THE AXARQUIA CHORUS

presents

A CONCERT OF SACRED MUSIC

COMPETA CHURCH
[ La Iglesia de Ntra. Sra. de la Asuncion ]
 
FRIDAY 11th JULY   21.00  [ 9pm ]


ARCHEZ CHURCH
[ La Iglesia de Ntra. Sra. de la Encarnacion ]

SATURDAY 12th JULY   20.00  [ 8pm ]

By kind permission of the parish priest.

The programme will include music by Mozart, Pitoni, Graham and Loveland, Rutter, Vaughan Williams, Faure, Bach and Stanford with solo/instrumental pieces by  Vivaldi and Franck.

It is some time since we have sung in Competa church and it will be wonderful to be back there again.
This will be the first time the choir has sung in the beautiful church in Archez, the tower of which dates back to the thirteenth century.

Any donations will be shared between Church Funds, Cudeca and choir funds.

PLEASE COME AND JOIN US AT EITHER VENUE
We rehearse every Tuesday from 15.00 to 17.00 in the Salon de Actos below the Ayuntamiento in COMPETA. No previous choral experience necessary and there are no formal auditions to frighten off the nervous.

Please call Katherine 952 553 656 for more information

The Axarquia Chorus began  as a small group about three years ago, meeting in a home under the leadership of Martin Stanley who had recently moved to Salares from Brixham in Devon. We all loved singing and were delighted to find that there were others who did, too.

Everyone brought different skills and experiences to the choir, ranging from those who loved to sing but couldn't read music to ex-choirboys, now singing at a somewhat lower pitch!

Martin has a wealth of experience both as a musical director of choirs and as an accomplished pianist. In the early days, before Martin would call us "A Choir", we worked very hard under his tutelage to learn the art of choral singing. Gradually we improved enough to be "50% choir" and then eventually "A real Choir" and about two years ago Martin thought we were ready to give our first concert in Cómpeta Church. The reception was enthusiastic and encouraged us to continue.

To date we have performed several times in Cómpeta Church, The Ayuntamiento Plaza for Semana Cultural 2006, The Museo Restaurant for the Rytmo De Cómpeta in 2006, the Tenencia de Alcalde in Algarrobo Costa in 2005 and 2006 and most recently in the Salon de Actos at the Ayuntamiento in Cómpeta in March 2007 and again in June 2007

We are multinational group and sing in several languages. We hope to attract some Spanish members but realise that it might be difficult because we rehearse in English. We are busy preparing lots of new songs for the autumn and will include some in Spanish.

We rehearse every Tuesday from 3pm 'till 5pm in the Salon de Actos at the Ayuntamiento in Cómpeta and welcome new members. Come along to a rehearsal and see what you think! We sing in four parts, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass.

*Taken from The Grapevine  May 2007