September playing day

Our September playing day was well attended, with almost 20 of us attending some or all of the day.
We started with a new 2-choir piece which Caroline would like us to perform at our joint playing day / concert in December: 'Angelus ad Pastores Ait' by Samuel Scheidt. This was followed by the tricky 'Morning Mist' by Sylvia Corinna Rosin, where all the parts play different rhythms so there's lots of potential for going horribly wrong. If we can perfect this by December, we will also be playing it at the concert. Music for the concert was provided to take home (and practice!).
Our AGM was held just before lunch. Key points from the meeting were:

• New committee members were voted in: Kay Byers (Chair); Mirjam Morat (Treasurer and Membership secretary); Caroline Jones (Musical Director); Claire Halpin (Website editor)
• The SRP annual subscription has been increased to £30 this coming year. It was agreed to increase the SRP Wales subscription slightly to £35 (there has been no increase for some years). The charge for visitors will remain as £10 for the moment.

After lunch Trina conducted us, playing her arrangement of Edward Greig's Holberg Suite (or for some of us, trying to play!). There were some tricky parts but it was enjoyable and maybe one to come back to another time?
In a complete change of pace, Delyth then conducted 'Plorate filii Israel' from the oratorio 'Jephte' by Giacomo Carissimi. After a tea break, we finished off with Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite arranged by Stanley Taylor, again conducted by Delyth.

Many thanks to all our conductors for the day, and in particular, to Delyth for her dedication to the branch as musical director for many years. Thank you so much Delyth!