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New Year … New Music

January 20, 2010 by Rob Westwood-Payne  
Filed under News, Random Jottings, Rehearsals

Cradley Heath Salvation Army Songsters will meet on Thursday 21 January 2010 at 7:15pm for their first rehearsal of the New Year.  Songster Leader Rob Westwood-Payne has spent the past few weeks sourcing new music for the new year: Nothing but thy blood Richard Slater was a prolific Salvation Army composer, writing over five hundred songs during his lifetime.  [...]

Songsters to join Black Country Chorus for God’s People in Celebration – 16 May 2009

May 9, 2009 by Rob Westwood-Payne  
Filed under Events, News

The songsters have been invited by Divisional Headquarters to join a Black Country Chorus, comprising of songsters from Cradley Heath, Dudley, Lye and Willenhall, to provide vocal music during the God’s People in Celebration event on 16 May 2009.  The Chorus will be conducted by our Songster Leader, Rob Westwood-Payne. The event takes place at [...]

Easter Messiah sets tone for Easter Celebrations

May 9, 2009 by Rob Westwood-Payne  
Filed under Events, News

On the Tuesday of Holy Week (7 April 2009) an audience of around 150 people gathered to listen to the Cradley Heath Messiah Chorus perform George Frideric Handel’s Messiah, Parts the Second and Third. These excerpts from the well-loved oratorio relate to the Easter story – Christ’s servanthood, death and resurrection and the hope we [...]

Easter Messiah

February 21, 2009 by Rob Westwood-Payne  
Filed under Events, News

During the Christmas break, Songster Leader Rob Westwood-Payne was listening to Handel’s oratorio, Messiah.  It prompted him to consider asking the Songsters and other singers from the local community around Cradley Heath to consider performing the Easter part of the oratorio during Holy Week 2009. They eagerly accepted the challenge and on Thursday 15 January [...]