After a month that has been dominated by RVW's Sea Symphony for the City of Southampton Orchestra's Titanic commemoration concert, April 11^th marks an end to my almost complete obsession with concert arrangements. Until the next concert. Or, indeed, the workshop, which is less than a month away, now.

A couple of singers jovially enquired yesterday what on earth I would do with my time today. I refer them to my neglected 'To Do' list, which would now be several pages long, had I been paying a little more attention to it over the past four weeks. Work on it this morning has been painfully slow, however, as RVW was in bed with me last night and wouldn't leave me alone. But what an experience it was to take part in that concert! The orchestra played their socks off; the chorus responded with a con belto performance, where required; at several moments, John Traill looked to me as though he were quite enjoying conducting us all!

A great deal of effort and thought went into the whole event. The CSO's team were wonderfully responsive.  And the orchestra and chorus worked really hard, too. A number of people from Taunton's Community Choir have said how they enjoyed being "stretched", and how much confidence this experience has given them – but that it has been demanding. I think most of us feel that way! Several singers from Basingstoke Choral Society made the commute to attend almost every one of the joint rehearsals, and one singer came all the way from Belfast to take part in the concert. Yes, pretty demanding.

One of the major bonuses of this whole event has been working with fellow music-makers from other organisations on such a grand scale. It's been good for the choir to get to know, and work alongside, singers from both the SPC and from the other choirs over the past few weeks  – and some of the orchestra, too. I reckon I can speak for all the SPC taking part when I say that it's been a pleasure.

Now, where did I put that list...