Crib Notes Choir is run by local singers and choir leaders Eleanor Rastall and Louise Eekelaar.
Eleanor and Louise have always been involved in singing and have been good friends since they met at Trinity Laban over 10 years ago!
They are supported by Social Media Manager
Holly Jennings, a local mum and enthusiastic
choir singer.
Louise Eekelaar,
Director and Facilitator
Louise is a professional singer and choir director based in London, with extensive experience in all forms of solo and choral styles, from medieval to contemporary.
She is Director of Music at Holy Trinity Church in Brook Green, London, and was twice winner of the Trinity
Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance Early Music Competition in 2013 and 2011 with Virtuosa and Ensemble Tramontana. Her performances have taken her to venues as diverse as the O2 Arena, St Paul’s Cathedral, Royal Albert Hall, the Queen Elizabeth Hall,
Royal Festival Hall and the Purcell Room on Southbank. She sang with the Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi during its European tour with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and its BBC4 and Radio 3 documentary and film of Vivaldi’s Gloria, filmed in the Pietà in Venice.
Louise also performed the music of Hildegard von Bingen in recordings and a European tour with Sinfonye, directed by Stevie Wishart.
She sings in many small ensembles as a consort singer and soloist, including Cappella Nova, with whom she has toured Scotland, recorded CDs and performed in the Edinburgh Festival.
Eleanor Rastall,
Director and Facilitator
Eleanor is a Choir Leader and Singing Teacher based in South East London and a proud Aunty to three little ones. She specialises in running non-auditioned Community Choirs with strong wellbeing aims and high value placed on community, social connection and collaboration.
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As well as being a Director of Crib Notes Choir, Eleanor also co-Founded and runs Palace Acappella in Crystal Palace and runs choirs at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington and a staff choir for Central and North West London NHS Trust.
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She loves helping her pupils and choir members develop their voices and skills - musical, vocal and other! - and particularly facilitating ease, flow and full enjoyment in their singing.
Holly Jennings,
Social Media Manager
Holly is an adopted South Londoner, having moved to Crystal Palace 7 years ago and never looked back.
Having not sung since Theatre school days she has rediscovered a love of singing in choirs - much to the amusement of her son!
After 20 years in Local Government she is enjoying a new career in social media management, currently working with small local businesses in the music and fitness fields, beautifully connecting the activities she is passionate about with her career.
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