Angmering Chorale was formed in 1976 by the Head of Music at The Angmering School. Initially comprised of parents of the pupils, it has grown to around 100 singers from a wide area and with diverse backgrounds. With a wide range of ages, all are welcome. There is no audition, just a simple voice check to confirm your part. Singing is conducted by:
Dominic Grier, Musical Director. Dominic Grier joined us as Music Director in January 2025, and is already a well-established musical presence in West Sussex, having been Music Director of the Worthing Philharmonic Orchestra since 2014.
He is widely acknowledged as a conductor of distinction, equally at home in opera, ballet and symphonic work, as well as in contemporary music and orchestral/choral training. He was a permanent staff conductor at the Royal Opera House from 2008-10, affiliated with the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, and has since served as a regular guest conductor with many of the foremost ballet companies in the UK and Europe. In the field of opera, he made a critically acclaimed guest conducting début at the Opéra National de Lyon in March 2010, with the French premiere of Copland's The Tender Land, and had formerly worked as an Assistant Conductor there, where his repertoire included Siegfried, Porgy and Bess and Death in Venice.
He enjoys a varied career on the concert platform and has worked recently with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Covent Garden Chamber Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy, Orchestre de Limoges et du Limousin, Tokyo City Philharmonic, and the Orquestra do Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, among others. Having been a major prizewinner at both the Bucharest International Conducting Competition and the Ionel Perlea International Conducting Competiton, he also enjoys a continuing relationship as a frequent guest conductor with many of Romania's significant professional orchestras.
His performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, France Musique, and throughout the UK as part of the Royal Opera House's live screenings, as well as having been released on DVD for the Opus Arte label and on Resonus Classics.
He is also a much-respected teacher of conducting, and is on the academic staff at the Royal Academy of Music as Tutor in Undergraduate Conducting and Postgraduate Second Study Conducting. He is also a Founder and Director of the Girton Conducting Course, Joint Principal Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia at the Junior Royal Academy of Music, and Director of The George Hurst Foundation.
Dominic read music at the University of Cambridge and initially studied conducting with the late George Hurst, then subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music under the tuition of Colin Metters, Sir Colin Davis and Mark Shanahan. He graduated with distinction and was awarded the prestigious DipRAM for outstanding final performances.
Olly Parr, Accompanist. As a pianist and singer, Olly brings a deeply responsive and supportive approach to choral accompaniment. With extensive experience as a choral singer and soloist, they have performed at such venues as Westminster Abbey, St Martin-in-the-Fields, and Arundel Castle. Olly is currently the accompanist for the Worthing Choral Society and Brighton's Rainbow Chorus, as well as the organist at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Brighton. They have recently worked with the BREMF Community Choir, Resound Voices, and The Boundstone Chorus. Beyond their passion for choral music, Olly is a private piano, music theory, and singing teacher.
