Beaumaris Singers

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Photograph courtesy of Roger Price Photographic Ltd,
Newport, Shropshire

2003

Master Tallis's Testament
A programme of choral and organ music:

Mass in G minor Vaughan Williams
Master Tallis's Testament Howells
O Nata Lux de Lumine Tallis
O Clap Your Hands Vaughan Williams
A Hymn for St Cecilia Howells
Salvator Mundi Tallis
Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
Vaughan Williams
Requiem Howells

Beaumaris Singers has been Choir of the Day in three successive Sainsbury Choir of the Year competitions and also BBC Radio Shropshire Choir of the Year.

Beaumaris Singers is delighted to celebrate its 15th anniversary by making a third appearance in Great Witley Church. Based in Newport, Shropshire, the choir of 40 voices continues to be directed by its enthusiastic and charismatic founder, Keith Orrell, singing both 'a cappella' music and major works with orchestra from an extensive repertoire spanning five centuries.

Keith Orrell initially studied choral conducting with the late Simon Johnson and piano under Martin Roscoe. Formerly a school teacher, he presently works freelance as a conductor, choral trainer, choral workshop leader, baritone soloist, and organist at Shrewsbury RC Cathedral. He has conducted several choral societies and choirs including the Halle Choir with whom he was Chorus Master for nearly seven years. He has also deputised at rehearsals for the BBC Symphony Chorus, the RSNO in Scotland & the Huddersfield Choral Society, and currently trains the Staffordshire Youth Choir.