About Us
Tim Rhys-Morgan
Musical Director 2020 -
Tim Rhys-Morgan is our new Musical Director, and we are pleased to announce he has taken on the MD's role permanently! He is a great addition to our choir and look forward to taking part in concerts with Tim at the helm. Tim is a local musician with extensive choral experience who studied at Bangor University.
Derrick Thompson
Accompanist
After taking early retirement, (and he is particularly keen to stress the word
“early”) Derrick is at last free to enjoy the career in music that he always
wanted. One of the very first positions he accepted was as accompanist with
the Swift Singers in December 2012. He has conducted various choral and
instrumental groups and worked extensively in Musical Theatre as a Musical
Director and as an accompanist. Nowadays he is just as likelyto be found in
school accompanying students as in a theatre, playing in the pit, or
conducting.
The Committee
2024
The Choir is run by a committee made of up to 11 members of the Choir, consisting of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and upto 8 other members all of whom are elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. The Committee meets usually every few weeks to discuss forthcoming concerts, new music, fundraising for charitable institutions and any other business. Pictured here is the Committee of 2009 who organised our 20th Anniversary Concert at New Hall in Chelmsford. Unbelievably we have now completed our 30th Anniversary celebrations too!
The Choir
Last but not least!
The Choir currently consists of around 75 members and we meet every Tuesday at 8.15pm in the Village Hall, Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers. For concerts, we wear our uniform of black and gold jackets with black trousers and we have one or two scarves that alter our appearance when the need arises! Apart from concerts, we have social evenings and quiz nights and are always looking for ways to raise money for charities. Our Choir consists of 4 sections:
Sopranos, Mezzo Sopranos, and 2 sections of Altos – there is no audition but our Musical Director will arrange to conduct a voice assessment for all new members within two months of joining and allocate members to the appropriate section of the Choir.
Swift Singers Sopranos
Swift Singers Mezzo-sopranos
Swift Singers Altos