<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Saint George's Singers | About Us</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="5" bgcolor="#000000"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="720"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="320"> <img src="about.jpg" alt="About us" border="0" height="84" width="320"> </td> <td valign="top" width="400"> <p></p> <center><a href="index.html"><img src="title2.jpg" alt="Saint George's Singers" border="0" height="31" width="400"></a><br> <a href="index.html"><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#FF9900'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#996600'" color="#996600" face="times"><b>HOME</b></font></a></center> <p></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" width="720"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img src="choir4.jpg" align="right" height="279" width="175"> <small> </small> <p><small><font color="#ffffff">The Saint George&rsquo;s Singers were formed in 1984 by Jonathan Gregory. Their objectives were, and still are:</font></small></p> <small><font color="#ffffff"> </font></small> <ul> <small><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff"> <li>To stimulate musical excellence in the city of Belfast </li> <li>To give high quality performances of the finest choral and orchestral music, particularly from the Baroque period </li> <li>To illuminate the historical setting of churches such as Saint George&rsquo;s </li> <li>To present the positive side of Ulster to the community </li> <li>To give a platform to talented local musicians in company with distinguished national and international soloists </li> </font></font></small> </ul> <p><small><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff">In its 20 years, the choir has performed a wide range of music from the classical choral repertoire. The main focus has been on Baroque music, but ranges from early renaissance music by composers such as Monteverdi, Purcell and Byrd, to modern music by Britten and Bernstein (see <a href="repertoire.html"><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#FF9900'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#996600'" color="#996600" face="times">repertoire</font></a>).</font></font></small></p> <p><small><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff">The choir has increased in size from about 50 at its inception to around 70 members now. Admission is by audition and there is a waiting list. However, we are always on the look-out for suitable singers, and anyone who wishes to join should contact&nbsp; Stephen Brown, the secretary, on 028 90669431.</font></font></font></small></p> <small><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff"><small> </small></font></font></font></small></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: left; width: 715px; height: 20px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="news.html"><small><b><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">NEWS</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="history.html"><small><b><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">HISTORY</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="conductor.html"><small><b><font style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">CONDUCTOR</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="repertoire.html"><small><b><font style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);" onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">REPERTOIRE</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="schedule.html"><small><b><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">CONCERT SCHEDULE</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <small><b><font color="#996600">ABOUT US</font></b></small> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="links.html"><small><b><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">LINKS</font></b></small></a> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: center;"> <a href="contact.html"><small><b><font onmouseover="this.style.color = '#ffcc66'" onmouseout="this.style.color = '#ff9900'" color="#ff9900" face="times">CONTACT US</font></b></small></a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </body> </html>