Behind the Scenes

US Tour 2011

16 December 2011

Day 1: Tasty lunch at the seafood shack on the pier in Santa Barbara.
Day 2: Getting into the Christmas spirit by waiting for the Santa Barbara Christmas parade to start. It was quite noisy during our rehearsal!
Day 3: Rehearsing for our concert for the Maestro Foundation in the wonderful Mendelssohn Hall in Santa Monica.

Day 4: Portland is cold! Wonderful to sing in the Catholic Cathedral there again.
Day 5: Bored in Denver airport....... Jolly good steak in The Majestic in Kansas City once we got there, though!
Day 6: PP during our rehearsal in the Catholic Cathedral in Kansas City.

Day 7: We arrived in Toronto and saw this nice poster!
Day 8: Rehearsing at the wonderful Koerner Hall in Toronto.
Day 9: Patrick making sure that the stands are in the correct place in the Rockefeller Chapel in the University of Chicago.

Day 10: Rehearsing in Smokey Mary's for our 55th appearance in New York.
Day 11: Day off in New York, and Peter bought us all a drink!
Day 12: Getting ready for our last concert of the tour, in Richardson Auditorium, Princeton.

Backstage at Concerts

1 December 2010

Rehearsing for our annual Christmas concert in St. John's, Smith Square in December 2010.
Adding some festive decoration to our usual concert dress.
Different reading speeds on tour.

Patrick had to borrow Jan's shoes for our performance
in Chelmsford in October 2011.

Food and Drink

1 April 2010

At home with Peter Phillips - Peter's culinary expertise. He ate the whole lot.
Cake from Coro Constanzo Porto.
Post concert drinks in Porto.

The Tallis Scholars over the years: touring and frolics from across the globe

1 January 2000