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President : Scott Stroman Musical Director : George Jones Accompanist : Julia Kennard |
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The Billingshurst Choral Society (BCS) is an active and friendly choral group which sings in Billingshurst and the surrounding area, and currently has over 100 singing members. In 2007 the society celebrated its 21st anniversary. |
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Billingshurst Choral Society was founded by the current musical director
George Jones in 1986, and has been performing a mixture of old and new works
since then. George is keen to introduce new and challenging works – In 2000 in
Chichester Cathedral the Choral Society gave the first performance of the
Billingshurst Mass, specially written by Stanley Vann, and in 2001 they
performed the African Sanctus by
In
2007 BCS took on David Lawrence
as choral consultant, to assist in the growth of the choir.
BCS
performs three major concerts annually, with the autumn concerts usually in
either Chichester Cathedral or Arundel Cathedral. Many concerts have been
performed jointly with The Angmering Chorale, also directed by George. The spring
and summer concerts are performed at the Billingshurst Leisure Centre.
The
Society's Christmas Concert is performed in St Mary's Church, Billingshurst,
which is also the rehearsal venue. Rehearsals take place every Tuesday evening
from 8.00 pm to 9.45 pm. BCS has a thriving social calendar and organises
concert tours every two years. So far the Society has visited Belgium, the
Loire Valley, Caen and Paris.