EDWARD TAYLOR (Conductor) Assistant Organist and Youth Choir Director at Carlisle Cathedral, Edward holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of Leeds and is an Associate of the Royal College of Organists, having held organ scholarships at Portsmouth, Wakefield, and Ely Cathedrals, and at Leeds Parish Church. He has studied the organ with Nicholas Kynaston, the late David Sanger, Simon Lindley and Henry Fairs, and with Christophe Mantoux at the Strasbourg Conservatoire in France, and attended master-classes with Naji Hakim, Thomas Dahl, Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin, David Briggs and Gillian Weir.With a vast repertoire of works from the Renaissance to the 21st Century he leads a busy freelance career as a concert organist, accompanist and

chamber musician, travelling extensively in Europe and North America. Edward is also active as a choral conductor and specialises in choral workshops for children, youth choirs and 'Come and Sing' events for adult choirs. Musical Director of both Dumfries Choral Society and Penrith Singers, Edward also leads singing in primary schools throughout Cumbria and hosts choral workshops for children. In 2009 he co-founded the Carlisle Cathedral Children’s Choir, Carlisle Cantate.

MARGARET HARVIE, BEM (Pianist) was a pupil of Mary Moore in Edinburgh and a member of the Edinburgh University Singers under the direction of Herrick Bunney. A well-known Dumfries musician, she has been accompanist of Dumfries Male Voice Choir and a former official accompanist to Perform in Dumfries (Dumfries and District Competitive Music Festival.) She is organist of Irongray, Lochrutton and Terregles Church. As accompanist to the Dumfries and Galloway Chorus and the former Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival Chorus, Margaret has worked, to acclaim, with internationally known conductors including Christopher Seaman, Philip Ledger, Owain Arwel Hughes, Takua Yuasa, and Christopher Bell. In 1996 she was honoured with an Artistic

Achievement Award, recognising the very great contribution she makes to the artistic life of our community. In 2013 she was presented with a Special Award commendation for her services to music at the Dumfries and Galloway Life People of the Year Awards. She has been Dumfries Choral Society’s incomparable accompanist since 1975. In the 2018 Queen’s New Year Honours List, Margaret was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to music in Dumfries and Galloway.

JORDAN ENGLISH (Organist) began his musical training as a chorister at Carlisle Cathedral. During his time he took part in live radio broadcasts, tours and recordings. He began organ lessons under the tutelage of John Robinson, the then Assistant Organist, continuing with Edward Taylor. After spending three years as Organ Scholar at Carlisle Cathedral, Jordan began undergraduate studies in 2011 at the Royal Northern College of Music where his tutors included Jeffrey Makinson, Simon Lindley and Thomas Trotter. Whilst at the RNCM, he took part in Masterclasses by Gordon Stewart, Jacques van Oortmerssen and Kevin Bowyer, played continuo for various RNCM events. In July of this year

Jordan graduated with a Masters degree from the Royal College of Music in London. Jordan is currently Assistant Organist at St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, accompanying the Cathedral choir for all services, recordings, broadcasts, tours, State and Royal occasions. He studies improvisation privately with Sophie-Veronique Cauchefer-Choplin in Paris.

Christmas Concert

15th December

2018

Dumfries Choral SocietyEdward Taylor, Conductor

Margaret Harvie, Piano Jordan English, Organ

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St John’s Church, Newall Terrace, DumfriesCollection during the concert in aid of Soul Soup

www.dumfrieschoralsociety.co.uk Scottish Charity No. SC002864

Wishing you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful 2019

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Choir Choir Gaudete Piae Cantiones Calypso Carol Michael A. Perry [arr John Bertalot] Community carol (Solo v 1, Choir only v 2) Community Carol Once in Royal David’s City H G Gauntlett Unto us is born a Son Piae Cantiones [arr. Willcocks] Choir Choir Ding! Dong! Merrily on high 16th Century French [arr. Willcocks] Away in a Manger W.J. Kirkpatrick [arr. Richard Lloyd] No small wonder Paul Edwards Cradle Song Flemish trad [arr. John Rutter] Reading Organ solo From Luke Chapter 2 and Matthew Chapter 2 The Holy Boy John Ireland Community Carol (Choir only v3 and v5) Community Carol (Choir only v2 and its refrain) The First Nowell Trad [arr. David Willcocks] O come, all ye faithful arr. David Willcocks Choir Choir Silent Night Franz Gruber [arr. Mark Duthie] Candlelight Carol John Rutter Angelus ad Virginem 13th Century [arr. Andrew Carter] Joys seven Trad [arr. Stephen Cleobury] Organ solo Reading Offertoire sur des Noëls Édouard Commette Christmas in the Trenches John McCutcheon Choir Choir Donkey Carol John Rutter While shepherds watched Spoforth’s Collection [arr. Paul Trepte] Community Carol (Choir only v3) Collection for Soul Soup Community Carol O Little Town of Bethlehem Trad [arr. R Vaughan Williams] Hark! The herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn Choir Choir I Saw Three Ships Trad. [Arr. Richard Lloyd] A Child is Born in Bethlehem Philip Stopford

Our thanks to The Rev Janice Aiton, Vestry and Congregation of St John’s Church for allowing the use of the Church and Hall. Also to the Buccleuch Charitable Trust and our Sponsors: Asher Associates, The Aberdour Hotel, Carson and Trotter, Braidwoods and BDS for their generous financial assistance and services.

Festive refreshments in the Hall