Pat Williams

Update : Funeral details for Pat Williams:  1.00. at Lorton Parish Church. 

Pat Williams was the Honorary Concert Secretary of Cumbria Rural Choirs from 1991 until 2004, and she worked indefatigably to attract the best conductors and soloists to impressive concerts in the Sands Centre, often accompanied by the Royal Northern Sinfonia. She had a particularly warm relationship with Sir Philip Ledger, who became our President and conducted on seven occasions, as well as Donald Hunt, Simon Halsey, David Hill and Nigel Perrin. At that time the choirs were drawn from Keswick, Wigton, Longtown, Penrith, Gosforth and Cockermouth, and there could be as many as 200 taking part in classic works such as Bach’s Mass in B minor, Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Elgar The Dream of Gerontius, as well as more recent compositions by Walton, Stravinsky and Bernstein.

In addition, as the organist of St Cuthbert’s Church, Lorton, she arranged a number of attractive chamber concerts, including her son James, who played the oboe. However, in later years her hearing deteriorated to the point where she was no longer able to listen to music, and this must have been very frustrating for one who loved it so much. We are so grateful for all her efforts to encourage musical activity, often of a very high standard, in this part of the world.

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Friends of Cumbria Singers have:

  • Priority booking for the Cumbria Singers annual concert

  • An invitation to join other special guests for complimentary refreshments during the interval

  • Advance notice of other forthcoming events and other updates

  • The satisfaction of knowing that they are supporting the continuation of choral music of the highest quality across Cumbria.

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The Penrith Community Fund is a weekly lottery that directly supports local good causes and community initiatives.

Funds are distributed to the charities and not-for-profit organisations within a 3 mile radius of Penrith.

As Cumbria Singers holds its rehearsals within this area it is one of the charities eligible to participate in this scheme.

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Tickets are £1 each- minimum purchase of 4 tickets for four weekly draws. Select Cumbria Singers!

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BECOMING A WILL GIVER

Please consider leaving a gift in your will to Cumbria Singers to support choral music in Cumbria for future generations to enjoy.

Legacies have helped us to commission new choral works, employ professional soloists and hire a higher quality organ to accompany concerts. Make your gift payable to ‘Cumbria Rural Choirs’ as this continues to be our official charity name.

Registered charity number: 1168081

Please contact Contact Margaret Riches (Chair) to discuss.  

Thank You.

An Advertising Opportunity:

Companies and organisations are invited to advertise in our concert programme.
The 400 copies of the programme are distributed to the singers, the members of the orchestra and the audience.
Please see herefor information about the rates, the advert sizes and the deadlines.
Our programme compiler can develop advert designs if text and images are supplied by mid January.

Please contact Contact Margaret Riches (Chair) to discuss.  

MAKE A DONATION :
Donations can be accepted at anytime and will be used to cover our ongoing costs.
You may be interested in SPONSORING a particular aspect of our concert.
Sponsors receive acknowledgement in the concert programme on the flyers and posters advertising the event and have priority booking opportunities for the concert.
Overall, the cost of the rehearsal and the concert amounts to £28,000.

The following costs are examples of how sponsorship at different levels can be used to contribute towards particular aspects of this expenditure:
• £7k the hire of the orchestra
• £6k the fee for the music director & conductor
• £2k the rehearsal and concert venue hire
• £1,000 the fee for the rehearsal accompanist
• £1,500 the hire of the soloists
• £500 the hire of the organ and the services of the organist

Please contact Contact Margaret Riches (Chair) to discuss.  

Online Donations can be made via the following websites:

Give As You Live: the choir is registered as
Cumbria Rural Choirs CIO www.donate.giveasyoulive.com

Local Giving: the choir is registered as
Cumbria Singers www.localgiving.org/donation

THANK YOU!

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