Aberdeen Orpheus Choir

ABERDEEN ORPHEUS CHOIR

Welcome! We are a four-part choir of around 60 voices, based in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. We enjoy singing a wide range of music, from Mozart to McCartney. Although we are an amateur group, we take pride in performing to a high standard, while our rehearsals are always fun!

If you'd like to know more or to hear the choir perform, please come along come to one of our concerts. If you enjoy singing, please consider joining our warm and friendly choir.

CONCERTS

We perform two principal concerts a year, at Christmas and in May, in Mannofield Church, Aberdeen. Additional informal concerts may be arranged, often for charity.

ACCOMPANIST

Blair Cargill grew up in Arbroath and began his musical life as a brass player before commencing piano studies at 13.

He was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama followed by postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, gaining the LRAM piano teachers’ diploma and the Jackson Prize. His teachers have included Kathleen Renilson, John York, Alexander Kelly and principally the Russian teacher Nina Sereda.

Blair performs regularly as a soloist, accompanist and in ensembles. He founded and plays with the Cargill Trio, based in Aberdeen. He currently teaches in South Aberdeenshire schools and Robert Gordon’s College and is accompanist for Stonehaven Choral and Aberdeen Orpheus Choir.

REHEARSALS

We rehearse from August through to May (with one or two nights off!) on Wednesday evenings from 7.15 to 9.15pm in Mannofield Church, Great Western Road, Aberdeen AB10 6UZ.