PEOPLE ON THE HAMPSHIRE SPECIALIST MUSIC COURSE 1980-1982 Helen Boisclair is, according to "Friends Reunited", teaching music at an Independent School in Leicester Neil Kelley is Parish Priest of St Faith, Great Crosby, in the Diocese of Liverpool. Chris Rawdenis Executive Director of Moore Stephens Europe in Brussels and plays trumpet in the Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra Katie Wilkinson is professor of Viola at the Royal College of Music David Wythe plays French Horn in the BBC Concert Orchestra Elizabeth Greaves (married name Pigram) plays violin in the London Symphony Orchestra Fiona Clifton-Welker is a harpist based in South London Debbie Calland is a successful trumpeter and composer
Joanna Creighton
Mandy Britten
Sarah Bull
Rebecca Carrington
Sarah Champion
Sarah-Jane Cox
Lorraine Hazeldine
Claire Hockridge
Marion Orchard
Tim Peake
Jean Randall
Nicholas Smith
Christchurch Priory
This picture was taken in the early seventies during a filming for a Southern TV programme "Songs of Celebration"
July 2010...The Highcliffe Junior Choir finished 7th (Senior section) and 4th (Youth section) at this year's Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod. The video clip from 2007 is Mary Denniss's last appearance as conductor after 28 years in charge. Double-click on "play" to see a video of their performance (double-click on the image for full screen, ESC to return)
