TheWaverleySingers
@waverleysingers.bsky.social
We are a vibrant and exciting choir of nearly 100 members. We perform four or five concerts a year in the Farnham area, covering a wide range of repertoire from Josquin to Jazz. waverleysingers.com
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In the New Year we'll be looking forward to our Spring concert in Guildford Cathedral, but before that, our Choral Workshop exploring the deep emotions of #Dvorak's 'Stabat Mater' - on Saturday 17 January at 1030 in St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church. Tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
In the New Year we'll be looking forward to our Spring concert in Guildford Cathedral, but before that, our Choral Workshop exploring the deep emotions of #Dvorak's 'Stabat Mater' - on Saturday 17 January at 1030 in St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church. Tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the New Year we'll be looking forward to our Spring concert in Guildford Cathedral, but before that, our Choral Workshop exploring the deep emotions of #Dvorak's 'Stabat Mater' - on Saturday 17 January at 1030 in St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church. Tickets www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Getting ready for our concert on 6 December with Jordan Theis and the Bourne Parish Choirs; looking forward to renewing our relationship with Tenor soloist and BBC Singer Peter Davoren - happy memories from October 2023 singing Puccini together!
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Getting ready for our concert on 6 December with Jordan Theis and the Bourne Parish Choirs; looking forward to renewing our relationship with Tenor soloist and BBC Singer Peter Davoren - happy memories from October 2023 singing Puccini together!
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Tickets: www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Looking forward to singing wonderful pieces by Benjamin Britten, Franz Biebl, and Jonathan Dove, with the Bourne Parish Choir and our friend Jordan Theis alongside Maestro Pearce - Saturday, 6 December at 6pm in St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church.
Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Looking forward to singing wonderful pieces by Benjamin Britten, Franz Biebl, and Jonathan Dove, with the Bourne Parish Choir and our friend Jordan Theis alongside Maestro Pearce - Saturday, 6 December at 6pm in St Thomas-on-The Bourne Church.
Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Tickets from www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
Thanks to the @farnhamherald.bsky.social for publishing this review of our 26 October 'Opera Gala' concert - also online here:
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Onwards now to our next concert on 6 December with the St Thomas-on-The Bourne Choirs - featuring Britten's St Nicolas!
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Onwards now to our next concert on 6 December with the St Thomas-on-The Bourne Choirs - featuring Britten's St Nicolas!
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks to the @farnhamherald.bsky.social for publishing this review of our 26 October 'Opera Gala' concert - also online here:
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Onwards now to our next concert on 6 December with the St Thomas-on-The Bourne Choirs - featuring Britten's St Nicolas!
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Onwards now to our next concert on 6 December with the St Thomas-on-The Bourne Choirs - featuring Britten's St Nicolas!
More encouragement to come to the Opera Gala on Sunday, 26 October, at 6pm in The Maltings, Farnham. An historic occasion!
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Opera gala will hit high note of Waverley Singers' platinum jubilee
Choir member Mike Aaronson is encouraging everyone who loves great singing and music to come to the Waverley Singers’ platinum jubilee opera gala concert at the Farnham Maltings on October 26 at 6pm.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
More encouragement to come to the Opera Gala on Sunday, 26 October, at 6pm in The Maltings, Farnham. An historic occasion!
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Something to help pass the time waiting for a green light in the middle of the Farnham bypass!
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October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Something to help pass the time waiting for a green light in the middle of the Farnham bypass!
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Thanks to our friends at the Farnham Herald for this piece putting our Opera Gala concert on 26 October at Farnham Maltings into the context of our Platinum Jubilee! As it says: we're hoping for a large and generous audience!
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Opera gala in Farnham to celebrate 70 years of Waverley Singers
The Waverley Singers will continue to celebrate their platinum jubilee season with an opera gala in the Farnham Maltings on October 26 at 6pm.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Thanks to our friends at the Farnham Herald for this piece putting our Opera Gala concert on 26 October at Farnham Maltings into the context of our Platinum Jubilee! As it says: we're hoping for a large and generous audience!
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
We are offering a Tenor Choral Scholarship of £2000! An up-and-coming young singer will join us for our 2025-2026 season. Full details here: waverleysingers.com/scholarships... You don't have to look like the chap in the picture, but having high hopes for a brilliant future wouldn't be a bad thing!
October 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We are offering a Tenor Choral Scholarship of £2000! An up-and-coming young singer will join us for our 2025-2026 season. Full details here: waverleysingers.com/scholarships... You don't have to look like the chap in the picture, but having high hopes for a brilliant future wouldn't be a bad thing!
New term starts TONIGHT! Rehearsing for Opera Gala concert in The Maltings on 26 October: waverleysingers.com/concertdetai... Tickets on sale!
And, to show we are not just about singing, but FUN, our QUIZ NIGHT is on Friday, 3 October, for Choir Members and their guests.
Then, St Nicolas on 6 Dec!
