Patrons

Will Todd

Will Todd’s flagship work is the jazz mass setting Mass in Blue, which has been performed more than a hundred times around the world since its 2003 premiere; on most occasions with the Will Todd Trio and Will at the piano. The larger Will Todd Ensemble has also recorded Mass in Blue with the Vasari Singers for Signum Records. His anthem The Call of Wisdom was commissioned by St Paul’s Cathedral for the Diamond Jubilee Thanksgiving Service where it was performed by the Diamond Choir.

He was recently commissioned by SCC to write a work called “The City Garden” for the choir’s 21st Anniversary concert in Salisbury Cathedral. SCC has also collaborated with Will to produce a CD of one part of the “City Garden” entitled “Inside my Heart” to raise money for the Rainbow Trust.

“I was delighted to be asked to be a patron of Salisbury Community Choir, having greatly enjoyed writing The City Garden for them in 2013.  I look forward to watching this dynamic and forward-thinking choir go from strength to strength.”

Will Todd

Bob Chilcott

Bob Chilcott works tirelessly as a composer and choral conductor. He has over 125 pieces published by Oxford University Press, two acclaimed recordings on Signum, Making Waves (The Sirens) and Man I Sing (BBC Singers),and he wrote the title tracks for the King’s Singers albums, Swimming over London and High Flight. His Irish Blessing featured on the multi-platinum debut album of The Priests in 2008. In March 2012 his Requiem was released on Hyperion, performed by Wells Cathedral Choir and the Nash Ensemble, conducted by Matthew Owens, and in November two complete discs of his music will appear, one by the BBC Choir of the Year, the Wellensian Consort, and the other, on Signum, on which he conducts the Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir.

In 2009 Bob was commissioned to write a new piece called “Salisbury Vespers” which was performed at the Salisbury Festival by 630 singers and musicians. This involved several local choirs including Salisbury Community Choir.

Follow this link to see a little of the concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ZvWFGt2GI

“I am proud to be associated with this open-hearted, enthusiastic, and forward-thinking group of people who love to sing.”

Bob Chilcott

Sir Roger Norrington

Sir Roger Norrington is very much in demand as a guest conductor. He has worked with the BBC Symphony and Philharmonia orchestras and was Chief Conductor of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. He has also worked in America, Germany and Austria. Since the 2011/12 season he is the Principal Conductor of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and is also the Principal Conductor of the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.

“This is splendid community work. Well done everybody.”

Sir Roger Norrington

Sir Karl Jenkins

Sir Karl Jenkins is perhaps best known for his work “ The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace” which has been performed nearly 1000 times in 20 different countries since the CD was released, while his recorded output has resulted in seventeen gold and platinum disc awards. His Adiemus project combining the ‘classical’ with ethnic vocal sounds and percussion, topped classical and ‘pop’ charts around the world.

He has been the subject of the ITV South Bank Show by Lord [Melvyn] Bragg as well as being a ‘castaway’ on ‘Desert Island Discs’ In 2008 Sir Karl conducted Salisbury Community Choir in The Cardiff Millenium Centre, raising funds for the choir’s Fezeka Scholarship Fund.

“I am delighted to lend my support to Salisbury Community Choir. Choirs are a tremendous force for good in any community and I look forward to following the progress of the choir into the future.”

Sir Karl Jenkins