20 Key Dates 2014-2015 Spring 2014 (7 January – 12 April 2014) Term Starts – Tuesday 7 January 2014 Soloist Audition Workshop – Saturday 1 March 2014 Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 10 April 2014 Spring Concert – Saturday 12 April 2014 Summer 2014 (22 April – 12 July 2014) Term Starts – Tuesday 22 April 2014 Music Festival - Tuesday 6 May 2014 Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 10 July 2014 Summer Concert – Saturday 12 July 2014 Autumn 2014 (2 Sept – 20 December 2014) Term Starts – Tuesday 2 September 2014 AGM – Tuesday 7 October 2014 Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 6 November 2014 Autumn Concert – Saturday 8 November 2014 Christmas Concert – Saturday 20 December 2014 Spring 2015 (6 January – 24 March 2015) Term starts – Tuesday 6 January 2015 Summer 2015 (14 April – 24 July 2015) Term starts – Tuesday 14 April 2015 1 Registered charity No. 293997 Enfield Choral Society Members Handbook 2014
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Key Dates 2014-2015
Spring 2014 (7 January – 12 April 2014)
Term Starts – Tuesday 7 January 2014
Soloist Audition Workshop – Saturday 1 March 2014
Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 10 April 2014
Spring Concert – Saturday 12 April 2014
Summer 2014 (22 April – 12 July 2014)
Term Starts – Tuesday 22 April 2014
Music Festival - Tuesday 6 May 2014
Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 10 July 2014
Summer Concert – Saturday 12 July 2014
Autumn 2014 (2 Sept – 20 December 2014)
Term Starts – Tuesday 2 September 2014
AGM – Tuesday 7 October 2014
Thursday Rehearsal – Thursday 6 November 2014
Autumn Concert – Saturday 8 November 2014
Christmas Concert – Saturday 20 December 2014
Spring 2015 (6 January – 24 March 2015)
Term starts – Tuesday 6 January 2015
Summer 2015 (14 April – 24 July 2015)
Term starts – Tuesday 14 April 2015
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Enfield Choral
Society
Members
Handbook
2014
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Contents Introduction 3
Rehearsals and Performances 3
Repertoire 4
Professional Personnel 4
Musical Director
Assistant Musical Director
Rehearsal Accompanist
Expectations of Members 5
Attendance
Practice between rehearsals
Providing and updating contact details
Concert Participation and Informing the Committee
Concert Dress
Opportunities for Members 7
Solo/Ensemble Singing
Other Performance Opportunities
Using ‘Making Music’ Resources
Volunteering to help run ECS
Finances 9
Membership fees
The Ticket Levy
Gift Aid
Selling concert tickets
Friends of Enfield Choral Society
Fund-raising events
ECS Easy Fund Raising Account
Grants
Running the Choir: Who does what? 12
Role Descriptions and Contact Details 14
Membership/Committee Contact 18
If you do not use email
ECS Suggestions Book
The Annual General Meeting
Website 19
Key Dates 2014-15 20
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The Annual General Meeting
The AGM is usually held at the beginning of a rehearsal in October. This
is when Committee members are elected and it is a chance for
members to ask questions and raise issues about the running of the
society. If you are interested in being nominated for a committee
position please speak to one of the current committee members. We
are always looking for people to stand.
Occasionally it is necessary to hold an Extraordinary General
Meeting to consider a specific issue that requires the membership's
vote before the next AGM.
Website: www.enfieldchoralsociety.org.uk It is planned to redesign the ECS website during 2014 to include a
Members Section and to enable individual committee members to
update information concerning areas for which they take
Maria budgets for concerts. She pays professional staff, soloists,
instrumentalists, etc. and all other costs. She banks subscriptions,
concert takings and any other incoming monies.
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If you do not use email, please phone or text Lesley Jordan (numbers in
‘Role Descriptions and Contact Details’ section below). Your call or text
will be acknowledged (by a text message if possible). Lesley will then
take responsibility for informing the Musical Director.
If the Membership Secretary is unavailable, please contact Penelope
Williams (Secretary) instead.
Concert Dress
Usually the dress code is as follows, but may vary according to the works
being performed and the season:
Ladies: Black long sleeved/three-quarter length sleeved blouse.
