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Stephen Fry Announced As President Of Ora Singers

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July 9th, 2018

ORA Singers is delighted to announce that, earlier this year, Stephen Fry agreed to become our President. Stephen has been a huge fan of ORA’s work, and has been following our progress since our Launch back in February 2016. Stephen also recently sponsored one of ORA’s commissions, ‘Stella’ by the Spanish composer, Francisco Coll. Coll had been commissioned by ORA to write his first ever choral work, and upon first hearing it, Stephen jumped at the opportunity to sponsor the piece.

Read more on ORA’s website

The best choral music for Easter

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March 29th, 2017

For hundreds of years, composers have been inspired by the Easter story to write some of the most beautiful and heart-rending classical music ever created. We asked some of Britain’s top choral conductors to choose their favourite choral works… Keep reading

Refuge from the Flames CD review – ORA hit stratospheric notes, right and ‘wrong’

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October 31st, 2016

This second disc by high-class chamber-choir newcomers Ora draws together a varied but effortlessly coherent programme around Psalm 50 – the Miserere – and the writings of Savonarola, the 15th-century Florentine priest and reformer burnt for heresy. If the choir’s version of the Allegri Miserere sounds slightly unfamiliar, that’s because Ora use for the first few verses a new edition correcting a supposed transcription error… Keep reading at theguardian.com

Suzi Digby as Published in Choral Directions 2016, Choir & Organ. (C) Rhinegold Publishing Ltd 2016. Used by permission.

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October 7th, 2016

Top Gear
Energy and drive characterise Suzi Digby’s approach to choral music – and Andrew Stewart detects no sign of her stepping on the brakes

Youthful spirits
There are probably more opportunities now for young people to sing in a choir than at any other time in our history. Suzi Digby talks to Andrew Stewart about the Voices Foundation

Published in Choral Directions 2016, Choir & Organ. (C) Rhinegold Publishing Ltd 2016. Used by permission.

Latest Publication

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September 7th, 2016

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Fan Community Q&A Excerpt with Suzi Digby

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July 7th, 2016

The Duran Duran Fan Community website did a great Q&A with OBE Suzi Digby, who worked with the band on all the PAPER GODS choral arrangements. Read more at duranduran.com