PEOPLE
The
Society is run by a committee of eight, elected at the AGM. Useful contacts
are:
| Chairman |
John
Grigg |
01275
843967 |
| Secretary |
Rod
Coomber |
01275
843900 |
| Treasurer |
Helen
Adams |
01275
847903 |
Jonathan
Coore, who was our conductor since 2002, is currently preparing for
the priesthood and left us after conducting our sell-out Messiah concert
in December 2006. We wish him well in his new vocation.
His successor is David Homer, who has planned a most interesting
programme for the rest of the season. David has the unusual distinction
of holding both a professional qualification in music and a doctorate
in physics. He combines the choral direction of this society with a
busy life as Head of Science at a leading Bristol independent school.
Born in the West Midlands, he studied organ in Birmingham with George
Miles and with Ann Page in Cambridge before being awarded an LTCL diploma
in organ performance. His piano studies were with Mark Racz and Allan
Schiller. He directed the prestigious all-male Chapel Choir of King
Edward's School, Birmingham for 12 years and also sang with, and acted
as repetiteur for, the CBSO Symphony Chorus working with a number of
leading conductors including Sir Simon Rattle. Since moving to Bristol
he has worked mainly with school ensembles performing regularly at St
Georges Brandon Hill and other concert venues in the city, including
work with the Bristol Grammar School Junior Choir on Radio 4's daily
Act of Worship . David took over the direction of Portishead Choral
Society in January 2007 after three years as its rehearsal accompanist.
