1990 |
| Pamela Cook was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. |
| Gave three recitals in Tallinn, Estonia. |
| Cantamus represented Great Britain at the World Conference of the International Society for Music
in Education at Helsinki, Finland and performed in the Tampere Festival, Finland. |
| Hosted the Serena Choir from Finland. |
Sang in Salisbury Cathedral for the Salisbury Festival with Christopher Hogwood conducting the
Academy of Ancient Music.
Superb, confident interpretations from Cantamus. (Salisbury Post). |
| Acted as the chorus in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with a London opera company. |
| Presented with a Performing Right Society enterprise award (for the fourth year in succession)
in London. |
1992 |
Toured Canada and the USA for the second time: Toronto, Mansfield (Ohio), Columbus and Cincinnati.
One of this year's most pleasant musical events. The girls clearly enjoy what they are doing and
have the pleasure of showing the world what girls can do without a bunch of dumb boys hanging around.
(Cincinnati Observer). |
| In Columbus, the choir was the only one to sing solo in the Opening Ceremony of Ameriflora '92
where President and Mrs. George Bush officiated. |
| Premiered short staged opera The Sirens and the Sea by Paul Barker, produced by Caroline
Sharman; subsequently repeated in the Buxton International Opera Festival. |
| Hosted two Canadian choirs: The Toronto Children's Chorus and the O'Neill
Collegiate Choir & Orchestra from Oshawa. |
| The Training Choir was founded with Ann Irons as conductor and Joy Nicol as vocal tutor. |
| Represented Great Britain at the European Choral Festival in Namur, Belgium and gave concerts in
Brussels. |
Sang before Princess Paola, now Queen of Belgium, in Namur Cathedral.
The star attraction of the evening was without doubt Cantamus of Mansfield, England. The young
English girls fascinated the public by the soundness of their interpretations and the maturity of
their singing. Their vocal mastery and expressiveness is comparable to that of a professional choir.
(Vers L'Avenir, Namur). |
1994 |
| Sang in an International Youth Choral Festival in London. |
Represented Great Britain at the Kumamoto Youth and Music Festival in Japan.
Sang in the Tokyo British Embassy, also with The Little Singers of Tokyo. |
Cantamus won the Junior Section of the BBC/Sainsbury's Choir of the Year.
What marvels out of Mansfield! (Andrew Carter)
Choral singing of the very highest order.(Roy Wales)
Wonderful choir, wonderful conductor, wonderful accompanist! (Harry Christophers)
Your ability to sing in different languages is awesome. (Iain Burnside)
Nigel Osborne would have loved your performance (of his piece). Heaven! what a clever
pianist/arranger! (Richard Stilgoe). |
| Sang in a concert in Welbeck Abbey sponsored by Pandrol International. |
| Hosted both a Czech and Belgian choir (90 people) for Europe in Harmony Concert in
Southwell Minster. |
| Premiered Little Red Riding Hood by Paul Patterson in the Royal Academy of Music,
London, sponsored by Pandrol International. |
| Sang on BBC Radio 3 in Advent Calendar. |
| Appeared with Brian Kay in Southwell Minster in a Christmas Concert. |
1995 |
| Appeared on BBC 1's Blue Peter. |
| Performed Little Red Riding Hood Songbook narrated by Richard Baker in the Royal Concert
Hall, Nottingham. |
| Cantamus and the Training Choir took part in a Crosse and Blackwell Master Class for Classic FM
in the Albert Hall, Nottingham. |
| Sang in VE Day Concert at The Coliseum London with Prince Charles, Sir Harry Secombe, Joanna Lumley,
Rowan Atkinson, Sir John Mills, Michael Caine, Michael Barrymore, Riverdance, Celine Dion and others. |
| Gave demonstrations and performance at the Association for British Choral Directors convention in
Birmingham; Pamela Cook and Michael Neaum took Master Classes. |
| December Toured Belgium. |
| Top Female Choir at the Tolosa International Music Festival, Northern Spain. |
1996 |
| Appeared in an article headed Cantamus: Mansfield's Pride and Joy in The Singer
magazine by a national journalist. |
| Hosted the Melbourne Youth Choir. |
| Won the Grand Prix at the Riva del Garda International Choral Festival against 86 choirs of all types. |
Premiered Dover Beach - a gift by Howard Goodall in admiration and love at St.
Alban's Abbey.