Long (i.e. full length) black skirt or black trousers.
Men: Black suit
White evening shirt with black bow-tie.
Opportunities for Members
Solo and/or Ensemble singing
ECS aims to assist and promote members’ musical development both
collectively and individually. To this end soloist and small group parts
are recruited from the membership where appropriate. In the past
members have been invited to audition for particular concerts, but this
reduces choir rehearsal time. We would also like to offer opportunities
to local singers outside ECS wishing to engage in solo work. A new
departure for 2014 is an Audition Day, to be held on Saturday 1st March
2014 between 11am and 3pm at St Paul’s Winchmore Hill. Following
these auditions, the Musical Director will invite the most suitable soloist
etc. for each part available for a given concert.
If you then have to withdraw from participating in a concert you should: Email the Membership Secretary, Lesley Jordan, as soon as possible at [email protected] (or at her personal e-address if easier) with a copy to Mark Sproson at [email protected] Lesley will acknowledge your email. If you do not hear from her, please resend or follow instructions for singers without email access.
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Workshops
The Musical Director occasionally includes short workshops during
rehearsals, with the aim of enhancing the choir's musical skills and
appreciation of the works we are performing. Ideas are always welcome
for subjects to be covered in these workshops; if you feel there is an area
you'd like to know more about please speak to the Musical Director or
the Chairman, or write a note in the Suggestions Book.
Other performance opportunities
The Christmas Concert generally includes several short readings chosen
and presented by members of the choir. Instrumental groups
comprising choir members are also welcome to offer an item. Members
are invited to put forward suggestions at the start of rehearsals in
November.
Using ‘Making Music’ Resources
Enfield Choral Society is affiliated to Making Music, a national
organisation which promotes and supports amateur musicians and
music groups.
Visit their web-site www.makingmusic.org.uk to discover more.
Volunteering to help run the choir
Most of you wouldn't believe how much work goes into running a choir
like ours! The Committee is responsible for all aspects of organising
rehearsals and concerts and for managing our finances. It would help
enormously if your committee could draw more on members' wider (i.e.
in addition to singing!) talents, skills and experience. We realise that
everyone has other commitments and we don’t want to stress anyone
out, but there may well be a contribution you can make.
Volunteering can be rewarding in its own right and is a good way of
getting to know other choir members, something we accept is difficult
during rehearsals for a tight schedule like ours. For members in/seeking
employment it can provide a useful addition to your CV! Some of the
skills etc needed to manage ECS are: shown in the table on the next page.
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Other Roles
Voice Part Leads: 1st Sopranos Helen Seignior
2nd Sopranos Sandra Leah
Altos Edel McGinley
Tenors Roddy Elmer
Basses Ian Mackenzie
Assistant Concert Manager Graham Davis
Assistant Librarian Loan of Scores Vacant
Concert Assistants:
• Looking after visiting musicians Margery Dey
• ‘Props’ Vacant
E-Mail Audience Circulation List
Cheryl Humphreys
Facebook Page Manager Rosie Turvil
Friends’ Secretary Vivien Taylor
Gift Aid Secretary Philip Elmer
Ticketing Frieda Rodwell
Web Master/Mistress Vacant
Programme Committee: Diana Butler, Jane
Bunting, Roddy Elmer,
Edel McGinley, Justine
Marlowe, Mike Seignior,
Mark Sproson (Chair)
Social Subcommittee: Janet Champion,
Sue Jeffreys (Chair)
Geraldine O’Hara,
Geraldine Orfeur
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Running the Choir
Who does what?
Musical Director Mark Sproson
Assistant Musical Director: To be appointed
Rehearsal Accompanist Caroline Soresby
President Albert Waite
Committee
Chair Mike Seignior
Secretary Penelope Williams
Treasurer Maria Mitchell
Music Librarian Diana Butler
Publicity Jayne Buckland
Assistant Librarian Jane Bunting
Concert Manager Roger Dean
Making Music Rep Margery Dey
Social Secretary Sue Jeffreys
Membership Secretary Lesley Jordan
The Musical Director is an ex-officio member of the Committee
The Committee generally meets about six times during the year
on a Monday evening, with additional pre-concert meetings held a
few weeks before each concert on Tuesday evenings before