Nottingham Harmonic Society

Nottingham Harmonic Society is Nottingham's civic choir, and has established itself as one of the leading provincial choruses in Britain.^{[citation needed]}

It started life as the Vocal Music Club of the Nottingham Mechanics' Institution under the direction of Alfred Joseph Lowe formed in 1846, but soon became independent of the Institute under the name Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society.^[1]

List of Chorus Masters

Henry Farmer 1866 - 1880
John Adcock 1880 - 1895
Henry Wood 1897 - 1902
Allen Gill 1902 - 1930
Roy Henderson 1930 - 1937^[2]
Herbert Bardgett 1937 - 1960^[3]
Noel Cox 1960 - 1973^[4]
Andrew Burnham 1973 - 1985
Neil Page 1986 - 2007
Murray Stewart 2007 - 2008
Richard Laing 2009 - current

References

^ A History of the Oratorio. Howard E. Smither. The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8078-2511-5
^ "Roy Henderson". TheGuardian.com. 17 March 2000.
^ Musical Times, 1960, p.424
^ The Independent^{[dead link]}

Nottingham Harmonic Society
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[1] A History of the Oratorio. Howard E. Smither. The University of North Carolina Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8078-2511-5

[2] "Roy Henderson". TheGuardian.com. 17 March 2000.

[3] Musical Times, 1960, p.424

[4] The Independent^{[dead link]}