And, to show we are not just about singing, but FUN, our QUIZ NIGHT is on Friday, 3 October, for Choir Members and their guests.
Then, St Nicolas on 6 Dec!
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New term starts TONIGHT! Rehearsing for Opera Gala concert in The Maltings on 26 October: waverleysingers.com/concertdetai... Tickets on sale!
And, to show we are not just about singing, but FUN, our QUIZ NIGHT is on Friday, 3 October, for Choir Members and their guests.
Then, St Nicolas on 6 Dec!
And, to show we are not just about singing, but FUN, our QUIZ NIGHT is on Friday, 3 October, for Choir Members and their guests.
Then, St Nicolas on 6 Dec!
Nice event: 'Sisters in Song' 30 August, with our very own Sara Burnie, Mezzo Soprano, Clare Loosley, Soprano, and Paul Webster, Piano. Songs illustrating the art of the vocal duet across the centuries.
Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of church funds. Refreshments after the concert.
Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of church funds. Refreshments after the concert.
August 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Nice event: 'Sisters in Song' 30 August, with our very own Sara Burnie, Mezzo Soprano, Clare Loosley, Soprano, and Paul Webster, Piano. Songs illustrating the art of the vocal duet across the centuries.
Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of church funds. Refreshments after the concert.
Admission free, with retiring collection in aid of church funds. Refreshments after the concert.
Delighted to welcome Farnham and Bordon MP Gregory Stafford, and #Farnham Mayor, Councillor George Murray and the Mayoress Jacoba Murray, to our 'Waverley Sing' event yesterday! Thanks also to Farnham Town Council for your financial support. We had a blast!
July 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Delighted to welcome Farnham and Bordon MP Gregory Stafford, and #Farnham Mayor, Councillor George Murray and the Mayoress Jacoba Murray, to our 'Waverley Sing' event yesterday! Thanks also to Farnham Town Council for your financial support. We had a blast!
If you're bored with Wimbledon (!) here's a great way to spend Sunday afternoon: a lovely Open Garden in #Binsted, which happens to be owned by two of our number, Max and Catherine. All in a good cause, supporting Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care.
July 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
If you're bored with Wimbledon (!) here's a great way to spend Sunday afternoon: a lovely Open Garden in #Binsted, which happens to be owned by two of our number, Max and Catherine. All in a good cause, supporting Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care.
Delighted that the collection for the charity www.thesimontrust.org during and after our concert on 22 June raised £870.31! Picture shows the charity's Chair, Sally Lawrence, making her appeal. She's laughing even before she knew the amount raised! Thanks to everyone who contributed so generously.
July 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Delighted that the collection for the charity www.thesimontrust.org during and after our concert on 22 June raised £870.31! Picture shows the charity's Chair, Sally Lawrence, making her appeal. She's laughing even before she knew the amount raised! Thanks to everyone who contributed so generously.
Some lovely concerts to look forward to in August and September!
More on the TBS website here: www.tilbach.org.uk
More on the TBS website here: www.tilbach.org.uk
June 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some lovely concerts to look forward to in August and September!
More on the TBS website here: www.tilbach.org.uk
More on the TBS website here: www.tilbach.org.uk
Images from yesterday's rehearsal, concert, and après sing! Big thanks to St Mary's Frensham for their welcome, to our soloists, our conductor Richard for bringing it all together, and our wonderful audience who packed out the church and were generous in their appreciation of both music and poetry!
June 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Images from yesterday's rehearsal, concert, and après sing! Big thanks to St Mary's Frensham for their welcome, to our soloists, our conductor Richard for bringing it all together, and our wonderful audience who packed out the church and were generous in their appreciation of both music and poetry!
Full house for this afternoon's concert! Remembering our dear friend Jo Reader and looking forward to performing the work by @owainpark.bsky.social made possible by her generous legacy. Well set up for the après sing, too!
June 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Full house for this afternoon's concert! Remembering our dear friend Jo Reader and looking forward to performing the work by @owainpark.bsky.social made possible by her generous legacy. Well set up for the après sing, too!
Great to hear the #cello part in the @owainpark.bsky.social and the other pieces we'll be performing on Sunday played at last night's rehearsal, courtesy of Joseph Spooner - can't wait to perform the whole rep on Sunday! Just a few tickets left (really!) at www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
June 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great to hear the #cello part in the @owainpark.bsky.social and the other pieces we'll be performing on Sunday played at last night's rehearsal, courtesy of Joseph Spooner - can't wait to perform the whole rep on Sunday! Just a few tickets left (really!) at www.ticketsource.co.uk/waverleysing...
