While Musical Director Richard Harker is on parental leave, we are delighted that Hilary Campbell will be joining to take us for the Autumn term, including for the Handel Messiah Come and Sing Workshop on Saturday 12th October at St Mary’s Church, Henley-on-Thames and for the Handel Messiah concert on November 30th.
HCS members have already had the benefit of a workshop with Hilary and loved her warm and enthusiastic approach and innovative ideas to improve their sound. We can’t wait to sing with her all Autumn. You can join us – there are vacancies in all voice parts and NO AUDITIONS. We rehearse Mondays 7.30pm at d:two, central Henley. See Join. If you have always wanted to sing Handel’s glorious Messiah this is your chance!
Hilary Campbell is a British choral conductor based in London. She is Associate Conductor of Ex Cathedra, and her guest work includes directing and preparing ensembles such as the BBC Symphony Chorus, whom she prepared for a performance of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor at the Proms, The BBC Singers, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir, the Royal Academy of Music Symphony Chorus, BBC Radio 4’s Daily Service Singers, the University of Greenwich Choir and the Fourth Choir. She is Musical Director and Founder of professional chamber choir Blossom Street, and Musical Director of Bristol Choral Society, West London Chorus and West London Chamber Choir; she also runs projects with Master of the Queen’s Music Judith Weir at the Royal Academy of Music, in conjunction with Blossom Street and the RAM composition department. Hilary also leads workshops for the Royal Opera House, is a course director for Helicon Arts, and runs an annual choral week for Music for Everyone. In 2021, Hilary was honoured to be awarded the Making Music ‘best vocal group music director’ prize, and she and Bristol Choral Society were jointed awarded the RPS Inspiration Award.
