Eclectic Voices – Somerset
We are a mixed SATB chamber choir, who share a love of music and enjoy singing a wide variety of musical genre to perform, while having fun and making friends! Rehearsals Monday 19:15-21:15 at Worle Baptist Church.
Annie Ford is a musical director and performer (piano and voice) with over 30 years’ experience in theatre, concerts and education. She studied music at Roehampton Institute (University of Surrey) and has taught primary school music for the past 10 years. Passionate about inclusive music-making, she has led youth theatre groups and school choirs and is delighted to be the current Musical Director of Eclectic Voices.
John toured Yorkshire and The Hague in 1981–82 with the internationally acclaimed Bulmershe Girls’ Choir, performing at the Llangollen Festival and the Bartók–Kodály Choral Festival in Debrecen, Hungary. Since then he has worked with chamber groups, orchestras and choirs, and is now primarily an orchestral conductor while continuing to accompany Eclectic Voices and occasionally compose for them.
After training at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, Kevin taught music in the London Borough of Bromley – firstly as a classroom teacher and subsequently as a peripatetic teacher of piano, keyboards & music theory. He has also been involved as an MD, accompanist with a number of ‘Am Dram’ societies in the South East. Now retired to W-S-M, he is still active as an accompanist and church organist.
Annie Ford
Musical Director
Annie Ford is a musical director and performer (piano and voice) with over 30 years’ experience in theatre, concerts and education. She studied music at Roehampton Institute (University of Surrey) and has taught primary school music for the past 10 years. Passionate about inclusive music-making, she has led youth theatre groups and school choirs and is delighted to be the current Musical Director of Eclectic Voices.
John W. Johnson
Accompanist
John toured Yorkshire and The Hague in 1981–82 with the internationally acclaimed Bulmershe Girls’ Choir, performing at the Llangollen Festival and the Bartók–Kodály Choral Festival in Debrecen, Hungary. Since then he has worked with chamber groups, orchestras and choirs, and is now primarily an orchestral conductor while continuing to accompany Eclectic Voices and occasionally compose for them.
Kevin Joint
Accompanist
After training at Dartington College of Arts, Devon, Kevin taught music in the London Borough of Bromley – firstly as a classroom teacher and subsequently as a peripatetic teacher of piano, keyboards & music theory. He has also been involved as an MD, accompanist with a number of ‘Am Dram’ societies in the South East. Now retired to W-S-M, he is still active as an accompanist and church organist.
Liz Mount
Chair
Charlotte House
Secretary
Linda Wring
Treasurer
Liz Butt
Music Libarian
Sue Britton
Concert Co-ordinator