Members of The Serlo Consort, led by the group’s Artistic Director’s - David McKee & Kit Perona-Wright, lead a workshop for GCSE and A-level students from schools in/around Norwich. This will cover vocal technique, styles/periods of music and some of the ’set-works’ from their exam syllabus. This will take place in Norwich Cathedral (TBC), and exact details (timings, etc) can be obtained by contacting David (davidpjmckee@ntlworld.com or 01603 441188).

Any children 15-18 years of age welcome (but it would help if you are studying music!). It will be a fun, challenging and informative workshop - please come along!

Many favourable comments have been received since our performance of the brilliant work, ‘The Passion according to St. John’ by J. S. Bach.

Our major sponsor, Elphick Estate Agents, wrote to say “Congratulations on the concert last Saturday, it was much appreciated and very well received on the evening, and I wish you all the best for the future.”

Other audience comments include: “Words cannot express how much we enjoyed the performance of ‘The Passion’ in Ashtead. You are all to be congratulated on a first-class concert!” Mr J. Dix

“Once again, my thanks to you for another wonderful concert. Yesterday was a great success: an excellent choir, excellently conducted with excellent accompaniment!” Mr P. Hudson

“The concert was absolutely fabulous! I don’t know what my husband and I were expecting, but we left feeling in awe.” Mrs S. Whitehead

” I felt the need to drop you a line to congratulate you and the choir for a finely tuned & evocative performance on Saturday. From the build-up of the opening chorus to the final chorale, the superb musicianship of all concerned shone through. Your inspired direction of the performers makes the group excel, and it has (and will continue to be) a privilege to listen to your performances.” Mr P. Abnett

The Serlo Consort, with its own instrumental ensemble, performed this seminal work to a very large, appreciative audience. Composed on a smaller scale than the St. Matthew Passion but no less powerful, it is a work full of beauty and emotion, with some of Bach’s best word painting. The soloists were: -

• Tenor soloist & Evangelist Tom Cockett
• Bass soloist/arias David McKee
• Bass soloist/Jesus Paul Martin
• Counter-tenor soloist Lloyd Griffith
• Soprano soloist Heather Wardle

This concert was kindly sponsored by ‘Elphick Estate Agents’.

We are pleased to announce that we have secured the use of Norwich Cathedral to use for our concert in April. This is a change from using the church of St. Peter Mancroft.

We are delighted to be able to use such a magnificent building for our concert, and hope to see many of you there on Saturday 26th April as possible!

The publicity for the ‘St. John Passion’ taking place on Saturday 8th March, 2008 in Ashtead (Surrey) has unfortunately been printed with one digit missing from the contact telephone number.

We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you, and urge you to use the number from this website - which IS correct!

0208 7611565 (it is a number 1 that is missing from the publicity). Obviously the e-mail address, the websiter address, and the postal address are correct. 

The Serlo Consort records its first solo album of mixed repertoire, joined by Stephen Farr on the organ. Look out for details in Feb/Mar 08 of where and how to purchase your copy…!

A festive evening of music not to be missed! The Serlo Consort will transport you through a plethora of different musical styles that composers have used over the centuries to celebrate the birth of the baby Jesus. We return to the glorious acoustic of St. John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood to perform our Christmas concert, and hope to see you there…..

There will be audience carols in addition to choir carols, the programme will be interspersed with seasonal readings (read by Philip Brooke), and the interval will give everyone the opportunity to have a glass of wine and a mince pie.

Composers will include Byrd, Victoria, Purcell, Vaughan Williams, Leighton, Warlock, Rutter and many more.

Come and get in the festive mood and enjoy an evening of first class Christmas entertainment! 

Tickets (to include a glass of wine and mince pie) £10, £8 concessions, £5 children (under 18)

A year after The Serlo Consort was asked to work with Robin Gibb on his Christmas Carol Album, the choir is going to make its first CD recording. It will contain a mixture of items of a ‘reflective’ nature, and will be available for purchase at some stage from February/March 2008.

We are going to record the album in the glorious acoustic of St. John the Evangelist (by kind permission of the Vicar and PCC), Upper Norwood, and will be joined by Stephen Farr on the organ. Stephen is one of our Honorary Patrons and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge (until recently, Director of Music at Guildford Cathedral).

Please look on this website in the New Year for more details……

Several new editions are available for purchase! Prepared by the group’s Artistic Director, Kit Perona-Wright, please check the catalogue (publications page) for updated items, such as:

• Byrd Ne Irascaris
• Tomkins O praise the Lord
• Perona-Wright Thou art Peter

and many more…..! Contact us for further information, or to place an order.

The Serlo Consort, with its small instrumental ensemble, performed a vividly exciting programme of music from the ‘New World’. Accompanied items were interspersed with unaccompanied items juxtaposing rhythmic vitality with expressive emotion. There was music to move you, music that gripped you, and musical discoveries that had your feet tapping! Some of the items were…

• Padilla Deus in adiutorium
• Lobo Versa est in Luctum
• Juan de Araujo Los coflades de la estleya
• Juan Garcia de Zespedes Convidando esta la noche
• Gaspar Fernandes Xicochi conetzintle
• Victoria Lauda Sion
• Ugolini Quae est ista