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Brighton Voices Community Choir

Rehearsal Tracks

All the rehearsal tracks are now live in Resources in the Members Area, including the Kyrie.
The Kyrie is now also in the zip files (Audio and Video) that you can download.

Brighton Voices Community Choir is runs in association with All Saints Hove under the musical directorship of David Stevens. We are fully independent of the church, who are kind enough to support us and to provide us with practice space and a musical director.

The choir is non-audition and friendly. Our aim is to sing music we enjoy and to challenge ourselves by performing about two concerts a year We welcome new members for all parts.

Membership is currently £30 a term (£90 per year), but you can try us out a couple of times for free! If you decide to join, our Membership Form is here. You can fill it out online, or print it out and bring it to a rehearsal.

These pages are intended for members of Brighton Voices Community Choir only.

Most are password protected and only available to members.

Mozart Requiem

Rehearsal tracks are now available in the Members area, along with a link to the Spotify track on which David is basing our rehearsals.

All rehearsal tracks for all parts are available. They can be played online, either as MP4 Video files or MP3 Audio files. You can also download a zip file containing all your rehearsal tracks in either audio or video format.

Subscriptions

For Spring 2025 - Lloyds Bank
Subs for this term are £30 and can be paid online preferably, but we can also accept cash or card at rehearsal (to Jean or John).

Details for online transfers (Lloyds):
Brighton Voices Community Choir
Sort Code 30-99-50
Business Account 21927162
Please put your name in the Reference field.

Note: this uses the Confirmation of Payee validation system, so should validate OK if the details are correct!

Scores for the Mozart Requiem

Will cost £6 (please pay alongside your subs), BUT after the final concert they can be returned for a £5 refund. All we ask is you only use pencil markings and they are in good condition. (Also applies if you no longer need it before then).

New members get a numbered score to borrow for each initial rehearsal (returning it each evening) until you decide to join and pay.

Resources for the Mozart Reqiem

All parts are available in the Resources section of the Members area in video and audio formats.

Pictures and videos

We have almost finished checking the photos and videos from Fauré and the Remembrance concert. These will be available very soon in the Members' Flickr Gallery

Spring 2025 onwards

  • Weekly on Wednesdays during school terms (no rehearsals on school half terms)
    7.30-9.30pm
    at All Saints, Hove.

    • Spring Term 2025
    8th January to 2nd April inclusive
    No rehearsal on 19th February (half term)
    We will be starting on the Mozart Requiem

    • Summer Term 2025
    23rd April to 16th July inclusive
    No rehearsal on 128th May (half term)

  • Please use the main entrance.

Rehearsal and performance dates can also be found on our calendar.

Our repertoire is both secular and sacred mostly classical music, sung in four or more parts with a smattering of Victorian Part Songs. In the past we have worked on a number of pieces that are more challenging than those traditionally undertaken by community choirs and will continue to do so.

Have a look at our Performances section (see left) to get a better idea of our repertoire.

David Stevens
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David is the Director of Music for Brighton Voices, and, before coming to Hove, held positions in Guildford, Newcastle and Wells cathedrals. He was also the Organist and Master of the Choristers at Belfast Cathedral, and his choirs broadcast on BBC TV (including a performance on Songs of Praise), UTV, BBC Radio and Radio Ulster, sang in concerts with the Ulster Orchestra and RTÉ Concert Orchestra, performed on-stage with NI Opera, and recorded a CD of new music for Christmas. David gives organ recitals throughout the UK, and also works as an orchestral keyboard player; he has played organ, harpsichord and harmonium for concerts, broadcasts and recordings with the Ulster Orchestra. David was the Organ Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, studying the organ with Kevin Bowyer and David Sanger, and then studied Choral Conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Patrick Russill, from where he graduated with an MA with Distinction and the Irene Burcher Prize. In 2016 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music for a ‘significant contribution to the music profession.’

    • Upcoming 2025 Performances
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      • Mozart Requiem
        with the Vaughan Williams Sinfonia
        Come and Sing
        on Saturday 5th July 2025 all day
        At All Saints, Hove

      Performance and rehearsal dates can also be found on our calendar.

