The massed voices of Inspiration present

Musical Director: Gary GriffithsPianist: Andy Booth

Songs of PowerThe massed voices of Inspiration present

ChristmasSpectacularwith Northern Sinfonia5 December 2009, The Sage GatesheadBox office: 0191 443 4661

with The Orchestra of Opera North19 December 2009, Leeds Town HallBox office: 0113 224 3801

www.inspirationuk.com

Inspiration is a large, unauditioned adult community choir with groups

in Leeds and Newcastle. In each city we sing three main concerts a year

and also sing for many charity events and school workshops.

We want to share our passion for singing and the power of song.

Weekly rehearsals in term time are great fun. If you’re interested in

joining then please visit www.inspirationuk.com for further information.

Future plans include our first trip abroad next year, with concerts in

Paris and Disneyland Paris. Who knows where next..?

Anyone can singand Inspirationis out to prove it

“ ”I thought I’d lost

my voice years ago,but I’m finding it again. It’s a fantastic feeling –

and such fun!

Sheena Hastings

“ ”Singing allows

my heart and soulto soar above thedarkest of clouds!

Anjanette Malcolm

Gary GriffithsGary was born in 1966 and educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School where

he first started to sing in choirs and also started to play oboe and percussion.

Eventually he became principal oboist of Wolverhampton Youth Orchestra and

principal percussionist of Wolverhampton Concert Band.

He went on from Wolverhampton to York University to study music, continuing

to play oboe and percussion and of course singing. He played or sang in most of

the department’s ensembles and also sang in the Yorkshire Bach choir under the

inspirational directorship of Peter Seymour.

He graduated in 1988 and stayed in York to live, working as a Songman in

the choir of the beautiful Minster. With the Minster Choir he sang in many of the

world’s great cathedrals and churches in the USA and Europe and many of the

major concert halls in the UK. The Choir has made many recordings and broadcasts.

Whilst at University he discovered his love of musical theatre.

Eventually he joined York Light Opera Society, first

as a playing chorus member, later becoming their

Chorus Master. He also became Musical Director

for Pickering Musical Society and Sing Live. It

was orchestrating Annie for Pickering that led

him to start his own business, arranging and

orchestrating for local groups.

On the non-musical side, Gary is an excellent

cook and is also a member of the Rollercoaster

Club of Great Britain.

Musical DIrector: Gary Griffiths

Pianist: Andy Booth

Bass: Matt Dabbs

Drums: John Porter

“ ”The only thing

better than singing, is more singing!

Lorna Taylor

Songs of Power

“”

The musicalmedicine from

Inspiration should bebottled and prescribed

for the world – it’s familytherapy with the ultimate

feel-good factor.

Joan Mosey

This is the hourBoublil, Schönberg and Maltby

Company

Away with funeral musicRobert Louis Stevenson

Val Tetchner

Bridge over troubled waterSimon and Garfunkel

Company

The spark of creationStephen Schwartz

Marie Collins

Children of EdenStephen Schwartz

Company

Fields of goldGordon Sumner

Company

SongbirdChristine McVie

Lynne Hegarty

From a distanceJulie Gold

Company

The arrow and the songHenry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sally Moore

The roseAmanda McBroom

Katie Groves, Christine Rowlands, Sally Moore, Judy Brushett, Jude Hill,Dorothy Swallow, Linda Dredge,Helen Spencer, Anne-Marie Hartley,Jen Smith, Josie Medved, Josie Ormston, Rowena Dobson,Diane Kershaw and Tamsin Martin

Wade in the waterTraditional

Vicky Swift

Bring him homeBoublil and Schönberg

Pam Jagger

MemoryAndrew Lloyd Webber

Company

If you love meMarguerite Monnot

Penny Wilson

Love changes everythingAndrew Lloyd Webber

Company

O FortunaCarl Orff

Company

Psalm 137Pat Bassano

Chorus of the Hebrew slavesGiuseppe Verdi

Company

BarcarolleJacques Offenbach

Jackie Campbell, Dorothy Swallow,Linda Dredge, Elizabeth Hawkhead,Janice Curtin and Saheli Chaudhury

