{"id":143,"date":"2016-09-28T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:39:08","slug":"the-choir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"The Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-14icvr-c8199731b387071bfd498f4b40d761e7\">\n.flex_column.av-14icvr-c8199731b387071bfd498f4b40d761e7{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-14icvr-c8199731b387071bfd498f4b40d761e7 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-38tcv-465ff2032b8931ccd255bb267dd7c6c6 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Royal Tunbridge Wells Choral Society \u2013 the Choir \u2013 is a vibrant community of people from all walks of life sharing a passion for classical, mixed-voice choral singing. We are a long-established and very friendly choir made up of around a hundred female and male singers drawn from the Kent and East Sussex area around Tunbridge Wells.<\/p>\n<p>The Choir stages its major formal concerts in the spring and autumn of each year as well as a Christmas carols etc. concert in early December. The &#8216;summer sing&#8217; concert in June or July with its less formal programme provides an ideal opportunity for less experienced singers to try out the experience of choral singing alongside regular choir members.<\/p>\n<p>Weekly rehearsals take place\u00a0on Mondays between 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., usually at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/concert-and-rehearsal-venues\/\">St John&#8217;s Church Hall<\/a>, Tunbridge Wells. Around twelve weekly rehearsals precede each main concert. Sometimes an additional weekend rehearsal is added close to the concert date. A full rehearsal with orchestra takes place on the day of the concert. The <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/rehearsal-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rehearsal schedule<\/a> lists dates for all rehearsals leading up to the next concert. It is updated after each rehearsal with a list of sections for special attention prior to the next rehearsal.<\/p>\n<p>Rehearsals are taken by our Music Director Robyn Sevastos with accompanist Craig Hudson, both of whom are appointed by the committee and employed on professional contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Details of forthcoming concerts can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/\">Home<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to join the Choir please have a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">membership<\/a> page. You can also support the activities of the choir by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/friends-and-patrons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friend or Patron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-r2a6n-f82a57bf23c50b807dc86b66f0ff7a03\">\n.flex_column.av-r2a6n-f82a57bf23c50b807dc86b66f0ff7a03{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-r2a6n-f82a57bf23c50b807dc86b66f0ff7a03 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-npmtj-90109b12e408e62379f9fbedd4be6e5e\">\n.avia-image-container.av-npmtj-90109b12e408e62379f9fbedd4be6e5e img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-npmtj-90109b12e408e62379f9fbedd4be6e5e .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-npmtj-90109b12e408e62379f9fbedd4be6e5e av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-3  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-1251 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-1251 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-1030x429.jpg\" alt='' title='choir_2'  height=\"429\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-1030x429.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-300x125.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-768x320.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-1500x625.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-705x294.jpg 705w, https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/choir_2-450x188.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-d8n27-9cbe37c9cd2721d46f96ee276eaddd68\">\n.flex_column.av-d8n27-9cbe37c9cd2721d46f96ee276eaddd68{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-d8n27-9cbe37c9cd2721d46f96ee276eaddd68 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-9z0hr-453919aa26e77a999ba4a96e60167d03 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Major concerts are usually staged in the Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall Theatre, while local churches and other smaller venues are used for the Christmas and summer concerts. The choir works with various professional and amateur orchestras and ensembles.\u00a0 London orchestras recently engaged, have included the Salomon Orchestra, the Southbank Sinfonia and the London Handel Orchestra. Orchestral works are often included in our concert programmes.<\/p>\n<p>RTWCS \u00a0is a self-governing society enjoying the freedom to achieve our aims through evolution, adaptation and innovation. The organisation and management of the choir \u2013 a registered charity \u2013 is carried out by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committee<\/a> according to the requirement of our <a href=\"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution<\/a>. Concerts are inevitably expensive events to stage so financial and other support is vital for the society. Please refer to our support section to find out how you can help the choir.<\/p>\n<p>The Choir has an extensive archive of concert programmes and reviews which can be found under the Archive menu tab. Photographs from concerts and various other events are available under the Galleries menu tab.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-143","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3210,"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/3210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tempdomain4.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}