ANNUAL REPORT 2024
of
The Salisbury Chamber Chorus Charity number 1161010
15 Barnack Business Centre, Blakey Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2LP
Trustees:
David Hugh Charles Pardoe, Martyn Paul Davies, Karen Elizabeth Malim, Anthony Kent Fiona Jackson
Management:
The Trustees form a management committee with the Musical Director in attendance. The Trustees are drawn from the membership and are all volunteers. No Trustee has any form of remuneration for their services to the Charity.
Activities:
The Chamber Chorus undertook a wide variety of performance events during the calendar year as listed below:
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16/17 November 2024 - Poulenc Gloria & Bernstein Chichester Psalms - St Thomas's Church, Lymington and St Thomas’s Church Salisbury
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29 June 2024 - A Festival of Operetta - Medieval Hall, Salisbury
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22 June 2024 - Free Concert - Salisbury Market Square, Salisbury
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4 May 2024 - Vivaldi Four Seasons and Faure Requiem - Romsey Abbey, Romsey
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16/23 March 2024 - Faure Requiem and Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms - St Peter's Church, Stockbridge and Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Wilton
We also took part in the Salisbury Festival of Choirs on 26[th] April which raised nearly £8,000 in aid of the Salisbury Hospice and St Thomas’ Church Salisbury who hosted the festival.
The Trustees consider that the activities listed above were commensurate with and fulfilled the stated objectives of the Charity as per its Constitution which states:
The objects of the society shall be:
To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in, and appreciation of, the art and science of music in all its aspects by any means the Trustees see fit, including through the presentation of public concerts and recitals
SCC Trustees 16[th] October 2025
Salisbury Chamber Chorus. Registered Charity No. 1161010.
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