Impossible dreamJoe Darion and Mitch Leigh

Company

One voiceBarry Manilow

Marie Collins, John Hurst,Janice Weldon and Company

Alto’s lamentBob the Organist

Val Tetchner

Fine, fine lineRobert Lopez and Jeff Marx

Sarah-Jane Foxton

Lullaby (Goodnight my angel)Billy Joel

Lisa Simpson, Marie Collins, Janice Weldon, Jo Boyne, Mark Drummond, Peter Duke, Peter Dredge and Gary Griffiths

Seasons of loveJonathan Larson

David Isaac, Jude Hill and Company

Imagine a worldAnonymous

Marie Hall

World in unionHolst and Skarbek

Company

Back to beforeStephen Flaherty and Lynne Ahrens

Jo Boyne

Listen to the song in youNancye Sims

Saheli Chaudhury

For goodStephen Schwartz

Lisa Simpson and Alison Lunn

Candle on the waterJoel Hirschhorn and Al Kasha

Company

HallelujahLeonard Cohen

Company

HallelujahGeorge Frederic Handel

Company

Songs of PowerPart one Part two

”“Knowing that I’mpart of a great group

of people; contributingto the awesome sounds we create and bringing

pleasure to others, is the most incredible feeling.

Val Tetchner

Our singersBrenda AdamsMaralyn AdeyPat AinleyJanet AldhamDe’Anne AmblerAnne AustwickJennifer BalmforthJan BarracloughPat BassanoRosemary BayfordBetty BedfordJean BishopMark BishopDorothy BlackbandJoan BlackburnIan BlomfieldChristine BlomfieldAmanda BloorRosalind BodsworthJulie BoldyCarolyn BoothChristine BottomSheila BouldAlison BoyeJo BoyneDenise BrayHelen BretonVanessa BridgeRuth BruinsJudy BrushettHetley BurnhamBettie BushAngela ButcherJulie ButtersPat ByrnePat BywaterTina CadmanVanda CameronJackie CampbellJudith CarterMary CarterAnn ChamberlainBeverley ChambersGaynor ChaplinSaheli ChaudhurySally ChewLester ChristieBarbara Clark

Sally ClarkeSheila ClarkeBarbara ClarkeTrevor CleggShirley CliffMarie CollinsBarbara ColmanMargaret CouzensDebbie CowlingGraham CrollJane CropperJim CunliffeJanice CurtinCatherine DakinHelena DanielczukJenny DavisMarian DavisDoromie DavisJohn DawSusan DayLiz de PledgeVal DickinsonGeoff DickinsonRowena DobsonPenny DobsonMilly DonaldsonPeter DredgeLinda DredgeMark DrummondKatie DrureyHelen DukePeter DukeJanice EastwoodAnne EdneyClare ElsleyPauline FarnworthSheila FitzgeraldJo FlanneryLynne FolkhardElizabeth FordHazel FordhamWendy ForrestSue FoxtonSarah-Jane FoxtonChris GaleDot GallagherSheila GibbsCaroline Gibson

Marilyn GillisNancy GlaisterAlison GlewMary GorneyHelen GraceMichaela GreaseleyRita GriceGary GriffithsKatie GrovesPatricia GwynneSusan HaighSue HallMarie HallStephanie HansellRaymond HardwickJanet HardwickElaine HardyDebra HardyJean HargreavesSally HarrisonSue HarrisonAnne-Marie HartleyMargaret HarveySheena HastingsElizabeth HawkheadJane HazelgraveLynne HegartyJo HemsworthRobert HensonDiane HensonAnne HeyhoeDavid HeyhoeElaine HillJude HillKath HinchcliffeMaureen HirstTom HollowayBarbara HolmesSandie HorsmanCarol HorwoodMarylin HoughDerek HowardMargaret HowardDerek HudsonJoan HudsonJan HunterJohn HurstFreda Illingworth

