13 Vicarage Gate, Guildford, Surrey.
23 August 1995
Dear Choir Member,
I hope that you are all having a good summer and are able to enjoy the hot weather.
When I was writing to you this time last year following a successful year, and looking
forward to the 50th Anniversary Season of the Guildford Philharmonic, little did I know what
was in store for us! We had our suecesses and we had our troubles but we finished the year
on 2 high spot with the concert in Shalford Meadows. Teremy has asked me to congratulate
everyone on our performance at that concert.
We are now in a strong position, in all respects, to look forward with confidence to the
coming season. We have an exciting programme which includes a recording of the Stephen
Watson and the visit of our friends from Freiburg - always very popular - and finishes with
our long awaited Opera Pops concert! Now that our finances are in a healthy state, we are
now in the position to contemplate an extravaganza of this magnitude.
Whilst on the subject of finance, Chris Robinson, our Treasurer, asks me to remind those
members who do not pay their subscription by standing order that their subscription of £55 is
now due, and should be sent to him at:
The Coach House, Station Road, Godalming,
Surrey, GU7 1EX. Of course, he would be delighted if you would covenant your
subscriptions, in which case you should see him at the first rehearsal.
Those members who pay by standing order with two instalments, it would be appreciated if
you could alter this to one payment of £55 payable on 1st October each year. The reason for
this request is that the two instalment method is proving to be a nightmare, as the banks seem
unable to carry out these simple instructions.
This season is also the first with our new Principal Conductor, En Shao, although he is not
conducting us this year. I do urge you to support the Philharmonic concerts during the
season, and also to support Kathy Atkins in her last season as Manager of the Philharmonic
Organisation - she is retiring next March.
I look forward to seeing you all again at our first rehearsal which is MONDAY 11TH
SEPTEMBER.
Yours sincerely
W heof £
John Trigg - Chairman