The splendid charity we and our audience will be helping to support with a retiring collection at our concert on 22 June is The Simon Trust - it does excellent and groundbreaking work to support vulnerable young adults with autism. More details on their website here: www.thesimontrust.org
The Simon Trust
Welcome to The Simon Trust. As a parent of a disabled child, I am fully aware of the heart-ache that is involved in bringing up a child who is "different". One not only has to deal with the...
www.thesimontrust.org
June 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The splendid charity we and our audience will be helping to support with a retiring collection at our concert on 22 June is The Simon Trust - it does excellent and groundbreaking work to support vulnerable young adults with autism. More details on their website here: www.thesimontrust.org
Super delighted last night to welcome @owainpark.bsky.social alongside Richard Pearce to help us refine our understanding and performance of Owain's 'Five Nocturnes' - what a fabulous evening we had! Thank you, Owain, for your inspiration and advice! Looking forward to the concert on 22 June!
June 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Super delighted last night to welcome @owainpark.bsky.social alongside Richard Pearce to help us refine our understanding and performance of Owain's 'Five Nocturnes' - what a fabulous evening we had! Thank you, Owain, for your inspiration and advice! Looking forward to the concert on 22 June!
Our very own 'Armchair Critic' discusses our forthcoming concert on 22 June, and our 'Come and Sing' event,"The Waverley Sing", on 12 July! Thanks, Farnham Herald, for giving air time to both.
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Waverley Singers’ platinum jubilee continues with midsummer concert
The Waverley Singers will continue their platinum jubilee celebrations with a concert at St Mary’s Church in Frensham on June 22 at 5pm.
www.farnhamherald.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our very own 'Armchair Critic' discusses our forthcoming concert on 22 June, and our 'Come and Sing' event,"The Waverley Sing", on 12 July! Thanks, Farnham Herald, for giving air time to both.
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
www.farnhamherald.com/news/enterta...
Display in Farnham Library announcing 'The Waverley Sing': Saturday, 12 July, St Andrew's Church, Farnham. No previous formal singing experience required, just a love of songs from musicals and opera that we'll be singing. Details on our website waverleysingers.com/concertdetai...
And it's FREE!
And it's FREE!
June 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Display in Farnham Library announcing 'The Waverley Sing': Saturday, 12 July, St Andrew's Church, Farnham. No previous formal singing experience required, just a love of songs from musicals and opera that we'll be singing. Details on our website waverleysingers.com/concertdetai...
And it's FREE!
And it's FREE!
@rosiemayjones.bsky.social reads her poem "Along the old way" to give us a flavour of the poems she will perform at our "Midsummer Nocturnes" concert in St Mary's Church, Frensham, on Sunday, 22 June.
Video contains a link to the full conversation we had with Rosie May
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Video contains a link to the full conversation we had with Rosie May
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"As you pass from night to day, leave only footprints in the white chalk sand"
YouTube video by The Waverley Singers
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June 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@rosiemayjones.bsky.social reads her poem "Along the old way" to give us a flavour of the poems she will perform at our "Midsummer Nocturnes" concert in St Mary's Church, Frensham, on Sunday, 22 June.
Video contains a link to the full conversation we had with Rosie May
youtube.com/shorts/tv6sc...
Video contains a link to the full conversation we had with Rosie May
youtube.com/shorts/tv6sc...
Our latest Supporters' Newsletter with details of our concert on 22 June, podcast with @owainpark.bsky.social, video of poet @rosiemayjones.bsky.social and our new initiative the #WaverleySing on 12 July - aimed at all singers who might be shy about joining a choir. Enjoy!
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Midsummer Nocturnes - Newsletter
Don't miss our Summer Concert - it's going to be a very special one...
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May 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Our latest Supporters' Newsletter with details of our concert on 22 June, podcast with @owainpark.bsky.social, video of poet @rosiemayjones.bsky.social and our new initiative the #WaverleySing on 12 July - aimed at all singers who might be shy about joining a choir. Enjoy!
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Delighted to share this short trailer for a longer podcast interview with composer Owain Park, talking about his life as a musician and also the piece, 'Five Nocturnes', that he has composed for us: world première 22 June! The trailer contains the link to the full conversation youtu.be/P69MWKtosBI
"At its core, it's about celebrating these amazing poems!"
YouTube video by The Waverley Singers
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April 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Delighted to share this short trailer for a longer podcast interview with composer Owain Park, talking about his life as a musician and also the piece, 'Five Nocturnes', that he has composed for us: world première 22 June! The trailer contains the link to the full conversation youtu.be/P69MWKtosBI
First encounter this evening with our commission from composer Owain Park, which we'll be performing on 22 June! Also at our concert, poet Rosie May Jones will read some of her poems - check out this one she has recorded for @SurreyHillsNL www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqe... Common theme #musicandnature
Year Twenty-One Hundred Poem, Rosie May Jones
YouTube video by Surrey Hills National Landscape
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April 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
First encounter this evening with our commission from composer Owain Park, which we'll be performing on 22 June! Also at our concert, poet Rosie May Jones will read some of her poems - check out this one she has recorded for @SurreyHillsNL www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnqe... Common theme #musicandnature