Sheila InmanIsabella InmanDavid IsaacPam JaggerLiz JarrattMavis JohnsonSandy JohnstonJoy KellyFelicity KennedyLeah KeoghanMargaret KerinsDiane KershawSue KershawPauline KettlewellAnne LangleySarah LangliKathy LawnValerie LeeHazel LeeRainy LeeRita LindsayEion LindsayPaula ListerVictoria LittlewoodPatricia LloydSylvia LumbAlison LunnJack LyttleJulia ManderVera MarkovicCarol MarshallFay MarshallBarbara MartinTamsin MartinAndrea MasseyJosie MedvedTamsin MellorCarly MitchellTess MooneySally MooreJ Marian MoranJoan MoseyJulie NewellJanet NewsomeTracy NicholsonJeff NicholsonAlice NicholsonJosie Ormston

Ruth OveryBob OveryJudith PaxtonDiane PeelLynne PickersgillErnest PollardFreda PollardKaren PotterElaine PowellJean PurcellVerity RandallSandra RawdingAlexander RichensJudith RowanChristine RowlandsCarole SaulKath SavilleMargaret ScallyKrystyna ScrivenAnne SeagerLynne ShadfordBarbara Sheehan

Clare ShoesmithHeather ShuttleworthLiz SibsonLisa SimpsonDoris SkirrowKen SkirrowGaynor SmithBeverlie SmithJen SmithJulie SmithHelen SpencerAndrina StanislawskiAnne SteadKaty StephensonJannine StewartJames StockAngela StokesEvelyn StoreyVicky StorrCarole SullivanBarbara SumroyDorothy Swallow

Vicky SwiftHelen TaylorVal TetchnerSue ThistlethwaiteJulie ThomasGloria ThompsonRuth ThornSue ThorpSue TimmeChristine TomensonChrissy TrybulaJanet TurnerSusan WaineChristine WalkerPat WatsonJanice WeldonLisa WellsAndrea WellsAlison West-LaySue WhelanZenna WhettonAlan Whetton

Brenda WhitakerLynne WhiteSue WhitelawJean WhitwamLucy WiffenGwen WigginsGill WildeKaren WilkinsonSheila WillisAnn WilsonKim WilsonSue WilsonPenny WilsonYvette WindowsElaine WormwellAnne WrightSheila WrightCarole YeomansRobin Young

“ ”We enjoy the chance

to use our diaphragmsevery week

Alto Mafia

Programme designed by Penny Wilson E: penny_wilson@hotmail.co.ukPrinted by Media Solutions T: 0776 443 0377Pictures courtesy of Yorkshire Post Newspapers and Mark Savage

Thank youIn no particular order thanks to Barbara, Jane, Peter, Linda, Christine, Katie, Penny,

Geoff, Lynne, Andy, Sarah, David, Judith, Liz, Sue and Mallory. To Penny Allen

at the West Yorkshire Playhouse and to Dougie Scarfe at Opera North. And of

course to all the singers on stage today. You are what makes Inspiration what it is.

Dates for your diaryA Night at the Oscars2 August 2009, The Sage Gateshead

Box office: 0191 443 4661

Christmas Spectacular with Northern Sinfonia5 December 2009, The Sage Gateshead

Box office: 0191 443 4661

Christmas Spectacular with The Orchestra of Opera North19 December 2009, Leeds Town Hall

Box office: 0113 224 3801

Inspiration will also be performing at:

Concert for MIND – A Night at the Oscars25 July 2009, Park View Theatre,

Chester-le-Street

Tickets: 0191 388 3411

Citizenship Ceremony1 August 2009, Leeds Town Hall

Concert for Overgate Hospice19 September 2009, Calder High School ”

“Sometimes the hairs on the back of my neck

stand on end or I have tears in my eyes when I hear the

beautiful sound the Inspirationchoir makes and I actually

think I am contributing to it – awesome!

Jan Barraclough