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Welcome Thank you for wanting to join the Royal Free Music Society. We are a friendly choir who are none the less committed to performing music to as high a standard as possible. I hope you will enjoy singing with us. Below is some information that I hope you will useful. Rehearsals Rehearsals are usually held on a Thursday from 7 to 8.30 p.m. in the Peter Samuel Hall at the Royal Free Hospital (Rowland Hill Street entrance, take the stairs ahead of you to the first floor, the entrance to the hall is ahead and to the right, follow the sound of beautiful singing if arriving late). The rehearsal schedule is published on the website at the start of every term and changes will be emailed to you. Please try and arrive promptly. Attendance Please try and make all the rehearsals. There is an attendance sheet to sign for rehearsals; apologies for future rehearsals can be recorded there. Attendance at 80% of rehearsals is expected for those wishing to sing in the concerts. Attendance at the dress rehearsal on the day of the concert is mandatory. If you cannot attend please let the Membership Secretary know by email. Concerts We perform four concerts annually and all our regular concerts are performed in Saint Mark’s Church, Regent’s Park. Occasionally we are invited to perform in other concerts and you will be offered the chance to participate. Concert dress For men is black dinner jacket and bowtie, for women all black, dress or trousers/skirt and top (a little sparkle is acceptable but not too much flesh!). Music It is the responsibility of choir members to provide their own music; details will be emailed at the start of every term. We sing from Music Society folders which can be purchased or borrowed for the performance (deposit required). Personal practice Being prepared for rehearsals really helps. Please have a look at the music before and between rehearsals, listen to a recording, there are midi files on the website which you can sing along to. The website The website contains useful information and some tips about singing which you may find helpful, www.rfms.org The Hampstead Sinfonietta The Hampstead Sinfonietta is an amateur orchestra that plays exclusively at our concerts, though its members play in other London orchestras. We are very privileged as a Society to have a regular orchestra for our concerts. You can see some of their performances in our concerts on YouTube as well as the choir performing the first few movements from the Mozart Requiem. Fees As a Society we try to keep our fees as low as possible, we do not have to pay for our rehearsal venue and our conductor gives his services for free (in fact even pays a membership sub as do all the committee members) but we still do have certain expenses, accompanist, concert venue, soloist fees, instrument hire, etc. New members are welcome to come and try us for free for a couple of weeks, after that please pay up promptly (currently £25 per term or £80 annually). The Society The Society is a formally constituted non-profit organisation with published accounts. When you become a member of the Society you will sign to be bound by its constitution; available on request or on the website. The Committee The Society is run by a committee, members names are published on the website. If you enjoy the choir why not get involved? Elections are held annually and we are always looking for members to take on some of the posts. Your personal data We do store your name and contact details electronically (principally in an email contact list and in spreadsheets on personal computers) we do not share this information with any other organisations. Having fun After rehearsals a few of us make our way to the Magdala Tavern by Hampstead Heath Station for a drink and/or a bite to eat. Please come and join us; it is so much nicer if we get to know the choir members. There are one or two organised social events during the year..
If the email thing above doesn't work (and it might not!) please email the Society on royalfreemusicsociety@hotmail.co.uk and tell us the following:
What will happen next?Somebody from the choir will get in contact with you within a day or two to ask how you would like to start coming to rehearsals and to make sure that we have some music for you when you arrive - there's nothing worse than having to share music with a total stranger (for you that is) Other information you might find usefulYou may want to have a look at some of our other pages to get more information about us
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