WHO’S WHO at SHEFFIELD PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
COMMUNICATIONS
- I didn’t receive the weekly update – Look on the Members Area of the website, in Weekly Updates
- How do I access the members area of the website? – All members have individual log-ins and passwords. Your username is in the format FirstnameSecondname. When the system was changed to individual member logins (Jan 2026) – or when you joined the chorus if later – you will have been emailed a link to set up your password. If you need this email again, please contact .
- I’ve forgotten my password for the website – There is a re-set password link in the Members Area, on the log in page
- I’ve been locked out of the website – Wait a while, try again. Try another browser or someone else’s computer. Contact or
FINANCE
- I have a question about my subs, who do I contact? – Look at the subs form Subscription form for 2025/26 – Fill in form (you can get back in even if you’ve already submitted the form). If the answer isn’t there, contact Finance Officer
REHEARSALS
- I have access requirements for rehearsals, including parking – Tell Rehearsal and events officer, g
- There’s something wrong at the rehearsal venue – loos, heating, lighting, sightlines, chairs, people not adhering to seating plans, parking, other. Tell Rehearsal and events officer,
- I need rehearsal tracks or a recording of a work we’re doing for an upcoming concert – look at the Members Area of the website, in Preparing the Music For work on your voice, see Preparing Your Voice
CONCERTS
- I have questions about an upcoming concert – Look at the Members Area of the website in concert arrangements or the Concert notice attached to the weekly updates
- I have access requirements for an upcoming concert – Tell Concert Planning Officer
- I have questions or ideas about publicising our concerts, or would like some fliers. – Contact Marketing and Publicity Officer
MUSIC SCORES
MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE
- I can’t make a concert, who do I tell, and when? Tell your Voice Rep, copying Membership Officer, by email, AS SOON AS YOU KNOW YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, even if you are not attending rehearsals
- I can’t make a rehearsal, who do I tell? We do not ask for rehearsal apologies (they are not recorded) UNLESS it’s a compulsory rehearsal, in which case, tell your voice rep. If you are likely to be away for an extended period, please tell your Voice Rep, so that you are not contacted about your non-attendance
- I don’t know whether I’ve done enough rehearsals to be eligible to sing in the concert. You should keep track of your own attendance but if you’re not sure ask your Voice Rep, who has a record of your weekly attendance, and knows how strictly the requirements are likely to be applied, which may vary depending on the repertoire.
- My attendance has dropped below the requirement, or I have to miss a compulsory rehearsal. Can I be considered for exceptional permission to sing? Email Membership Officer, , copying your Voice Rep. These requests will go to Darius as a group, and considered in the context of the singing list, the individual singer’s musical abilities and the repertoire. The reason you have missed rehearsals – which may be entirely beyond your control – is not relevant to the decision: excluding you from singing in concerts is not punishment for non-attendance. While we are of course sympathetic to any difficulties you may be facing, decisions about concert eligibility are made purely on musical grounds.
- I can’t sing in the concert, am I still welcome at rehearsals? Yes! Not just welcome, expected and warmly encouraged to continue to attend rehearsals to benefit from the musical training involved, to keep singing, and to support those around you. We just ask that you don’t attend the conductor’s rehearsal
- I have a question about my re-audition. Membership Officer,
- I forgot to sign in. Really? Again? (You know who you are…)
VOICE REPS
- I have an issue relating to my attendance at rehearsals, to my membership of the choir or my personal circumstances. Your first port of call should be your Voice Rep. See WHO’S WHO (link at top of this page) or Chorus contacts for contact details
MEMBERS’ REPS ON COMMITTEE
- I have an idea or issue relating to the way the choir is run, or to concerts, which I’d like to raise with the committee. Consult one of the Member Reps on the committee. See WHO’S WHO (link at top of this page) or Chorus contacts for contact details
SOCIAL
- I have notices I’d like to share. Contact Chair J. Jo may pass these to for the Weekly Update if notices are too numerous for our break
- I have singing opportunities or other news to share. for possible inclusion in Weekly Update (if appropriate) or to for inclusion on the website. For singing opportunities it helps if you can provide a pdf flyer or a concise description with precise arrangements plus contact details.
- I’d like to join the SPC Social WhatsApp group. Contact any member of the group and give them your mobile number. Members reps Alex Walton, Patricia Wake, Rebecca Hutten and Annie Park are all group members, as are voice reps Katrina Hulse and Els Pearse. See WHO’S WHO (link at top of this page) or Chorus contacts for contact details. Or contact
- Which pub do members gather in after rehearsals? The Stag’s Head, Psalter Lane – turn right out of St Andrews, it’s on the right. All very welcome.
- What about after concerts? !New! The Fargate, close to City Hall, top of Fargate. There was quite a party there after the St Marie’s concert in November…