Carol Concert – St James’s Wesleyan Reform Church, Old Hill
December 1, 2009 by Rob Westwood-Payne
Filed under Events, News
Cradley Heath Salvation Army Band & Songsters will join forces on Friday 4 December 2009 to give their annual carol concert at St James’s Wesleyan Reform Church, Highgate Street, Old Hill, Cradley Heath.
The concert begins at 7:30pm. Admission is £3.00 and tickets will be available on the door. Seasonal refreshments will be served during the interval.
The band will feature music by Salvationist composers such as Erik Leidzen (March: Christmas joy), Bruce Broughton (Chorale Prelude: The new-born babe) and Robert Redhead (Suite: The joy of Christmas), whilst the Songsters will be singing contemporary Christmas songs such as Glory to God in the highest, That little baby and Joyful and triumphant.
There will be plenty of opportunity for the audience to join in well-known Christmas carols such as O come, all ye faithful, Once, in royal David’s city, Ding dong! merrily on high and Hark! the herald angels sing.
We would be delighted to see you there!
Rob Westwood-Payne grew up in The Salvation Army at Norwich Citadel. He left Norwich to study at the University of Warwick and became fully involved in the music centre there culminating in his conducting Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue to a full house in Symphony Hall in Birmingham. He also transferred to The Salvation Army at Coventry City, where he became Songster Leader at the age of 21. He was made Songster Leader at Cradley Heath in April 1998 shortly before marrying Gail in the following October. He is a former leader of the West Midlands Divisional Youth Chorus and is currently Programme Director at the West Midlands Divisional Summer School for The Salvation Army. He is an Associate Solicitor in the Licensing Team of a national practice based in the south west.
