After directing this excellent 100-strong choir in a charity carol service last year, I have been asked to be the choir’s Accompanist and Assistant Director. This will involve playing for concerts under the Artistic Directorship of John Bate, including Bob Chilcott’s On Christmas Night and Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle, as well as directing rehearsals and the Farm Africa Carol Service at St Sepulchre’s Holborn in December.