Note-Orious Choir

We're a choir of about 45 adults who enjoy singing contemporary and fun songs in a relaxed environment. Note-Orious rehearsals are relaxed and fun, but at the same time, focused on improving individual singing technique and group performance. Our Musical Director, Laurel, leads the choir through a warm-up, before working on several numbers in our repertoire, new and old. An important principle of the choir is that you don’t have to be able to read music. Each song in the Note-Orious repertoire has been suggested by a member of the choir, and we have covered artists such as Dolly Parton, The Smiths, The Beatles, Lorde, David Bowie, The Kinks, Rag’n’Bone Man, Adele, and The Beach Boys. Most songs are performed in four-part harmony – lower (bass) and higher (tenor) male voices, and lower (alto) and higher (soprano) female voices – so you should be able to find a place to fit in. We rehearse for two hours a week with a 10-minute break, and often finish practice with a drink or two in the bar in the clubhouse. We don’t rehearse all year round - We follow school terms and, therefore, there are breaks at Christmas, Easter and over the summer. At the beginning of each term, you will be notified which songs we will be learning that term. Music will be uploaded onto our website for you to print. In addition to learning new songs, we may re-visit songs we have already learnt that remain in the repertoire. You will be told in advance if we intend to perform these songs in concert, and they will be re-rehearsed. The audio teaching tracks on the website should help you to learn them.