The Rowan Singers final concert

The Rowan Singers will give their final performance as an individual choir at the CommunityTheatre, Arran High School, on Sunday 15th December. From January 2014 on, the choir will be amalgamating with Lochranza Choir to form a new all-island choir, much as we had in the days of the Arran Chorus.

The Rowan Singers started life as a ladies’ choir in 1979, giving concerts, performing regularly in Music Festivals and entertaining clubs and church groups on the island. They made an appearance on STV, in a programme filmed on Arran. In 1997, the choir began to sing in 4-part harmony with the introduction of male voices, performing their first concert abroad, visiting Italy, Austria and Germany. The choir last performed “abroad” on a visit to Wales in 2006.

The choir continued to present 2 concerts every year on the island, one at Christmas and one in the summer season. All this happened under the direction of its conductor, Maureen Oakes, who retired in 2009, passing the baton to Diana Hamilton, who will lead the new all-island choir.

We at the Rowan Singers are looking forward to performing and hope that the many loyal supporters will come along, not only to our last concert as The Rowan Singers, but also to support the new venture, either as singers or audience. The programme has an eclectic mix, with sacred songs, Christmas songs and popular songs from the shows ~ something for everyone!