The Choir of St. Paul’s will host a choral conference with Katherine Dienes-Williams of Guildford Cathedral, UK, in February. Open to members of any choir who want to learn and sing with us. ($25 charge on Eventbrite)
Here is the schedule:
Sat., Feb. 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Rehearsal with Katherine Dienes-Willams followed by lunch and brief lecture with question/answer period. Participants may sing or observe an open rehearsal. ($25 on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/508000973587)
Sun., Feb. 12
4 p.m. Rehearsal
5 p.m. Organ Concert by Katherine Dienes-Williams
5:30 p.m. Choral Evensong. Saturday workshop participants may join the St. Paul’s choir to sing Evensong. (free)
Katherine Dienes-Williams, MA, BMus, LTCL, FRCO, Hon ARSCM, Hon GCM was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Guildford Cathedral in January 2008 following six years as Director of Music at the Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick. She was the first-ever female member to be elected to the Cathedral Organists’ Association, and on her appointment to Guildford, became the first ever woman to hold such a post in the Church of England.