Our beginning
On 16 September 1991 33 singers met in a cold church for their first rehearsal. They arrived in
response to an invitation from David
Burrowes to form a new choir, whose name was to honour the memory of Barbara Walton - a
wonderful musician and a warm friend to many of them.
A mature approach
BWS has now been singing together for over fifteen years and has grown into an important choir
in the local community.
Highlights of previous seasons
The choir's reputation is founded on a range of performances, from simple Christmas carols to great
choral masterpieces, including music from the sixteenth century to the present day.
During the last years it has presented concerts featuring internationally known artists
including Rita Cullis, James Bowman and Crispian Steel-Perkins.
It has promoted and performed many young musicians' works during its sponsoring of the "Mozart
Millennium Project", which has also brought original works to public presentation from its Deputy
Musical Director, Michael
Lambert.
Previous years' programmes have been saved, to show you what we were doing in
2003,
2004 and
2005.
The Future
We look forward to welcoming newcomers as well as our loyal supporters to our concerts in widespread
locations throughout the forthcoming months. Have a look at the
programme for this year to find out what's coming next.
(We're also looking a bit further forward: try
rest of the year.)
