MONTEVERDI BEATUS VIR WORKSHOP
Saturday 23 August starts 1.30 pm
Welcome to the information page of the Beatus Vir workshop taking place on Saturday August 23rd. This is a workshop running from 1.30 pm - 3.45 pm but it does include a short break. The rehearsal and concert will be directed by Zoe Peate and supported by her chamber choir Kaleidoscope. Shortly after the rehearsal, at 4.30 pm on that afternoon, we will perform at a concert featuring a performance of this dramatic piece together with a number of other works, accompanied by Strings and Continuo.
The rehearsal and performance will take place in St Andrew & St Cuthman Church in Steyning (BN44 3YQ). Zoe has extensive experience of directing choirs. Having trained as a singer in Chichester & London (Trinity College of Music & Elsa Mayer Lismman Opera Workshop) she then sang freelance for several years. Since 2002 she has been a choral conductor for several choirs, taken choral workshops, and is on the deputy teachers list for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama & The Royal College of Music. Zoe currently directs the Kaleidoscope Singers chamber choir and the Cantatrice Ladies choir and directed the Vocal Fusion Acapella group for a 9 year period.
In the following sections , you will find an entry form together with all the materials necessary to prepare for the workshop. The score, the recordings of each individual voice part and a balanced voices recording may be downloaded .
The rehearsal and performance will take place in St Andrew & St Cuthman Church in Steyning (BN44 3YQ). Zoe has extensive experience of directing choirs. Having trained as a singer in Chichester & London (Trinity College of Music & Elsa Mayer Lismman Opera Workshop) she then sang freelance for several years. Since 2002 she has been a choral conductor for several choirs, taken choral workshops, and is on the deputy teachers list for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama & The Royal College of Music. Zoe currently directs the Kaleidoscope Singers chamber choir and the Cantatrice Ladies choir and directed the Vocal Fusion Acapella group for a 9 year period.
In the following sections , you will find an entry form together with all the materials necessary to prepare for the workshop. The score, the recordings of each individual voice part and a balanced voices recording may be downloaded .
Beatus Vir resources
MUSIC: The score is available on the following link, to download and print, if you do not have your own score. Please note that the the music in the attachment has various musical markings and instructions re voice which you need to note even if you do not need to print off the score.You will also learn a short canon by W Boyce. Copies will be given out on the day as its easy to learn! A link to the vocal copy, which can be downloaded and printed, follows:-
We would be delighted if you would please register for the Workshop. For those confirming their workshop entry, the entry can either be entered here online or via a manual entry form which can be found for downloading at the end of this section. Our preferred payment method is a £10 bank transfer (under 18s £5) to 'Kaleidoscope Singers' account, sort code 404348 acct 61252321, with Workshop as a reference. Workshop entries are open until end Saturday August 9th.
Alternative payment options may be found on the manual entry form. Any queries should be addressed to the organiser at
Kaleidoscope Singers, 34 Breach Close, Steyning BN44 3RZ, email: burnett670@hotmail.com or phone: 07934 423688
Alternative payment options may be found on the manual entry form. Any queries should be addressed to the organiser at
Kaleidoscope Singers, 34 Breach Close, Steyning BN44 3RZ, email: burnett670@hotmail.com or phone: 07934 423688
If you have submitted an entry online, then your application is complete, however for those wishing to apply via an offline form, the download form can be found in the following attachment, which can be downloaded and printed.
TRACKS: We encourage you to look at the music and the relevant individual voice tracks in advance as you will get more out of the workshop. Tracks for learning individual parts and the balanced voices track are available below - each track can be played and downloaded on the playback screen that will be displayed when the track is selected
Soprano 2 please note that Bars 62 - 190 ALL sopranos sing the top soprano line. Bar 198 revert back to original line
Alto please note that Bars 62 - 190 Altos sing the 2nd soprano line. Bar 198 revert back to to original line
More Workshop and Kaleidoscope Singers information
DRESS: No dress code – just be warm and comfortable
REFRESHMENTS: Please bring your own refreshments
TOILETS: There is one toilet in the church but more across the road in the Penfold Hall,
Church Street. Walk back to the Lychgate, cross the road and turn Right.
The hall is on your left just a few yards up.
CONCERT: The programme will also include items sung by the Kaleidoscope Singers
AUDIENCE: Do encourage friends and family to attend and hear you sing – it’s a great work.
TIMETABLE:
KALEIDOSCOPE SINGERS Conductor ZOE PEATE
In 2002 Val, Joy and their husbands John & Don (treasurer) invited Zoe to form a new chamber choir in Steyning and the Kaleidoscope Singers choir was born. We have had a long and varied 23yrs and for the last 13yrs the majority of the members here today have remained the same – we like to think we have a great bond – not only as singers but as friends.
Its been another busy time for the choir but one of the highlights of last year was travelling to Bolton to share a wonderful concert and weekend with the BMS Singers, The Tonge in the Haugh Community Choir and their energetic and charismatic conductor Jane Hampson – mother to our youngest bass member Tom – hence the connection!
In 2024 we performed for the first time in St Nicholas Church in Arundel – a super venue with lovely acoustics and then, in the autumn, at the fabulous Champs Hill Concert Hall in Pulborough – a stunning place to visit and to perform.
This year we welcome five new singers to Kaleidoscope which brings a new dynamic to the choir with new friendships being made. With them we have performed at All Saints, Lindfield, Holy Trinity, Cuckfield and on June 14th, St Marys, Billingshurst with Billinghurst Primary School Choir.
We look forward to our Fairytale Christmas concert on the 13 December at the Steyning Centre and in 2026 a collaboration with Brighton Chamber Choir with their director Ruth Kerr.
DRESS: No dress code – just be warm and comfortable
REFRESHMENTS: Please bring your own refreshments
TOILETS: There is one toilet in the church but more across the road in the Penfold Hall,
Church Street. Walk back to the Lychgate, cross the road and turn Right.
The hall is on your left just a few yards up.
CONCERT: The programme will also include items sung by the Kaleidoscope Singers
AUDIENCE: Do encourage friends and family to attend and hear you sing – it’s a great work.
TIMETABLE:
| 1.30 | Warmup and Workshop |
| 3..00 | Short Break |
| 3.15 | Rehearsal with Strings & continuo |
| 3.45 | Break |
| 4.00 | Doors open |
| 4.30 | Concert |
| 5.30 | Finish |
In 2002 Val, Joy and their husbands John & Don (treasurer) invited Zoe to form a new chamber choir in Steyning and the Kaleidoscope Singers choir was born. We have had a long and varied 23yrs and for the last 13yrs the majority of the members here today have remained the same – we like to think we have a great bond – not only as singers but as friends.
Its been another busy time for the choir but one of the highlights of last year was travelling to Bolton to share a wonderful concert and weekend with the BMS Singers, The Tonge in the Haugh Community Choir and their energetic and charismatic conductor Jane Hampson – mother to our youngest bass member Tom – hence the connection!
In 2024 we performed for the first time in St Nicholas Church in Arundel – a super venue with lovely acoustics and then, in the autumn, at the fabulous Champs Hill Concert Hall in Pulborough – a stunning place to visit and to perform.
This year we welcome five new singers to Kaleidoscope which brings a new dynamic to the choir with new friendships being made. With them we have performed at All Saints, Lindfield, Holy Trinity, Cuckfield and on June 14th, St Marys, Billingshurst with Billinghurst Primary School Choir.
We look forward to our Fairytale Christmas concert on the 13 December at the Steyning Centre and in 2026 a collaboration with Brighton Chamber Choir with their director Ruth Kerr.