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Our auditions are over, next week our brand new season fully starts with new and old faces. So we thought it was a good time to take a look at the past year and remember the brilliant time we had together.
Check out our choir yearbook from winter season 2010 and summer season 2011. Continue reading “Pink Singers choir yearbook 2010-2011”
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Accompanist needed
The Pink Singers, Europe’s longest established lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) choir, seeks a professionally trained accompanist for the 2011/12 season.
A typical year might include two major London concerts, an average of two concerts elsewhere in the UK, one foreign trip and numerous small group private and community events. Working with the Musical Director, Murray Hipkin and supported by the Assistant Accompanist, the successful candidate will provide keyboard accompaniment at rehearsals and performances and will be a key member of the Artistic Team.
Rehearsals are held on Sunday afternoons in the Euston area and the repertoire ranges from baroque to contemporary pop and musical theatre. Excellent keyboard skills in a range of styles are essential and some experience of choral training, conducting, improvising and arranging would be an advantage.
To find out more about this exciting opportunity please email chair@pinksingers.co.uk for an application pack, and visit www.pinksingers.co.uk for general information about the choir. The closing date for applications is 02 Oct 2011.
Starting our winter season 2011
On 11 September we started our Winter season 2011/12, and even when we are still auditioning new members, we can already feel the Pinkie magic. New songs, New challenges, New members. But at the same time, the good old family and memories of our past season.
Razzle Dazzle, our summer 2011 concert, was very enjoyable for us, and we hope for our audience as well, so we want to share with you one of our favourites: You Can’t Stop The Beat, enjoy!
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Proud to be a Pinkie
In this special New Pinkie’s View one of our altos Sue tells us what it is like to join the Pink Singers. Interested in trying our choir on for size? Then don’t hesitate: get in touch with Gary on our Join Us page now!
Talk about popping my cherry! There have been so many things that I have done for the first time since I joined the Pinkies!
I have always loved singing but it has mainly been consigned to the car or the bath. I have a job, family and friends that keep me quite busy but felt it was time for me to find something that I could do just for myself and meet some new friends along the way. A friend told me about the Pink Singers, I had never heard of them before so I took a look on their website and immediately liked what I saw.
So for the first time in my life I went along to a choir alone (which for me is a very big thing!) I need not have worried because as soon as I arrived I was met by Gary who made me feel welcome. So many of the Pinkies came and spoke to me and put me at ease. Continue reading “Proud to be a Pinkie”
Pride Run 2011
Singing and running actually share a huge amount in common: with both you have to use your diaphragm, control your breathing and, if you’ve seen our choreography, have a certain degree of endurance. Pinkies have the additional advantage of being able to look like we are having fun even when feel like we’re dying inside!
At this year’s Pride Run the Pink Singers fielded a mixed team of runners – mixed because this year included Sue and Esther where last year’s run only had guys, and mixed also because everyone had different abilities. There were those who run regularly, either in the gym on pounding the pavement, and for whom running 10km is only slightly more exhausting than a stroll in the (Victoria) Park.
There were also those for whom the route was a personal challenge which they had set themselves. Add to that the fact that we were running for LGBT Pride while simultaneously raising funds for the Albert Kennedy Trust, and the run took on great significance for all of us.
We were blessed, some may say over-blessed, by brilliant sunshine, even though the weather report had predicted thunderstorms, and when the rather shocking start pistol had been fired by the enormous Gareth Thomas, we were off, loping around the track.
Organized by the London Frontrunners, the Pride Run really is a fantastic experience because, although there are many “hard-core” runners there, there is more than enough room for those who wish to wander round at a more comfortable pace. Our team, resplendent in our bright pink Pink Singers running shirts, were easily spotted and every time we ran past the race HQ the sight of the Pink Singers logo garnered a shout out. That served to lift our flagging spirits, particularly as we were heading into our exhausting final lap.
We have to thank our supporters for egging us on, and after we’d finished runner and supporter alike moved on to the pub for a well-deserved lunch. It was only after we had finished that that the rain started falling – what a great way to spend a Saturday morning!
Edit: Late-breaking news suggests that the Pink Singers were also awarded the Sports & Social Team Prize for the Pride Run 2011. Yikes! I guess this means that next year we will be the defending champions…
Timeline datestamp: 20 August 2011