Men's Choir Supports Young Musicians

Thursday 24 September, 2026 At a rehearsal this week, Hampshire and Surrey Hills Men’s Choir presented the donations from their summer concert to Lynfa Landauer from The Cheryl King Trust. The Cheryl King Trust is a local charity that funds music lessons for children and young people from low-income families across Surrey. From singing to instrumental tuition, and covering every genre imaginable, the Trust is driven by a simple but powerful belief: that no child should miss out on the joy and transformative benefits of learning music just because of the cost. The delightful St. Thomas-on-The Bourne Church played host to the concert at the end of June which was conducted by Musical Director Philip Viveash-Brainch and assisted by Deputy Conductor James Harrison, with accompanist Charlotte Hobbs. A full audience, including the Mayor of Farnham, Councillor Graham White and the Mayoress, Mrs Judy White, were treated to a high-quality performance by the choir and members of the choir as soloists or in a small group nicknamed the "Hash Tones". Included in a programme of traditional male-voice classics, folk songs, show tunes and popular favourites, were the four items that the choir perfo