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Somerville
Chapel Choir meets Sunday from 4.30-5.45pm to
rehearse for the evening service at 6pm. There are
additional rehearsals every Thursday at 5pm.
Everyone is welcome to join the choir; informal
auditions can be arranged with David Crown
(david.crown@virgin.net),
the current director of chapel music. The
organ scholars are Joseph Burgess and
Tristan
Mitchard. In addition to singing
evensong at Somerville Chapel, the choir is
frequently involved in concerts in Oxford and
elsewhere. In recent years Somerville Chapel
Choir has sung at Worcester Cathedral and St.
Nicholas Church (Brighton). The choir has also
recorded one CD, which is available from the
Somerville porters' lodge. In 2005 and 2009
Somerville Chapel Choir toured Germany under the
patronage of Sir Peter Torry, British Ambassador
to Germany, and appeared in a live radio
broadcast of a service at Berlin Cathedral.
There is the added bonus of free wine and
dinner after the service each
Sunday. Follow this link to see
this term's music list...
Thomas Attwood: Teach me, O Lord
Francis Knights: Steal Away
John Ireland: Greater Love
Thomas Morley: Nolo mortem peccatoris
David started singing
as a choral scholar in the choir of King's College,
Cambridge under Stephen Cleobury with whom he has
returned several times as soloist.
From there he began his singing career winning several prestigious competitions including the National Federation of Music Societies Award and the Wagner Society Bayreuth Bursary. His career as an operatic soloist flourished. He has sung with companies such as Scottish Opera and at the Covent Garden Festival, roles including Don Giovanni, Mephistopheles (Gounod's Faust), Guglielmo (Cosi) and the title role in the The Flying Dutchman as well as performing across Europe, America and Canada, working as soloist with many distinguished musicians including Graham Johnson, Simon Rattle, Richard Hickox, Martyn Brabbins, David Parry and Martin Isepp. He also studied lieder with Olaf Baer and Elly Ameling. During this time he also conducted several choirs, choral societies and orchestras and playing in a string quartet with members of the leading London orchestras.
David has given many recitals at festivals and major venues countrywide including the Wigmore Hall, St. John's, Smith Square, the Cheltenham Town Hall and the Pump Room in Bath as well as oratorio performances at most of the cathedrals around the UK. He has built a considerable reputation as a singing teacher and teaches choral scholars and others from across Oxford University. As a conductor he studied with among others Colin Metters (Professor at the Royal Academy of Music) and has received excellenet reviews for his work (including in The Times). He was delighted to be asked to take over as Director of Music at Somerville College in Oxford.
From there he began his singing career winning several prestigious competitions including the National Federation of Music Societies Award and the Wagner Society Bayreuth Bursary. His career as an operatic soloist flourished. He has sung with companies such as Scottish Opera and at the Covent Garden Festival, roles including Don Giovanni, Mephistopheles (Gounod's Faust), Guglielmo (Cosi) and the title role in the The Flying Dutchman as well as performing across Europe, America and Canada, working as soloist with many distinguished musicians including Graham Johnson, Simon Rattle, Richard Hickox, Martyn Brabbins, David Parry and Martin Isepp. He also studied lieder with Olaf Baer and Elly Ameling. During this time he also conducted several choirs, choral societies and orchestras and playing in a string quartet with members of the leading London orchestras.
David has given many recitals at festivals and major venues countrywide including the Wigmore Hall, St. John's, Smith Square, the Cheltenham Town Hall and the Pump Room in Bath as well as oratorio performances at most of the cathedrals around the UK. He has built a considerable reputation as a singing teacher and teaches choral scholars and others from across Oxford University. As a conductor he studied with among others Colin Metters (Professor at the Royal Academy of Music) and has received excellenet reviews for his work (including in The Times). He was delighted to be asked to take over as Director of Music at Somerville College in Oxford.