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The Stuart Singers

Based in Minchinhampton in Gloucestershire, we give over a dozen concerts a year, raising money for local charities and deserving causes. Now 66 strong, we have a wide and constantly changing repertoire which spans spirituals, theatre, sacred and secular, classical and modern.

Fundraising
In our 17 years, we have helped raise over £155,000 for charity - either through our own concerts, or through singing at events organised by the charities themselves. We sing throughout Gloucestershire and further afield - sometimes abroad.

Interested in joining us?
We are always on the look out for enthusiastic singers or, if you'd rather do something behind the scenes, supporters. More details here...

Alternatively, Email Sheila Palmer or call her on 01453 731968

Making Music


The Stuart Singers are members of Making Music


Press and Publicity Contact
If you need to find out more about the Stuart Singers, email Bill Evans.

Our new CD is out!
Our new CD, with many more of our favourite numbers, including the ever popular Bottle Lament, is now available. See here for more.

More news
Visit the News page for older stories from the Stuart Singers.

Our next concerts
will be at Gloucester Cathedral,
at 7:30 pm on Friday 26 February
2010. For tickets please ring
Marjorie Russell on 01453 886282
 
 
Frances Billington & Gerry Palmer
St. Rose's Frances Billington
and MD Gerry Palmer
Sold out again!
Our December concerts are always popular and once again the Friday performance was a sell out; the Saturday also saw very few spare seats. Despite a church still a third full of scaffolding, our audiences clearly enjoyed the usual varied programme, topped up with ample seasonal fare such as Let it Snow!, two carols by John Rutter and a lively arrangement of the traditional spiritual De Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy. The audience carol Little Donkey saw them in fine voice too!

There were lots of new numbers too, such as Leonard Cohen's popular Hallelujah and the inspiring As Long as I have Music together with Enya's Only Time, beautifully sung by a sextet of our ladies. Revivals of old favourites from the choir's early days included The Lost Chord and A Handful of Songs, whilst the men's repeat of their exasperated Women! Women! Women! provoked an equally dismissive rendition of Men! Men! from the ladies.

As ever, our aim is to raise as much as we can for local good causes and these concerts saw representatives of local charities St Rose's School's Smile Appeal and the Stroud Beresford Group receive cheques. Donations were also made to two very local projects in Minchinhampton itself: to our venue of so many years, Holy Trinity Church, and to the town's historic Market House.

Delight at surprise recognition for M.D. Gerry!
Presentaiion to Gerry Palmer
l to r: David Seed, Sheila and Gerry Palmer, Myrtle Moreton-Cox & David Palmer

Audience and singers alike were delighted by a surprise presentation to our M.D. Gerry Palmer at the concert on Friday 11 December. Myrtle Moreton-Cox, President of Stroud Rotary Club and David Seed of Gloucester Rotary Club hijacked proceedings to present Gerry with Rotary's highest award, a Paul Harris Fellowship, in recognition of his contribution to the community through the Stuart Singers' raising of £155,000, given to 134 local organisations over the past 17 years. A further surprise for Gerry was that his brother, rotarian David Palmer, made the trip to see the award. Coming so soon after their invitation to a Buckingham Palace garden party, it's wonderful to see Gerry and Sheila get the recognition which they so richly deserve.

  
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