Basic Information
Label: SANCH
Members: Gretta Taylor (conductor); Susan Dore (Assistant Musical Director); Joanne Mendes (Secretary)
The Marionettes Chorale
Port of Spain, TT
Classical / Caribbean Folk / World
Bio
Officially incorporated as a nonprofit organisation in 2005 and sponsored since 1972 by bpTT, the Marionettes Chorale was formed in 1963 by Jocelyn Pierre and June Williams-Thorne to compete in the 1964 Music Festival. The Chorale competed intermittently in the biennial festivals until 1980. On each occasion it was adjudged the Most Outstanding Choir. Included among its many trophies was the prestigious May Johnstone Commemorative Trophy for the Most Outstanding Performer of the Festival.
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Press
“The amazing Marionettes Chorale...No praise can be high enough...(Randall Thompson’s Alleluia) ...left in the shade an American choir that tried [it] ten days ago...then the Marionettes brought the Caribbean right into the Assembly Rooms”
