COVENTRY Blue Coat School Choir is celebrating its diamond anniversary with a performance at Holy Trinity Church.
On July 27 and 28, the performance will from former students to mark 60 years of the choir.
The choir allumni will come together and sing a lunchtime concert as well as providing music for the Eucharist and Choral Evensong services at Holy Trinity Church in the city centre.
The anniversary celebrates students who have contributed to its success over the decades.
Philip Formstone, who directed the choir for 46 years, former chorister Bethan Clark, and former Head of Music, Chris Howard, have been instrumental in coordinating the celebrations.
Philip said: “This anniversary is a tribute to the dedication and passion of all members of the choir and staff from the school’s music department who played important roles in establishing the choir all those years ago.
“I’m delighted that more than a hundred former pupils are set to attend the weekend’s celebration and I am very honoured to have the opportunity to bring to life some of the repertoire that the choir has performed over the years, and to share our love of music with the extended Blue Coat choir family.”
During the weekend, the choir will be accompanied by Paul Leddington Wright, who has had a long and close relationship with Coventry Cathedral and BBC’s ‘Songs of Praise’.
