A Maiden most gentle

arr. Andrew Carter

Hawaiian Lullaby

arr. Malcolm Sargent

What Cheer? Good Cheer!

Rapping Paper

Peter Warlock

Ben Parry

INTERVAL

Still, Still, Still

A New Year Carol

arr. Philip Ledger

Benjamin Britten

Vanessa Bowers is 17 years old and has been studying singing from an early age. She attends Chesham High School, studies singing with Kate Bowers and viola and piano at the Junior Royal Academy of Music. In 2000, Vanessa was Junior Chiltern Young Musician of the year and has gained many successes in local festivals. At age of 15, she passed with distinction the grade 8 singing examination of the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music. Her wide-ranging repertoire includes art song (especially English), lieder, folksong, liturgical music (in period style), oratorio and musicals. She is a member of the medieval group Chantyre. Vanessa is delighted to be singing again with the Chipperfield Choral Society as she has happy memories of performing with them when she was 13. Vanessa plays viola in the English Schools’ Orchestra and was selected to tour the major Australian cities with them during the summer of 2003 – a stunning experience for a young musician.

Nicholas King has had a distinguished career in music education n schools, at the Royal College of Music and as a Chief Examiner in Music for Trinity College, London. He now concentrates on freelance performance, teaching, adjudicating, composition and research. He is a Patron of the New School of Organ Studies, for whom he launched in October 2002, a successful series of weekly lunchtime concerts on Fridays at St. John’s Church, Boxmoor.

Rosemary Venner, following studies at the Royal Academy of Music, was a freelance accompanist and coach for several years before she moved into office administration. She continues to play for choral and operatic societies and for music hall productions. Rosemary has been the Society’s rehearsal pianist since 1994 and sings with the altos during performances.