Hello everyoneWell two weeks into Lockdown and I am now on ‘holiday’ – quite hard to tell the difference! Even more confusingly, I am in work this week for two days. I am running a holiday club on Tuesday with…
DCS Newsletter: 31st March 2020
Hello everyone – what a week it’s been, and one that you don’t see many of in a lifetime. Angela’s son Oliver shared this quote with me, which seems very apt: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin – “There are decades where nothing…
CANCELLED: ‘Blessed Cecilia’ – Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia and other unaccompanied British Choral Songs
Due to the current situation with the Coronavirus, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel this concert. We look forward to more music making in the near future. Please take care of yourselves and each other. We look forward…
DCS Newsletter: Tuesday 24th March
Hello everyone, this is something I never thought I would have to write, but welcome to the first newsletter of our Coronavirus closure. For the period that we are unable to meet, we hope to have a weekly communication for…
Cancelled: Blessed Cecilia Concert on 28th March
After careful consideration and consultation, we have taken the very difficult decision to cancel the forthcoming concert on Saturday 28th March. We know this is a very disappointing outcome, especially given the tremendous progress we have been making, but we really…
Didcot Town Carol Concert
Our Annual Carol Concert where we invite local schools and groups to sing together and perform Christmas carols and songs. Refreshments are served at the end of the evening and a collection is taken for the Mayor’s charities.
Mozart Requiem concert
Our autumn concert will take place in the lovely surroundings of St Matthew’s Church, Harwell on Saturday 23rd November 2019, 7:30pm We will be performing Haydn – Insanae et vanae curae Zelenka – Miserere Mozart – Ave verum corpus Mozart –…
Remembrance Parade and Service
The parade leaves Edinburgh Drive at 2:40, walking up to the Civic Hall for a 3pm service (held outside at the war memorial)
DCS annual quiz night
Chorus of Sirens
A semi-choir of sopranos and altos joined the Didcot Symphony Orchestra in their concert at Cornerstone Art Centre on Sunday night. We had the pleasure of singing the parts of the Chorus of Sirens in Wagner’s Tannhäuser: Venusberg Music. We…