      BV Calendar QR Code
    • Past Performances
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      Performances under David Stevens
      2024

      • Remembrance Concert
        with the Vaughan Williams Sinfonia
        Harold Darke: As the Leaves Fall and other works for Remembrance
        on Saturday 9th November 2024 at 7pm
        At All Saints, Hove
        Tickets: Eventbrite

      • Christmas Candlelight Concert
        with the Vaughan Williams Sinfonia
        All Saints Choir and All Saints Childrens' Choir
        on Sunday 15th December 2024 at 7pm
        At All Saints, Hove

      • Carol Singing at the Royal Sussex County Hospital
        on Friday 20th December 2024 at 1.45pm
      • Carol Crawl
        on Friday 20th December 2024 setting off at 7pm

      • Summer Concert
        Handel: Alexander's Feast
        The Meeting House, Sussex University
        Saturday 6th July 2024
        Tickets from Eventbrite £25 (£15 for u16s)

      • Come and Sing - John Stainer: Crucifixion
        Wednesday 27th March
        St Mary's, Kemptown

      2023

      • Lessons and Carols Service
        on Sunday 17th December
        All Saints Hove

      • Christmas by Candlelight
        on Sunday 10th December
        All Saints Hove

      • From Pub to Pulpit - Vaughan Williams, with Broomdasher and Coracle
        1st July 2023
        All Saints Hove
      • Songs from The Four Nations, with The Brighton Guitar Group
        24th June 2023
        Stanford Avenue Methodist Church
      • Stainer's Crucifixion
        April 2023
        All Saints Hove

      2022

      • All Saints Christmas Carol Service
        December 2022
        All Saints Hove
      • Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man
        November 2022
        All Saints Hove
      • Songs based on nature
        July 2022
        St Mary's Kemptown

    • Other Groups
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      Performances by other musicians in which you might be interested…

      On Friday 28th March, 12:30 Nick Andrews is playing more Bach

      Nick plays Bach

      At the Untitarian Church. £5 on the door. Brighton Unitarian Church, New Road.

      Partita V, BWV 828
      Contrapunctus 5, The Art of Fugue
      Auch mit gedämpften, BWV 36

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      On 17th April 19:30 - Kat Carson is back!
      This time with her Merlin Seagull (electric dulcimer).

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      In April, I will be making a long overdue trip back to my hometown, and who would I be if I didn’t book in a little performance? Do join me at Jane Bom-Banes in Kemptown for an evening of originals, filk, folk and generally fun and nerdy music on my Merlin Seagull. Jane is kind enough to let me have a platform that I can fill with whatever I fancy, so strap in for a night of fun fantastical music! I’ll be performing songs about selkies, lost maidens, and music from games such as the Witcher 3 and Baldur’s Gate 3. Do come along even if you’re not familiar with these styles- I promise it will be a fun evening, and it allows me to continue to make the music I enjoy!

      £10 tickets: email or text Jane at janebombane@yahoo.co.uk 077645155983 or grab your ticket on the door!

      Regular Events

      Wednesdays - St Nicholas' Church Lunchtime Concerts


      Thursdays - All Saints Lunchtime Concerts

      Fridays - Brighton Unitarian Church Lunchtime Concerts

Brighton Voices Community Choir supports a number of charities. Under the directorship of David Stevens, we have supported:

Our Christmas social event in 2023, the Carol Crawl visited a number of pubs in the area around All Saints for

We raised an amazing £272 on the night - a huge thank you to all who supported us and to those who came and performed!

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We will also supported The RNLI at Brighton Marina and performed to patients in the Stroke Unit at the Sussex County Hospital in December 2023.

We are currently using FaceBook as our only social media channel. This is run by Pennie, acting as a co-opted member of the committee working under the responsibility of Jul.

Please keep an eye on this active page for some great regular posts about the pieces we are singing and other related items!

Go to the Brighton Voices FaceBook page…

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