Torrevieja Information

Meetings
Cantabile Singers, under its Maestra del Coro (Musical Director) Jennifer Morton, meets each Friday at Villa Augusto near Guardamar, from 4.00 to 6.00pm.

Range of music
We have ladies from many countries who sing in several languages, including German, Spanish, French and English. We sing a wide variety of songs: light classical, the shows, popular, religious and traditional, in either 2- or 3-part harmonies, which we perform in the local theatres and churches.

Habaneras
Cantabile was the first non-Spanish Choir to sing on the beach in Torrevieja as part of the pre-Habaneras Festival and we have been invited to participate again in 2008's event. Last year we performed the premiere Flor Habanera written by Jennifer Morton.

Wedding bookings
Lately, we have fulfilled a number of bookings at weddings around our region. We have a large selection of songs and popular hymns from which families select their favourites. If any couple have a special song they would like as part of the ceremony, we may be able to perform that song, provided we have sufficient notice and can obtain the music.

Maestra del Coro
Jennifer was born in Bolton, Lancashire where her musical education started at the early age of seven when at the vast expense of 5 pounds, her parents bought her first piano. She sang second alto in the school (all girls) choir and her first solo was singing a small part in the school production of Hansel and Gretel.

On moving to Hampshire in 1980 she joined the Fareham Philharmonic choir and sang alto with them for several years. Whilst teaching music, singing and languages at a preparatory school, she produced and directed Babushka by Donald Swan. She realised an ambition, somewhat late in life, to have her voice trained and her first teacher soon put a stop to all this alto nonsense with 'Oh no, dear, you are definitely not a contralto!' A high, light voice was developed from then on thanks to Paul Pilott, who taught her for over three years. She sang for several years with the Lee Singers, based in Lee on Solent, Hampshire.

Since 'retiring' to Spain in 2004, Jennifer has sung with Cantabile and assisted the former Musical Director. She composed the Choir's theme tune - Cantamos Cantabile and also Flor Habanera, the latter being performed twice on the beach during the run-up to the 2007 Habaneras Festival, and a dramatic work for Christmas - The Nativity - which is to be given its premiere at the Asturias Restaurant in December 2007.


Forthcoming Events

Cantabile are pleased to announce the following events.

Tuesday 24th February 2009 at 8pm. held at the Virgen Del Carmen Theatre, Torrevieja, In aid of Paul Cunningham Nurses. Tickets can be obtained from the kiosk outside the Municipal Theatre, Torrevieja. From 11.30 to 1pm approx.
Price 5e each. or purchased at the door on the night.
Contact to:- ann@horsfall.net

Sunday 14th June 2009, at the Palacio de Musica, Torrevieja.
8pm with the men's Barbershop Singers, this is in aid of Alzheimers.

For further details about any of these concerts above, or any other questions to do with the Cantabile singers in Torrevieja, just contact: :
ann@horsfall.net

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