Nottingham Harmonic Society is

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

's civic

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which sp ...

, and has established itself as one of the leading provincial choruses in Britain. It started life as the Vocal Music Club of the

Nottingham Mechanics' Institution The Nottingham Mechanics' Institution was founded in 1837 in Nottingham to improve the knowledge of working men with classes and lectures, the provision of libraries, performances of music, drama and readings, and through social contact with a g ...

under the direction of

Alfred Joseph Lowe Alfred Joseph Lowe (1789 - 1856) J.P. was a horticulturalist, meteorologist and astronomer based in Nottingham. Life He was born on 1 August 1789, the son of Joseph Hurst Lowe (1766-1817) and Elizabeth Langstaff (1770-1826). He was baptised on 13 ...

formed in 1846, but soon became independent of the Institute under the name Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society.

List of Chorus Masters

* Henry Farmer 1866 - 1880 *John Adcock 1880 - 1895 *

Henry Wood Sir Henry Joseph Wood (3 March 186919 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the The Proms, Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introd ...

1897 - 1902 *Allen Gill 1902 - 1930 * Roy Henderson 1930 - 1937 *Herbert Bardgett 1937 - 1960 * Noel Cox 1960 - 1973The Independent
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References

''Nottingham Harmonic Society''

''Performing Arts in Nottingham''
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