Howard described the performance as transcendental. |
| Gave a concert with Kate Adie in Southwell Minster. |
Made a professional video with Andrew David, How We Sing!
showing both the Main and Training Choirs at work and in performance. |
| Sang on BBC Radio 3's Advent Calendar again. |
| Appeared as guest artists in The Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Concert Hall,
Nottingham. |
1997 |
Recorded the second CD and tape
Michael Neaum's Arrangements. |
| 23rd March The Life of Queen Victoria was performed at the Palace Theatre, Mansfield. |
| The Life of Queen Victoria was performed at Epsom Playhouse. |
| In concert with Synfonie for works by Hildegarde of Bingen. |
Cantamus won the Choir of the World title at the Llangollen Eisteddfod.
The Training Choir came third in the Children's Class. |
| Mourned the sad deaths of Dick (January) and Hilda (June) Sansom. The Christmas Concert in The
Palace Theatre, Mansfield, was dedicated to them both and a parade showing samples of all the dresses
and character costumes Hilda had made over the years was incorporated. The Sansom Family bursary
was instituted. |
| Premiered Sainsbury's commission Lacemaking by Judith Bingham in Worksop College. |
| 12th December Heralding Christmas at Southwell Minster. |
| 19th December Cantamus by Candlelight at St. Philip Neri Church. |
| 21st December Christmas with Cantamus at the Palace Theatre. |
1998 |
| Lucy Hursthouse took over as dressmaker. |
| 18th April An Evening With Cantamus at the Winding Wheel, Chesterfield with the
Chesterfield Male Voice Choir. |
| 25th April Concert for the Nottinghamshire Masonic Music Association in aid of the
Fountaindale School and Nottinghamshire Hospice. |
2nd-6th May Both the Main and Training Choirs won the top award Summa cum laude
in the Neerpelt Youth Music Festival, Belgium with 98 per cent marks.
Performed with Les Jolies Notes in Namur. |
| 16th May Concert at Queen Elizabeth School, Mansfield. |
1st July Eve of Prague concert at St. Philip Neri Church. |
| Toured the Czech Republic - gave 7 concerts in 6 days. |
Sang at Howard Goodall's 40th birthday concert in the Britten Theatre, London and attended his party
in Groucho's night-club. |
| Gave concerts in Warrington and Sedburgh. |
| Hosted the Sydney Childrens Choir. |
| Featured in an article in The Singer by Pamela Cook called Girl Power. |
| Pamela Cook honoured by the Birmingham Conservatoire with a Fellowship. |
| Rotary International awarded Pamela Cook its Paul Harris Prize. |
24th October Cantamus celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a concert at the Mansfield Leisure Centre. |
| Launched Cantamus Website. |
| 12th December Heralding Christmas at Southwell Minster. |
| 18th December Cantamus by Candlelight at St. Philip Neri Church. |
| 20th December Christmas with Cantamus at the Palace Theatre. |
1999 |
| Represented Great Britain in the finals of the European Broadcasting Federation's Let the Peoples
Sing competition. |
Invited to World Symposium in Choral Singing, Rotterdam - sang in seven venues and gave demonstrations.
Pamela Cook's Vocal Technique for Choirs Workshop was a great success - she was subsequently
invited to the next Symposium (Minneapolis 2002). |
| Premiered Andrew Carter's Music Comes at the 50th anniversary of Scunthorpe Music Club. |
| Featured in BBC's Friday Night is Music Night from Lincoln Cathedral. |
| Recorded five a capella pieces for a Japanese record company to be included in a 25-disc set. |
| 3rd July Eve of Holland and Belgium concert at St. Philip Neri Church. |
| Concerts in the Bach Festival, Bruges and the Knokke Festival, Belgium. |
| 31st October Concert with the NSK/RHP Ransome Band at the Palace Theatre. |
| 6th November Joint Concert in St Philip Neri Church with Bruges Cathedral Choir in aid of
the Roy Foundation - raised over £1,000 for the Indian disabled children's charity. |
13th December Christmas Concert in The Barbican, London with RPO conducted by Carl Davis who gave
Cantamus over half the programme time and wrote later "Conducting A Ceremony of Carols was
a highlight in my conducting career". |
| 14th December Christmas Concert in the Royal Centre, Nottingham with RPO conducted by Carl Davis. |
| 11th December Heralding Christmas at Southwell Minster. |
| 17th December Cantamus by Candlelight at St. Philip Neri Church. |
| 20th December Christmas with Cantamus at the Palace Theatre. |
