Dorsetmike
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My most enjoyable time singing was with a group of about 25 - 30 called the Uxacona Singers in east Shropshire, we did mostly Elizabethan and baroque, I've posted some of the pieces I fondly recall in another thread in Choral forum, in particular Weep O mine Eyes by Bennett; we also did things like Haydn's Nelson mass, and a Bach passion each Easter, once did the Messiah, hard work with less than 30. We gave 4 or 5 concerts a year.
We also had a one voice per part sub group, SSATB one of the sops could manage to make it SAATB if ever needed. We did Purcell's Bell anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord alway" among many other works.
At the same time as singing with that group I also sang in the local CofE church choir and a group at the local community college, with the latter the repertoire was much more varied, including Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and even musical comedy.
My range was from about C3 to G5 in my 20s, dropping to E5 over the years by age 40 after which circumstances forced me to give up singing.
We also had a one voice per part sub group, SSATB one of the sops could manage to make it SAATB if ever needed. We did Purcell's Bell anthem, "Rejoice in the Lord alway" among many other works.
At the same time as singing with that group I also sang in the local CofE church choir and a group at the local community college, with the latter the repertoire was much more varied, including Gilbert and Sullivan, Britten and even musical comedy.
My range was from about C3 to G5 in my 20s, dropping to E5 over the years by age 40 after which circumstances forced me to give up singing.