Nottingham Harmonic Society is Nottingham's civic choir, and has established itself as one of the leading provincial choruses in Britain.
It started life as the Vocal Music Club of the Nottingham Mechanics' Institution under the direction of Alfred Joseph Lowe formed in 1846, but soon became independent of the Institute under the name Nottingham Sacred Harmonic Society.A History of the Oratorio. Howard E. Smither. The University of North Carolina Press, 2000.
List of Chorus Masters Henry Farmer 1866 - 1880 John Adcock 1880 - 1895 Henry Wood 1897 - 1902 Allen Gill 1902 - 1930 Roy Henderson 1930 - 1937 Herbert Bardgett 1937 - 1960Musical Times, 1960, p.424 Noel Cox 1960 - 1973The Independent Andrew Burnham 1973 - 1985 Neil Page 1986 - 2007 Murray Stewart 2007 - 2008 Richard Laing 2009 - current
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Nottingham Harmonic Society Performing Arts in Nottingham