A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make our first Come and Sing Day such a success.
We were delighted to welcome many guest singers to the Octagon Chapel in Norwich on Saturday 23rd February for workshops and an evening performance of Handel’s ‘Zadok the Priest’ and Vivaldi’s ‘Gloria’.
Our Musical Director, Jonathan Dodd, was joined by guest conductor Martin Budgett, and we were treated to wonderful solo performances from Elenor Bowers-Jolley and Willow Swiatek.
We are very grateful to our Assistant Director William Falconer, who accompanied the rehearsals as well as performing on organ and keyboard, to the volunteers from the Octagon Chapel, to all Camerata members who helped with organisation, and, of course, to everyone who came and joined us to sing on the day.
A special thank you also to Sonya Dodd and Howard Pullin for all their hard work behind the scenes

Norfolk Camerata marked the start of Advent with a free concert of carols and seasonal songs in St Nicholas’s Church, North Walsham, on 1st December 2018. The programme included familiar Advent pieces such as ‘O Come O Come Emmanuel’ and Bach’s ‘Wachet Auf’ as well as less well known items by composers including Orlando Gibbons and Joseph Fux.

Shortly before Christmas the Camerata spent a very happy afternoon at Barrington Farm near Walcott, providing entertainment for the Christmas party. Barrington Farm is a day centre for adults with learning difficulties and a wonderfully friendly and creative place it is too. About a dozen members of the Camerata donned their Christmas hats and gathered to sing carols under the baton of choir member Ros Peedle. A very enthusiastic audience joined in with the well-known numbers and the choir agreed it was one of the happiest and most appreciative receptions they had ever experienced. After tea and mince pies, both singers and centre staff promised to repeat the event next year and hoped to arrange a summer visit by the Camerata as well.