Chorus Master

Sally has sung in choirs since the age of six, spending her formative years with Sheila Mossman and the Orpington Junior Singers. Her first major solo performance was as Gretel in a very much simplified version of the Humperdink opera at Crofton Primary School when she was nine. She also sang Angelina in ‘Trial by Jury’ in her last year at secondary school, being the only girl in the all-male cast of a local boys’ school! On leaving school – with an ATCL Performer’s Diploma in singing - she trained to be a teacher at Christchurch College, Canterbury, where she gained a distinction in music, with voice as her first instrument. She studied with May Bartlett (Forwood) and sang in several concerts including ‘The Blessed Demosel’ and ‘The Coffee Cantata’. Whilst at Christchurch she was Assistant Conductor of the Chapel Choir, regularly conducting services in the college chapel.

Over the years, Sally has been a member of various choirs in the Canterbury area, including Canterbury Choral Society, The Canterbury Singers, The Kent Chamber Choir and was a member of the Canterbury Cantata Choir established by David Flood in 1984. Currently, she also sings with The City of Canterbury Chamber Choir. For six years she was co-conductor of the Kent County Junior Singers, being part of the team that took the children on tour to Germany in 2003 and Holland in 2006. She also sang as a soloist with the band of the Royal Marines shortly before they moved from Deal in 1996.

Currently teaching at Blean Primary School, Canterbury, Sally runs a choir and various recorder groups and has taken part in several projects for the ‘Sounds New’ Music Festival. She has four grown-up children and – at the last count – five grandchildren! Luckily, she enjoys cooking, as they descend upon her quite regularly, especially during the summer (You have such a long holiday, mum) and the ‘Festive Season’ ( Any turkey soup left?) In her spare time -? – she tries to get up to London for the occasional concert at the Barbican Centre or Royal Festival Hall.