Sound Women Choir

19/07/2024

Last official meeting for the term and the weather was so good, we enjoyed a sing outside. A great change for this year - we could do with more of it !

04/03/2024

Great to have done the Usk Choral festival - they liked our set !

02/03/2024

Looking forward to hearing some lovely singing and performing at 7:30.

With tickets priced at only £5 each concert, the Usk Choral Festival brings hundreds of singers from 36 choirs to perform in 9 concerts and in addition, a fabulous open to all singing workshop, have your bought your tickets yet?

www.uskchoralfestival.co.uk

Why not make a day of it, bring your friends, have lunch, browse the town and make a fabulous day out?

16/12/2021

Congratulations to for arranging last night's fantastic Carols in the Square and many thanks from Sound Women for inviting us to join you

02/06/2021

I have had the privilege of being taught by, and singing with, Spartimu. Certainly one of my life’s highlights. Check this out..... Tracey(MD of Sound Women)

05/03/2021

Usk Choral Festival goes online this weekend!! ... including performances from Sound Women (schedule below) ... https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwhat_hbBbc7Vpfvgy_xhVA
On Friday night there will be a celebratory video of Usk Choral Festival followed by a weekend of champion choral performances from our choirs. They will be released onto the Usk Choral Festival YouTube channel. Here's the - revised - timetable. Enjoy.
Saturday March 6th
9am: Mello D, Newport Cathedral Choir, Monmouthshire Community Choir – The Lord is my shepherd (H. Goodall)
9.05am: Llangybi Village Voices – Father, Son (P. Gabriel, arr. D. Morton)
9.10am: Cantorion Sanctaidd – A Flower remembered (J. Rutter)
12midday: Lleisiau Torfaen Voices – One Voice (J. Rutter)
12.05: Sound Women – Stormy Weather (arr. P. Cuylier)
12.10: Llangybi Village Voices – The Rose (A. McBroom, arr. D. Morton)
12.15. Cwmbran Baroque Singers - Steal Away (trad. arr Tippett)
3pm: Newport Male Voice Choir, Serenata – Baby It’s cold outside (F. Loesser)
3.05pm: Just Sing - Just at the right time (P. Banks)
3.10pm: Chepstow Chatelaines - Gwc Fach
Sunday March 7th
9am: Byrdsong – Early one morning (trad. English)
9.05am Just Sing – Wise Men still seek him (P. Banks)
9.10am Cor Aduniad – Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo)
12 midday: Byrdsong – Il est bel et bon (P. Passereau)
12.05pm: Newport Male Voice Choir – Shake, rattle & roll (C. Calhoun)
12.10pm: Usk & Chepstow Singing Club – Under the moon of love (Lee & Boyce)
12.15. Soul'd As Seen - Adiemus (K. Jenkins)
3pm – Lleisiau Torfaen Voices – As long as I have music (D. Besig)
3.05pm- Sound Women – Sanctus (trad. Corsican)
3.10pm – Barry Male Voice Choir – Sunset Poem: Eli Jenkin’s Prayer (A. Troyte / D. Thomas)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwhat_hbBbc7Vpfvgy_xhVA

Here we go – the virtual Usk Choral Festival starts on Friday and continues all over the weekend. Some yummy stuff on the way.

19/12/2020

Our Lockdown 2020 video is now on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LONqRtXaySM&feature=youtu.be

Thanks particularly go to Tracey and Belinda for the ideas, Amy for sanity-checking, Kim for tidying the videos and the chaps at COBRA Music Studios for sorting out the technical bits ! Enjoy !

Filmed in Penarth during the summer of 2020 by members of the choir and their familiesAdditional pre-lockdown clips from Manchester Street Choirs 2019 and ...

03/08/2020

Interview with our musical director, Tracey, features on the BBC news :

Pubs, cafes and restaurants are also now able to serve people indoors from Monday.