Leith Hill Musical Festival Music Lists

The lists of music for the 2011 festivals can be found here on the LHMF website.

Leith Hill Musical Festival Results

2010

Epsom Choral Society was again highly successful at this year’s Leith Hill Musical Festival which has just been held in Dorking. Competing in Division Three the choir won first prizes for the Men’s Song, the Women’s Song, the Part Song, and the full Chorus and came second in the Ensemble Class. The choir also won the award for the highest aggregate score.

The full chorus is the main part of the Festival and this year comprised two major works, Gounod’s ‘Messe Solennelle de Sainte Cécile’ and a demanding work by the Festivals founder Ralph Vaughan Williams ‘Benedicite’.

The full results can be found on the LHMF Results page.

2009

The society repeated it success of 2007, winning all classes except the Women's Song, and also winning the aggregate trophy (by 7 points).

Our No. 1 ensemble did superbly once again, although the adjudicator did say that the mark would have been "much higher" if the tempo had been right!

2008

A disappointing year, in which we did not win any of the sections, though we came second in the Full Chorus, Men's Song and Part Song classes.

2007

The Society had its most successful season to date, with stunning results at this year's Festival on Friday 13th April. It was not an unlucky day for us! Of the seven classes, six were won by Epsom, and we also took the aggregate trophy. The aggregate prize has been ours in three of the last five years, but such across-the-board success was unprecedented.

There is no doubt that the main reason for our success, and not just at the Festival, is the leadership of our professionals Robin Kimber and Marion Lea. The fun and the hard work of rehearsing with them were reflected in a day when we did justice to ourselves and to them, surely the mark of a good choir.

2006

Following upon the great successes in 2005 the choir won the Full Chorus, Madrigal, Ensemble and Open Classes and were just pipped at the post with the highest aggregate score, coming second this year.