Leela Pankhania

Hey!! I’m Leela, a first year English Student, and joined the choir this year, after many years of experience in choirs and orchestras. I am an Alto 2 in Chamber Choir and am currently involved in the UCOpera production. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in the choir this year, and am amazed by the quality and range of the group, as well as the incredible job done by current management.

I would like to broaden the reach of CC through more posters, leaflets, social media posts, reels and bribes (biscuits.) I would also work on including more seminal repertoire/choral classics such as Stanford in Bb, Te Deum, and more MagNuncs that lots of people and musicians would recognise in a concert programme. Adding more Magnuncs obviously means more evensongs, which is something I would also love to introduce, as we have done one this year and it is a great way to get more stuck in to the choral scene in London. I would like to attempt to perform concerts in churches more central to campus or Waterloo, as it can often be difficult for family and friends to travel to our concerts. I think this would also increase audience outreach and general awareness.

I’ve had so much fun at choir socials this year and we definitely need more! It really makes choir feel like a unit and a really lovely group to be a part of.

Possibly more concerts, especially around Christmas, would increase choir spirit as what is more choral than carols :)

Looking forward to next year!