Metadata: Shabbaton Choir
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3835
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Reference number:
- LMA/4765
- Title:
- Shabbaton Choir
- Title (official language):
- Shabbaton Choir
- Creator/accumulator:
- Shabbaton Choir
- Date(s):
- 1991/2013
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1.2 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Photographic images
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of the Shabbaton Choir consisting of scrapbooks containing souvenirs of concerts and tours. Files include arrangements, publicity, photographs, messages of thanks and congratulation, concert programmes, orders of service.
- Archival history:
- Deposited at London Metropolitan Archives in 2016.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Shabbaton Choir is a voluntary male-voice choir, drawn from the ranks of several synagogue choirs. It was formed in 1986 under the musical direction of Stephen Glass, and performed for the first time in the Wigmore Hall under its founding name the B'nai Brith Festival Singers. The choir performs at concerts and synagogue services throughout the UK and undertakes concert tours abroad. It has recorded many times for the BBC and has featured regularly on radio and television broadcasts in the UK and abroad. It has also recorded several albums of its music. It works closely with the Chief Rabbi, often accompanying him on tours and performing at events organised and/or attended by the Chief Rabbi. The group's hallmark is its innovative choral arrangements. Its aim is to bring out clearly the mood and meaning of the words, thus making orthodox services more meaningful. Arrangements and new compositions are undertaken by the musical director, originally in partnership with Chazan Lionel Rosenfeld. In 1990 the group was renamed the Shabbaton Choir and Stephen Levey took over as musical director in 1991. Since 2003 the choir has visited Israel regularly to perform, under the title Solidarity Through Song, where they sing at hospitals and medical centres and to victims of terrorist attacks. The choir has also visited Germany and sung at the sites of concentration camps.
- Access points: locations:
- United Kingdom
- Subject terms:
- Synagogues
- System of arrangement:
- Catalogued in three sections: 'Official Archive' scrapbook files; Solidarity Through Song tours; Concert tours overseas
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018