The Committee

The committee is formed of 3 honorary members, and 3 ex-officio members.

Honorary Chairman: Tony Hawkey
Tony has sung in a number of local choirs, and joined BCC in 1999, under the conductor and opera singer, Neil Jenkins, and has been chairman for most of that time. He is a second bass and has a particular love of baroque music. After a career spanning 25 years as an agricultural engineer, Tony is now an independent broker for timber frame house manufacturers both in the UK and Germany. His wife, Jenni, also sings in BCC, as a first soprano.



Honorary Secretary: Tim Cullen
Tim has sung tenor with various choirs in the Brighton area and joined the BCC in 2001 under Paul Brough's baton. After a career as a primary schoolteacher, he now works in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) in Hove. Married to Jane Money, he lives in Pyecombe and each year holds a garden party fundraiser for the choir.



Honorary Treasurer: Ian Jeffrey
After an early career in industrial chemistry, Ian established his own Company in Hove and now has more to do with trial balances than test tubes. He is a big lover of choral music. Ian joined BCC in 2006 and has been Honorary Treasurer since 2007.



Clare Bowskill
Clare joined Brighton Chamber Choir as a first soprano in February 2008. She is also director of music at St Mary Magdalen's Church in Brighton. Clare recently studied Gregorian Chant under the tutelage of Dom Daniel Saunier in Solesmes, France. When not singing, she is a freelance video director specializing in corporate films and television promotions.



Fiona Baines
Fiona graduated with a BA in Performing Arts from Middlesex University. She went on to pursue a healthy singing career for some 15 years, specialising in contemporary and medieval music - and including recordings for BBC Radio 3. Fiona is a sought-after soprano soloist and will be our's in J.S. Bach's B minor Mass.



Rachael Chatterton
Rachael has sung with the Brighton Chamber Choir for 10 years and has been a committee member for several of those. She is a practising midwife in a Sussex hospital and having built websites in a previous life, maintains the BCC website. For website enquiries please contact her here.

A word from the Chairman

"Firstly, I must say, one of the things I love about BCC is it is a very friendly choir. As a chamber choir, our maximum number is 40, made up of people from all walks of life, and all age groups too, which makes it an exciting place to be.

Thanks to the wonderful guidance and energy of our conductor, Jane Money, we have expanded our musical horizons, year on year, from Early Music all the way through to West Side Story! We are also very fortunate to have a fantastic deputy musical director and accompanist in Tim Nail, who is a talented composer as well.

Next year is our 20th anniversary, which we will celebrate in March with a performance of Bach's B Minor Mass with London's Linden Baroque Orchestra. We are all very excited and focussed on making this a splendid birthday, and hope to see you there.

Please check out other parts of the website for full details."

Tony Hawkey

 

Election of officials

The AGM provides the opportunity for new blood and fresh ideas. All members stand for re-election and a voting system ensures the choir is well represented.