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Our Musical Director
We are led by our talented Musical Director Sue Lampard.
Sue learned violin, piano and the theory of music from a very early age. Her training was classical until the age of 14 when she joined the school big band as a vocalist in a four-part close harmony group. This changed her entire outlook to music and developed a passion for close harmony singing. She also took up the saxophone so she could join in with the band in the non-vocal numbers. In early adult life, Sue played saxophone in various bands and took up Barbershop singing when she moved to Surrey in 1982. The saxophone playing diminished over the years as life got busier, but the close harmony singing remained as a hobby.
Sue’s life as a musical director happened through chance. With a fulltime job, the singing was always placed second and she enjoyed being on the ‘back benches’ in the chorus. However, in 2000 she took up the role of assistant chorus director, which provided a whole new outlook and inspiration for directing as well as singing!
Sue began to feel the barbershop style was too restrictive and so in January 2004, along with a few like-minded singers, formed In Accord. She now is able to draw on the early days of training and does most of the musical arranging for the repertoire.