Following the World premiere performance of The Healer, several members of Excelsis will be travelling to New York in January 2015 to perform in the US Premiere of the work. The Concert is part of the DCINY concert series to mark Martin Luther King Jr Day on Monday 19 January 2015 and will mark Excelsis’ debut performance at Carnegie Hall.

Karl Jenkins will be Composer-in-Residence for the weekend of rehearsals, with Dr Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director and Principal Conductor, leading the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra and Distinguished Concerts Singers International.  Lucy Knight (soprano), who sang at the World Premiere at St Luke’s Grayshott in October 2014, will also take to the stage with Mark Watson (Baritone).

Peter and Vivien Harrison, of Grayshott Concerts, will also be present at the US Premiere, which marks the first international performance of the work that they commissioned from Karl Jenkins to mark Grayshott Concerts’ 10^th Anniversary.

Further information is available at:  www.dciny.org

Following the success of the World Premiere series of concerts in October 2014, Excelsis is thrilled to be invited to give the first concert of the 2015 season of Grayshott Concerts.

The concert – the World’s Best Loved Requiems – will see Excelsis performing with the London Mozart Players and conducted by Robert Lewis, Excelsis’ Director of Music, in Mozart’s Requiem and also the Requiem by Faure.  The concert will take place at St Luke’s Church, Grayshott on Saturday 14 March 2015.

Tickets are available for this concert from Grayshott Concerts (www.grayshottconcerts.co.uk)

Excelsis was delighted to be part of the Wedding Celebrations of Catherine Keyser and Chris Ellerker  which took place on Saturday 29 November 2014 at St Mary’s Church, Bramshott.

The choir sang “This is the Day” and “The Lord Bless You and Keep You” by John Rutter  as well as leading the congregation.  Chris wrote  “Thanks for the amazing performance yesterday.  Cat and I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the choir definitely added to the atmosphere in the church!”

Just a couple of weeks after the World premiere performances, Karl Jenkins invited Excelsis to join Cor Caerdydd for the final concert of the Karl Jenkins 70th Birthday Concert series at St David’s Hall, Cardiff. The joint choirs performed “For the Fallen” and “The Armed Man” with Karl Jenkins conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.

The concert was recorded for broadcast by BBC Radio 3 in early 2015.

Following the successful first performances of ‘The Healer’ at St Luke’s Church, Grayshott, Excelsis is excited to announce that the World Premiere concert will be broadcast in its entirety on Classic FM as part of The Full Works Concert series on Tuesday 28 October, 8pm

www.classicfm.com/radio/shows/full-works-concert/28-october-2014/