Course Director:
Peter Smith
MA (Cantab), LTCL
Assistant Director of Music
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Course music list & schedule
The Oxford Three-Day Course in 2007 gathered together over 80 choristers widely spaced from churches in four counties: Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Hampshire. Magdalen College School was the centre for training, but each day the choristers processed along the Iffley Road to sing a service in the welcoming acoustic of St John's Church. A great variety of music was tackled with aplomb, from Easter carols and hymns, through plainchant and Anglican chant, to more demanding pieces from the 18th to 21st centuries.
The music was first taught in small groups about 20 by the skilled housemasters, Mr Matthew O'Donovan, Mr Jonathan White, Mrs Hannah Seward, and Mr Jamal Sutton. Then all came together under the Course Director, Mr Peter Smith, to finish preparing the music. A very high standard of tone, diction, and musicianship was achieved. The choristers clearly enjoyed the three days immensely, and their steady growth in confidence in what they were doing was rewarding to see and hear.
The best 30 singers were chosen to sing Choral Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral the following Saturday, a truly memorable occasion for all who took part. Two of the choristers were rewarded for their tremendous efforts during the Three-Day Course with scholarships to the RSCM residential course in August at Bath. The administration of the course was carried out with his customary efficiency and effectiveness by Mr Philip Bowcock, and the mellifluously-voiced Chaplain was The Rev'd Ronald Lloyd.
The following choristers took part (names in bold indicate those chosen to sing Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, April 14th.)
Aston Clinton, St Michael and All Angels |
Katharine Richfield-Andrews |
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Aylesbury, St Mary |
Emily Hodgson |
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Rebecca Hodgson |
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Sarah Hopkins-Weaver |
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April Reading |
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Ellen Reading |
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Grace Reading |
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Christopher Davis |
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Erin Fitzsimons |
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Beatrice Law |
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Holly Lawson |
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Maisie Randall |
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Blewbury, St Michael |
Victoria Ifould |
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Georgina Savage |
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Mariella Springford |
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Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, St Agatha |
Fiona Alder |
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Amy Aldworth |
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Daniel Baines |
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Lucy Baines |
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William Clamp-Gray |
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Stanley Glendenning |
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Lucy Govan |
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Isabel Ives |
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Becky Murton |
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Georgia Smith |
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Beatrice Vincent |
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Cookham Dean, St John the Baptist |
Katherine Billinghurst |
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Poppy Justice |
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Cumnor, St Michael |
Thea Hobbs |
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Anna Murphy |
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Philippa Sayers |
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Didcot, All Saints |
Nicola Campbell |
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Ruth Phillips |
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Adela Rajnovic |
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Goring, St Thomas of Canterbury |
Richard Parkinson |
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Stephen Parkinson |
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Odiham, All Saints |
Christie Marsh |
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Aimee McClounan |
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Oxford , St Giles |
Theodore Ross |
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Radley, Radley College |
Campbell Baum |
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Kathryn Norris |
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Peter Norris |
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Daniel Shackleton |
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Alfred Smith Verret |
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Jean-Sebastien Verret |
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Radley, St James the Great |
Alexandra Scott |
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Tara Scott |
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Rotherfield Peppard, All Saints |
Helena Bell |
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Felicity Cunningham |
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Clara Davis |
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Stephanie Franklin |
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Catherine Hill |
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Megan Hill |
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Lily Hugh-Smith |
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Wallingford , St Mary-le-More |
Bethany Barkwell |
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Emma Brown |
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Amy Dow |
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Polly Dow |
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Gemma Gothard |
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Katherine Sladden |
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Alice Walker |
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Lucy Walker |
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Harriet Wheatley |
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Wantage, SS Peter & Paul |
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Andrew Folkes |
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Hannah Folkes |
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Phillip Folkes |
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Eleanor Godfrey |
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Abigail Harper |
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Elspeth Martin |
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Freddie Martin |
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Jeremy Salter |
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Rachel Salter |
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Will Stanton |
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Wokingham, All Saints |
Gemma Boylan |
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Celia Tinsley |
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Wootton, St Peter |
Karl Young |
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