BISHOP’S Stortford’s Amici Cantate is inviting amateurs to “Come and Sing! Mozart’s Requiem” reports the Bishops Stortford Independent.

The choir is hosting two workshops – one for chorus members and one for soloists – on Saturday September 21, focused on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s unfinished 1791 masterpiece. The majestic requiem mass was completed after the Austrian composer’s death by his student Franz Xaver Sussmayr.

Recruits will be led by award-winning music director and chorus master for the day, James Davey, who will have plenty of anecdotes and background information about Mozart’s music, drawing on his extensive experience.

His impressive CV includes musical director of Chantage and 4Tunes, the award-winning staff choir at Channel 4 TV. He is the former chief choral advisor for the BBC’s sheet music archive and has regularly prepared and conducted choirs for television and radio.

He is also a conducting tutor for the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) and the Association of Irish Choirs. In 2018 he co-founded the London International Choral Conducting Competition, the first of its kind in the UK.

The chorus and soloist workshops on Saturday September 21 take place from 9.15am to 5.30pm at St Nicholas School, Hobbs Cross Road, Old Harlow.