Alleyn School Choir
Alleyn’s School is one of the UK’s leading independent co-educational schools located in London, with a reputation for outstanding music. Pupils attend Alleyn’s from all over London, and many additionally attend the various junior conservatoires, and some are members of the National Youth Orchestra. Choirs, orchestras, and ensembles rehearse regularly during term time, and perform at prestigious London venues including Southwark Cathedral, the Blackheath Concert Halls, and St John’s Smith Square. In recent years students have toured Rome and Barcelona singing in the Pantheon, St Giovanni in Laterano, and All Saints Church (Rome), and Barcelona Cathedral, St Pere, and the Basilica at Montserrat (Barcelona). The musical director is Chris Dearmer, who has been Director of Music at Alleyn’s since September 2014.
Program
Choral
Bruckner – Locus iste
Purcell – Thou knowest Lord
Bach – Jesu, joy of man’s desiring
Tallis – If ye love me
Chilcott – Irish blessing
Jazz – a trio comprising piano, bass, and trombone
Jazz standards, appropriate to the venue
Chamber groups – a mix of small, classical string and wind chamber groups, e.g. string quartet, cello quartet, piano trios, wind quintets, etc.
Repertoire may include:
Mendelssohn – Piano Trio in D minor
Menotti – Suite for two cellos and piano
Dvorak – Piano Quartet no. 1 in D major
Solo voice/instrumental
Repertoire may include:
Handel – Largo and Allegro from Sonata in C minor (oboe)
Saint-Saens – Clarinet Sonata
Hindemith – Cello Sonata
Wolf – Verborgenheit (voice)
Sollima – Lamentatio (cello)
