CDOT VOICES WELCOMES YOU
Community Choir based in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
ABOUT US
Recruiting now (no audition necessary)
We are CDOT, a fun, award-winning, mixed-voice (men and ladies) choir; a friendly crowd of enthusiastic amateurs who just love singing together. Okay, so we’ve won awards; but you don’t have to be a brilliant singer to join us. All we ask is that you are 18 or over and can sing in tune. We have strong, confident singers to lead each section in rehearsal so you can always hide behind them if you’re shy!
We work hard to achieve as high a standard of singing as we can and we certainly earn our mid-rehearsal coffee or post-rehearsal pint; but there is always a lot of laughter and that’s how it should be.
We give up to 12 concerts a year all over Essex, raising money for charities and other good causes. Both our Conductor and Accompanist are professional musicians with many years’ experience of working with both professional and amateur singers.
A typical concert will contain a wide range of styles of music – songs from Musicals, TV and Films, Popular Songs old and new, Folk, Jazz, Latin American and a little Classical. Robbie Williams’ Angel often finds itself sharing a programme with Abba, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, the Beatles, Gershwin, Queen, Verdi and the Girl from Ipanema!
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
ANGELO TSOCOS M.MUS
Angelo Tsocos M.Mus. is a full-time Musical Director and Performer. In April 2019 he had the privilege of making his debut at the Royal Albert Hall, playing lead double bass with the 'Lorraine Kelly Studio Orchestra' for the world famous Music Man Project. It was such a success they got booked again by RAH for 2022 the very same evening. He has also performed onstage and in pit bands at various London theatres, and other theatres around the UK, for shows and tribute acts. Also, he has performed for Sky Sports during the London Olympics and on Spanish TV. Angelo has had the pleasure to perform in Piano Bars, Jazz Clubs and for Festivals alongside some of the worlds finest musicians, including Iain Mackenzie (Lead Singer at Ronnie Scott’s), Sammy Main (BBC Big Band), Eddie MacManus (Bass Player to Shirley Bassey and Cliff Richard) and Geraint Roberts (Jame Bond Sound Track Arranger). From 2015-2017 Angelo was the Musical Director for the 'Elton John Experience' which had previously performed at the likes of the Formula One in Bahrain and Wembley Stadium.
Aside from his professional performing, Angelo has a great love of working with community based orchestras and choirs. In March 2019 he conducted the Havering Concert Orchestra for their Spring Concert and in April 2019 accepted the role of Musical Director for 'CDOT Voices' (a community choir based in Essex). He has also conducted and/or performed in over 40 amateur dramatic theatre shows across the UK and counting.
JOIN THE CHOIR
New Members Welcome (no audition)
It’s true – joining a choir is good for the soul. And CDOT Voices is always on the lookout for new members who can bring their unique sound, fresh energies and of course fun to the choir.
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We meet every Wednesday in the Youth Hall at the Stanford-le-Hope Methodist Church, from 8 to 10pm. New members are always welcome.
So, if you would like more information, come to a rehearsal to meet us, or like complimentary tickets for our next concert please contact our Chairman, Jean Rawlinson.
(All Jean's contact details are just below)
CONTACT DETAILS
To contact our Chairman, Bernadette Tsocos, feel free to phone or email.
Stanford-le-Hope Methodist Church Hall,
Stanford -le-Hope,
SS17 0HF
REPERTOIRE
Adiemus            Karl Jenkins
All the things you are         Jerome Kern
And all that jazz         Chicago
Angels               Robbie Williams
Anthem             Chess
Anything goes            Cole Porter
Ashokan farewell         American Folksong
Ave verum            Mozart
Beauty and the beast         Beauty and the Beast
Because we sing         Mac Huff
Begin the Beguine         Cole Porter
Blue skies            Cole Porter
Bohemian rhapsody         Queen
Both sides now         Joni Mitchell
Bridge over troubled water       Simon & Garfunkel
California dreaming         Mamas & Papas
Can’t help falling in love      Elvis Presley  Â
Chattanooga choo choo      Glenn Miller
Choo choo ch’boogie         Louis Jordan & His Jump Five
Chorus of Hebrew slaves      Verdi
Defying gravity         Wicked
Don’t rain on my parade      Barbra Streisand
Eleanor Rigby            Beatles
Fields of gold            Sting
Fly me to the moon         Frank Sinatra
Fool on the hill         Beatles
Funiculi, funicula         Neopolitan Song
Get happy            Judy Garland
The Girl from Ipanema      Astrud Gilberto
He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother   Hollies
Here, there and everywhere      Beatles
If I fell               Beatles
If I loved you            Carousel
I have a dream            Abba
I’m a believer            Shrek
The Impossible dream         Man of la Mancha
It don’t mean a thing         Duke Ellington
Let the river run         Working Girl
Life on Mars            David Bowie
The Lord is my shepherd      Vicar of Dibley
Mamma mia            Abba
May it be            Lord of the Rings
Memory            Cats
Money, money, money      Abba  Â
Moon River            Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Music of the night      Phantom of the Opera
The Night is calm         Arthur Sullivan
The Old gumbie cat         Cats
O rejoice that the Lord has arisen   Mascagni
Perhaps love            John Denver
Razzle dazzle            Chicago
Rhythm of life            Sweet Charity
Rivers of Babylon         Boney M
The Rose            Bette Midler
Scarborough Fair with Canticle   Simon & Garfunkel
September song         Kurt Weill
Sh-boom            Doo-wop Song     Â
Singing in the rain         Gene Kelly
The sloop John BÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Beach Boys
Somewhere out there         An American Tale
Till there was you         Music Man
Unchained melody         Righteous Brothers
The way we were         Barbra Streisand
What the world needs now      Burt Bacharach
When I fall in love         Nat King Cole
Whistle down the wind      Whistle down the Wind
The Water is wide         English Folksong
The Wind beneath my wings      Bette Midler
You raise me up         Josh Groban
You’ve got a friend         Carol King
REVIEWS
THE ENTHUSIASM AND LOVE OF MUSIC HAD EVERYONE SWAYING AND TAPPING THEIR FEET.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE REPERTOIRE OF THIS CHOIR IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE I HAVE HEARD IN A LONG TIME.
THE CHOIR MADE EACH SONG THEIRS. A CRACKING GOOD EVENING!