Duncan Aspden

Conductor, organist, choir trainer.
Associate Director of Music @FarmStChurch
Conductor @ExcaliburVoices - @CityOxfordChoir - @TCCsings - @TCC2sings

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Here's an esoteric question!

Lili Boulanger: Pour les funérailles d’un soldat.

Great piece. I've read a reference that Nadia B played the accompaniment on the organ.

Anyone happen to know if a part survived?

There's a good chance she played from the piano part of course.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@colla_voce Tobias Franck's rather filthy reimagining of Brahms Gute Abend??

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@r_wahlquist Excellent thought. Thank you.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Any choral programming genius folk have suggestions for (good) chamber choir, with
solo flute, and/or
solo clarinet, and/or
solo trumpet,
and/or drum kit.
Can be accompanied.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@wjbdawes Aha! Thank you.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@RachelStaunton The one with Gloucester Cathedral Choir?

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@RachelStaunton @gregbeardsell Awesome!

[City of Oxford Choir @CityOxfordChoir]

We couldn't have enjoyed our weekend in Leiden any more than we did! It was such a superb experience to sing with @LeidenEnglChoir and Astrolabium in the stunning surroundings of the Hartebrugkerk. Truly a wonderful time in a beautiful place. 🇳🇱🇬🇧🇵🇱

Photo ©️ Frans Eijck

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Nostalgia concert! I don't do Anglican Cathedral music much these days so it was such a treat to revisit some highlights of this lovely repertoire from my youth with @TCCsings

[Thame Chamber Choir @TCCsings]

A snap shot of the first half of Oxford Inspires. This was so much fun on Saturday.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

For a collaboration between @TCCsings and gifted players from the local state secondary school. @colla_voce @wjbdawes @RachelStaunton @RufusFrowde @mgatesingers @jamesburton_mus

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Very sorry to hear about Michael, a tremendous oratorio singer from my earlier days, with a glorious stage presence, a mischievous twinkle, and the sense, as he put it, that one should love every member of the audience.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@Oxford_Tube An empty bus just went passed a full bus trying, and failing, to board a queue of passengers. It ignored our request to stop. Surely this is not your policy??

[Siglo de Oro @SiglodeOroVocal]

We have one soprano space left for our workshop on Tuesday, Singing Byrd and Tallis from the Sources with @PatrickAllies and @Gareth_Thomas26!

Normal price is £22.50 but we can offer a 50% bursary for the place.

https://t.co/4cccNPkqxT

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

How lovely to audition a couple of talented tenors today for @TCCsings, including a graduate of @tcc2sings.

[Farm Street Church Music @musicfarm_st]

And very proud of that link we are too!

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Your delight is shared!

[BBC Singers @BBCSingers]

We're delighted to be performing at @bbcproms 2023 🎉

Find us at the First Night, Prom 56 with @londonsymphony, Prom 58 with @Jon_Hopkins_, a Late Night Prom on 7 September with @SoumikDatta, & the #LNotP 🤩

Read more details on the BBC Proms website: https://t.co/8hI8PEehku

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@colla_voce @CityOxfordChoir Choice: organ, piano 4 hands, strings (perc optional), orchestra (in preparation).

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Great singers. Excellent repertoire. Delightful company. The conductor is an idiot, but you can't have everything. Come audition.

[Thame Chamber Choir @TCCsings]

Do we have vacancies? Not as such - and certainly no shortages. But we always enjoy meeting prospective members, and if you're a talented singer who will be an asset, we'll carve out a space for you.

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

@LozSM Absolutely. You'll have to do an @ExcaliburVoices thing some time. How are you?

[Duncan Aspden @DuncanAspden]

Specifically we have a vacancy for a second alto and a second bass. Other parts, it's worth a try - we will find you a space if you'll be a significant asset.

[City of Oxford Choir @CityOxfordChoir]

Rehearsals for our next concert start on 17 April, so now is an ideal time to join us.

🗓️Monday evening rehearsals
🎶Four concerts a year
🎹Director @DuncanAspden
🎤Vocal coach Billy Purefoy
🇳🇱Leiden tour '23
🇳🇴Oslo tour '24

https://t.co/KwQl4KwkqL