Societies

The Hill College Theatre Company is open to all but based in Trevs. We put on a play each term, including a Shakespeare in the Quad in summer term (weather permitting). Recent productions have included ‘Ring Round the Moon’, ‘The Real Inspector Hound’, ‘Major Barbara’ and ‘Twelfth Night’. Anyone is welcome to audition and we’re always looking for producers, directors and tech crew to make these productions happen!

Flute Choir

President: Sarah Collins

Contact: s.l.collins@durham.ac.uk

Flute choir is a small, informal group which meets once a week. Anyone is welcome, whether you have never played before or are a grade 8 musician! The rehearsals are very relaxed and more than anything it is about having fun together. Nevertheless we aim to play in at least one concert a year so that the hard work can pay off!

RASTA

President: Emily Spencer

Contact: e.v.spencer@durham.ac.uk

RASTA (Recreational Art Society, a Trevelyan Association) is a friendly, relaxed art group who meet weekly. Anyone is welcome, from budding Picassos to people who can only draw a stick man. Meetings are 7-9 on a Monday in the Barn. For more information email the president, Emily Spencer.

Choir

President: Adam Thompson

Contact: adam.thompson@durham.ac.uk

Trevs Choir is the non-auditioning society for anyone who likes, or would like, to sing! We sing a wide range of choral music, both sacred and secular, and have informal, fun rehearsals once a week on a Saturday afternoon. This year we have sung music by Stanford, Bach, Mozart and Byrd, and at Christmas we sing a vast number of Christmas carols! We have many performance opportunities throughout the year, including Evensong in St Oswald’s Church and various Christmas concerts in Michaelmas Term, plus we have the privilege of singing at two services in Durham Cathedral in Epiphany Term.  We’re always looking to welcome new members of any ability, so come along to a rehearsal and give it a go!

Orchestral Society

President: Laura Prime

Contact: laura.prime@durham.ac.uk

Trevelyan College Orchestral Society (TOS) is the college’s orchestra. It is a non-auditioning orchestra that is open to all members of the college who play an orchestral instrument. Members play a wide variety of both classical and contemporary music with other college musicians in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The orchestra performs with other college ensembles at several events throughout the academic year. The orchestra rehearses every Friday at 7:30pm in the Dowrick. This year we have been involved in the DUCK Live on the Hill event, playing both orchestral backing to big rock numbers and soundtrack music. New members are always welcome!

Jazz

President: Matthew Beadnall

Contact: m.a.beadnall@durham.ac.uk

Trevs Jazz is one of the best musical societies Trevs has to offer, and is one of the best jazz bands in the university. It is a non-auditioning band, with a rehearsal once a week, so whether you consider yourself to be a jazz prodigy or you’ve never played jazz before, you should definitely join us! We play at several events in college throughout the year including the Christmas Concert and DUCK Formal, as well as having socials each term. So come along to our rehearsals, and I’m sure you won’t regret it!

Trevs Strings

President: Lucy Stephenson

Contact: l.c.stephenson@durham.ac.uk

Trevs Strings is a non-auditioning group for string players of any level. We play a variety of music in events such as the Christmas concert, Classical Unplugged, evensong in the cathedral (accompanying Trevs choir) and the occasional ceilidh. We have relaxed weekly rehearsals at 8pm on Sundays in the Dowrick; new members are always welcome so come along to any rehearsal throughout the year!

Elvet Hill Consort

Director: Oliver Doyle

Contact: oliver.doyle@durham.ac.uk

‘The Elvet Hill Consort is an auditioned instrumental group created with the intention of performing music otherwise not normally covered by existing societies, with a particular focus on, though not confining itself to, music of the Baroque and Renaissance. We aim to provide music for at least one event a term, with the performance of a baroque opera in the second.’

Trevs Christian Union

Presidents: Jack Winterburn and Hannah Hargrave

Contact: jack.winterburn@durham.ac.uk and hannah.hargrave@durham.ac.uk

Trevs CU exists to make Jesus known to Trevs. We meet together weekly to remind each other, from the Bible, about the greatest news in the world and to pray that we would live more in the light of it. This news is so amazing that we try to share it with the rest of college. We believe we have all shunned God by living primarily for ourselves, but God loved us so much that he sent his own son Jesus to die in our place so that we can have relationship with him, and spend eternity with him. We’d love to chat or try to answer any questions you have.

 Stitch ‘N’ Bitch Society

 President: Shini Karandawala

Contact: rushini.karandawala@dur.ac.uk

Stitch ‘N’ Bitch is Trevs’ knitting and crafts society.  No prior experience is necessary, we welcome beginners! Meetings happen on a weekly basis and we have socials once a term. As well as concentrating on our own projects we do pieces as a group too, and there’s no need to worry if you don’t have materials, we have enough to go around. Delicious refreshments are also a feature of our meetings so come along and we can get down to the knitty-gritty!