by bearsdenchoir | May 14, 2023 | Herald Scotland
SATURDAY afternoon belonged to George Swann, it is safe to say, and not just because Mozart and Michael Tippett are no longer with us – nor because the young composer’s peer-group fan club were vociferously present at Glasgow City Halls. The Glasgow University...
by bearsdenchoir | May 23, 2022 | Herald Scotland
THE last two years have proved challenging for singers. So it was for the 130-strong Bearsden Choir, a fine and much-expanded amateur choir who have spent the Covid years coming together virtually in solitude, or masked-up and so socially distanced that only half the...
by bearsdenchoir | Dec 20, 2021 | Herald Scotland
A CHOIR that has been so inventive, as well as so careful, during the coronavirus pandemic would always be worth wider appreciation. As events have panned out, Bearsden Choir may also appear to have been blessed with second sight. Taking advantage of what has turned...
by bearsdenchoir | May 30, 2021 | Herald Scotland
THE danger of aerosol transmission of coronavirus was understood from the earliest days of the pandemic, but the loss of the opportunity to meet together and sing for the members of the nation’s amateur choirs was a consequence that governments north and...
by bearsdenchoir | Dec 13, 2019 | Herald Scotland
NOT only is choral director Andrew Nunn bringing about a clear incremental improvement in the standard of the community choir from Glasgow’s affluent northern suburb, he is also insuring, through his other activities, that it is keeping the very best of company. With...
