Music & Dance
Music & Dance
Surrey Festival Choir – join the club
April 11th 2012
Every month, we find out about a different club or society in the county and what they get up to. In our latest instalment, we discover why Surrey Festival Choir seems to have hit the right note with singers all over the county and beyond...
Voicerox Choir – Reigate & Redhill’s Rock and Pop Choir – join the club
January 31st 2012
Voicerox Choir is a rock and pop choir open to beginners and experienced singers alike. There is no audition and no requirement to read music, which results in a wonderfully diverse group of people
Guildford Harmony – join the club
January 9th 2012
Every month, we find out about a different club or society in the county and what they get up to. If you’d like to see your group or organisation featured on these pages next year, please send an e-mail to the editor at editor@surreylife.co.uk
Surrey Brass - join the club
November 2nd 2011
Celebrating their tenth birthday this year with a concert at the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin School in Cobham, this month we meet the members of Surrey Brass
Croydon's classical music connections
October 27th 2011
Did you know that the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra proudly calls Croydon home, that the London Mozart Players are also a regular fixture, or that the Queen Mother enjoyed a concert there by the BBC Symphony Orchestra? And that’s just the start...
Shoppers opera to raise the roof at Kingston shopping centre
June 16th 2011
A new opera highlighting the trials and tribulations of shopping will be performed for the first time inside a Kingston shopping centre.
Vivace Chorus, Guildford - join the club
June 2nd 2011
This month, we meet the Vivace Chorus, a Guildford based amateur choral society, who are about to stage an ambitious concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at London’s Royal Albert Hall to mark the centenary of Mahler’s death
Godalming Operatic Society - join the club
April 13th 2011
Widely known as one of the country’s leading performers of Gilbert and Sullivan, Godalming Operatic Society has been performing its productions since 1925
Cranleigh gets the Blues but Slowhand’s surprise set is no reason to get down
February 1st 2011
This winter’s heavy snow had seen Cranleigh Arts Centre’s annual Christmas charity concerts postponed until recently, but the two nights of star studded guest appearances proved well worth waiting for as Eric Clapton took centre stage.
Surrey's Got Talent singing sensation takes on the nation
November 29th 2010
Regular Surrey Life readers will no doubt remember the remarkable Surrey’s Got Talent sensation, Sophie Plummer, who wowed judges – including our very own Caroline Harrap and Max Clifford - at this summer’s Celebrating Surrey festival
Strictly Come Surrey: our county's dancing connections
November 25th 2010
With Strictly Come Dancing back on our screens, bringing glitz and glamour to Saturday nights, SIAN ROWLAND looks at some of the show’s many connections to Surrey – and finds out a few of the best places to step out at a local dance class
Surrey choirs: why singing has never been more popular
November 9th 2010
As the Surrey-based Rock Choir continues its assault on the global music scene, it seems that joining a choir has never been more popular. Siân Rowland meets some of the best-known around the county
Elmbridge Music - join the club
October 12th 2010
Meet the members of Elmbridge Music who sound like they have a fabulous time of it – from Christmas concerts in Prague to being picked up from Cobham in a red double-decker bus. Here, founder of the society, Cliff van Tonder, tells all
Max Clifford on why Surrey really does have talent
August 12th 2010
Anyone doubting the huge and positive influence on young people of TV shows such as Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor would only have had to be at Loseley Park, near Guildford, recently to have those doubts removed
Leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Bryant on his perfect Surrey weekend
July 22nd 2010
Leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Bryant will be one of the focuses of attention during the BBC Promenade Season, which includes the Last Night of the Proms, later this year. Weekends are always busy for the Claygate resident
Thousands celebrate as Surrey's Rock Choir sets new world record
June 24th 2010
Surrey's Rock Choir launched their record-breaking album into the charts on Sunday night. The group, which was founded in Farnham, in 2005, has become a national phenomenon, signing a record deal with Universal along the way
Guildford Symphony Orchestra - join the club
June 8th 2010
Having famously been conducted by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, among others, Guildford Symphony has built a reputation as one of Surrey’s finest orchestras. Here, chairman Kathy Atkinson provides us with an overture to their next concert
Celebrating Surrey with StopGAP
May 26th 2010
As the resident dance company at Farnham Maltings in Farnham, StopGAP are at the heart of one of Surrey’s most creative hubs – little surprise then that they have been gearing up for this June’s Celebrating Surrey arts festival in Guildford
Kingston Choral Society - join the club
May 11th 2010
Over the last 60 years, Kingston Choral Society has survived everything from leaky ceilings and absent conductors to breaking into venues. As they celebrate their diamond anniversary, publicity officer Polly Ribet reveals all
Dorking Dramatic & Operatic Society - Join the club
March 23rd 2010
One of Surrey’s most respected theatre groups, Dorking Dramatic & Operatic Society are based in their own 85-seat Green Room Theatre, where members perform a wide variety of plays and musicals. David Burton tells us more about them
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