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Welcome to Brackley Jubilee Choir's website
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The choir was originally formed in 1977 for Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee.
It built an enviable reputation for successfully performing a number of challenging Sacred Music, Classical, Modern and Musical Theatre concerts until its closure in 2025.
Reaching back a little further into that year, there had been a meeting of the great and the good in Brackley Town Hall to discuss ways in which the Town would celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee.
The Reverend Andrew Freer remembers suggesting a service of Thanksgiving at the parish church of St Peter and St James. Could the choir sing some suitable royal music too? Without mentioning any names, Andrew Freer agreed that it would be possible only with the help and co-operation of others.
As soon as he contacted Eddie Palmer, choirmaster, and Sid Hearn, church organist, they both agreed to take part.”
Taken from ‘Brackley Jubilee Choir 1977-2007’ compiled by Eileen Bharali.
“With the strains of Zadok the Priest ringing in their ears, the members of St. Peter’s Church Choir and some singers who had been invited to augment the choir began collecting music and handing it back to their conductor Edward Palmer. “How about Messiah at Christmas?” he called. Thus was the Brackley Jubilee Choir born in 1977.
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