Nottingham Harmonic Society

Nottingham Harmonic Society

Nottingham Harmonic Society is Nottingham's civic choir, and has established itself as one of the leading provincial choruses in Britain.[citation needed]

It started life as the Vocal Music Club of the Nottingham Mechanics' Institution formed in 1846, but soon became independent of the Institute under the name Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society.[1]

List of Chorus Masters

  • Roy Henderson 1930 - 1937[2]
  • Herbert Bardgett 1937 - 1960[3]
  • Noel Cox 1960 - 1973[4]
  • Andrew Burnham 1973 - 1985
  • Neil Page 1986 - 2007
  • Murray Stewart
  • Richard Laing 2009on

References

  1. ^ A History of the Oratorio. Howard E. Smither. The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. ISBN: 0807825115
  2. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/mar/17/guardianobituaries
  3. ^ Musical Times, 1960, p.424
  4. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/noel-cox-504780.html