Message from Daniel about subs for this year:

Your committee has been looking at our financial situation.  As you will recall from the discussions at our last couple of AGMs, putting on concerts with the sort of soloists and orchestras we want to work with is getting more and more expensive.  If we completely fill the cathedral we can just about break even on a concert, but generally we make a loss.  Thanks to all of your efforts in selling tickets, our loss last year was not as bad as it could have been, but we haven't generated an excess; and, as you know, we have big plans for the next year: the Verdi Requiem will be an expensive thing to put on.

After much discussion, we have reluctantly decided to set the subs for next year at £200.  This is a £15 increase, but still works out at around £7 per rehearsal.  Kate Baker will be in touch before the beginning of next term about payment, and as always, we will try to be as flexible as possible for those who find it easier to pay in chunks, rather than all in one go.

I'm always happy to chat to any of you about any concerns on our committee decisions, but whilst I would rather not be putting up subs, I hope you think this is not excessive and still provides good value for the experience we have in singing such brilliant music together.