The Edinburgh Singers was formed as an amateur choir in 1952 and
has been part of the city's music scene ever since. The choir
performs three or more significant concerts in Edinburgh each year,
and has become known further afield through broadcasts and concerts
in Scotland, touring abroad, and singing in support of local and
national charities.
The 2010-11 season has again been a busy one for The Edinburgh
Singers. Despite the heavy snows of December, which put paid to a
number of other concerts around the city, we were lucky enough to
be able to perform our Christmas concert as planned, as well as
singing as part of a BBC Radio 4 broadcast for advent, both here in
Greyfriars Kirk. We were also delighted to take part in the launch
of Edinburgh's Christmas, singing at the opening of the ice rink in
Princes Street Gardens. Our Spring concert was held in St
Cuthbert's Church in Lothian Road, before turning our attention to
Handel and Haydn for a return to Greyfriars.
As well as all this, the choir had a very enjoyable, but
hardworking, workshop day last Autumn, singing a variety of
different music as well as taking on some rather different
challenges around physical movement and changing rhythms, to
develop new musical skills. Much more difficult than it sounds! We
are grateful for the financial support of "Making Music", the
National Federation of Music Societies to enable us to run that
event.
There will be lots more to come next year, starting with our
Christmas concert in St Cuthbert's once again on Saturday 17th
December, and our 60th anniversary celebrations throughout
2012.