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Marimba a cappella

Extraordinary choral music with Delia Stevens on marimba and percussion

An exciting concert combining the rich sound of choir with the vibrant colours of marimba and other percussion.

There are 3 items of music to order for this concert, of which two are 'Buy Only' bespoke printed booklets from licensed material.

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Brahms learning guides (music & pronunciation)

There are many resources on the web to help you learn the music and words for our concert.

Words

Barbara has provided some German pronunciation audio guides for the Brahms pieces:

The Mayor of Guildford's Christmas Concert 2026

For the 2026 Christmas concert, we will be singing a number of carols from the usual 100 Carols for Choirs (OUP) book, along with a selection of Christmas music which will be supplied in a bespoke printed booklet: The Vivace Christmas Collection 2026, and one other new carol available to hire or buy. This year's booklet will contain 9 different Christmas carols/songs, some of which you may already have in other formats, but collected together here in one booklet for convenience.

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Brahms Deutsches Requiem

As well as the Brahms German Requiem, we will also be singing Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna and Brahms: Nänie op.82. Vivace has performed both the German Requiem and Lux Aeterna (Lauridsen) in the past, so you may already have copies of these. All three pieces are available to hire or buy.

There is also the option to print your own copy of the Brahms Nänie if you choose to do so.

Please pick your music choices below and choose a purchase option to pay online. When you have completed your order you will receive a confirmation email from 'service@paypal.co.uk.'

To use a debit or credit card, please click the black button - a PayPal account is not required.

You have requested music for two choir members.
Assuming you, the purchaser, are the 1st member, please provide the name of the 2nd member in the text box below.

Using John Fletcher Music resources

John Fletcher Music is a useful resource for learning some of the music we perform. It provides free for individual use for out-of-copyright music.

You will need to register for a free account:

If you do not already have an account, the process is quite simple (and described in detail at the John Fletcher Music Help area). Essentially:

COVID-19 protocol update Sep. 2022

In-line with general practice, we have removed our requirement for testing, mask wearing, and social distancing measures, but we do understand that many people wish to minimise the chance of becoming infected or of spreading infection.

Please do not attend a rehearsal if you are feeling ill or have symptoms of Covid or other viruses like flu. If in doubt, you can attend and sit at the edge or back, wearing a mask, so that you can listen and mark up your score with any instructions.

Paying your subs

The annual subscription to the choir is £200, payable in one go in September at the start of each new season, or in four quarterly instalments of £50 in September, December, March and June.

Please let us know if you have questions or concerns around paying. We will try to help!

The easiest way to pay is to set up a standing order to the choir’s account:

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Concert Discipline

As members of Vivace Chorus we take pride in our high standards of performance, so it’s important that our stage discpline is always professional. Please familiarise yourself with the Concert Guidelines for singers document before each concert, so that as a choir, we can look as good as we sound.