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News in February 2025
News in February 2025
The Anglian Singers has just appointed a new Director of Music, Jonathan Dodd.
History of Anglian Singers
History of Anglian Singers
The choir was first formed as a madrigal group in the late 1940s by Alice Peters; as it grew it was renamed The Anglian Singers.
We are a friendly, mixed choir of nearly 40 voices, based in Norwich. We sing both a cappella and accompanied works. These range from the 16th century to the present day; from motets and madrigals to modern musical theatre; from the traditional baroque and longer classical choral works to the folk idiom; from the highly serious to the seriously humorous. We hope there is always something in the programme that everyone will like!
Although this isn’t an exhaustive list we have sung longer, choral works such as Puccini’s Messa di Gloria, Schubert’s Mass in G, Karl Jenkins ‘The Armed Man’, Faure’s Requiem & Vivaldi’s Gloria. We have also performed items by John Rutter, George & Ira Gershwin, Flanders & Swann as well as madrigals, spiritual songs and medleys from various musical shows such as Les Miserables, Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar.
We give regular concerts throughout Norfolk, upon invitation. We are always delighted to assist in raising funds for charitable purposes and on occasions such as anniversaries and restoration appeals. Our future concerts are listed on our Events page.
Each December we have our annual concert of Christmas music and carols with some audience participation and festive refreshments.
Members of our choir are drawn from a wide area surrounding Norwich and we rehearse each Monday evening from 7.30pm – 9.15pm at United Reformed Church, Ipswich Road, Norwich NR4 6QR. We do not rehearse over the summer months (mid July to end of August).
We pay a small subscription every term which covers hall hire charges and music hire/purchase.
If you would like to make contact, know more about the choir, its constitution or wish to book a concert, please get in touch.
Below: We rehearse at United Reform Church, Ipswich Road, Norwich. (Photo copyright IRURC.)
Musical Director
Musical Director
Jonathan Dodd, BA (Hons), SAC Dip, EC Dip.
Jonathan Dodd, BA (Hons), SAC Dip, EC Dip.
Jonathan started his musical career as a chorister in the choir of Norwich Cathedral. He has sung as a lay clerk in several cathedral choirs, both countertenor and bass, and now directs a number of choirs.
He studied organ under Nicolas Kynaston and David Dunnett whilst a music scholar at Uppingham School and singing under Ashley Stafford as an undergraduate.
Jonathan is active as a jazz pianist and drummer, and is a founder member of the early music consort “Musica Mira” playing recorders and other early wind instruments. He has also worked widely as both a composer and arranger.
Jonathan joined the Anglian Singers in February 2025 following John Barham's retirement.
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist
Assistant Musical Director and Accompanist
Marion Flaxman, BSc
Marion Flaxman, BSc
Marion trained at Bretton Hall, a specialist Music, Art and Drama College under Leeds University. After teaching Music in Bradford her career then led into pastoral and administrative roles becoming deputy head of a high school in Kirklees before retiring and returning to Norwich. She sang with Bradford Festival Choral for twenty years, accompanied amateur musical societies and conducted The Thornton Singers. Marion joined the Anglian Singers in 2012 as a soprano, then taking on her existing role under John Barham’s leadership in 2015.
Click on the link below to see some recent photos of the choir
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