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Spring 2023 – Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle

For our Spring 2023 programme, we will be performing Rossini's delightful Petite Messe Solonnelle.  We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on 11 January 2023 and we are planning a ten-week term concluding with a concert on 25 March 2023.  The ten-week term will have a one-week break for half-term on [...]

By |2023-04-05T10:17:58+00:00December 26th, 2022|2022-2023, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spring 2023 – Rossini Petite Messe Solonnelle

2022 – 2023 Season

If you are thinking about joining us when the new choir year begins in the Autumn, the term will start on 14 September, and we will be singing Vivaldi's wonderful Gloria and Haydn's ‘Maria Theresa’ Mass (Theresienmesse).  We expect that our end of term concert will be in late November/early December in the Great Hall [...]

By |2023-04-05T10:18:55+00:00May 30th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 2022 – 2023 Season

In Memoriam – John Bradbury

John Bradbury, who founded Hampstead Chorus as the UCS Centenary Choir in 2008, sadly died on 27 November 2021.  Our sing-through of Bach's Christmas Oratorio, a piece we sang with John in 2009, was dedicated to his memory.   John Bradbury with Simon Walton at our 10 year anniversary concert in 2018 John was born [...]

By |2021-12-10T16:13:08+00:00November 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In Memoriam – John Bradbury

Rehearsals at UCS to resume

We are pleased to announce that, after an extensive review of the risks and other issues, Hampstead Chorus intends to resume in-person rehearsals at UCS after half-term on 3 November 2021. Providing there is no adverse change in the development of the virus or in Government regulations/advice, we plan to continue through to the end [...]

By |2021-12-10T18:18:50+00:00October 19th, 2021|Autumn 2021 - Bach, COVID-19, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rehearsals at UCS to resume

Social distancing and related matters – an update

We hope you have been enjoying our weekly emails with warm up exercises and Simon’s choices of songs and Choral Classics which we have used as a means of keeping in touch with choir members. Our on-line Zoom sessions have proved popular with those who have participated and we have been pleased by how many [...]

By |2020-12-12T14:59:11+00:00June 16th, 2020|COVID-19, Season 2019 - 2020, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Social distancing and related matters – an update

Summer Choral Weekend, Cambridge – 31 August to 1 September 2019

This event has now taken place.  40 singers spent the weekend in Cambridge, learning a wide variety of pieces from the 15th to 20th centuries.  Keep an eye on this website for details of future workshops and singing weekends Our popular Choral Weekend Workshop was held at Christ’s College [...]

By |2019-09-11T20:56:45+00:00May 11th, 2019|Season 2019 - 2020, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Summer Choral Weekend, Cambridge – 31 August to 1 September 2019

Research into the barriers to joining a choral society? Please help by completing this survey

Making Music is the UK’s number one organisation for leisure-time music, with a membership of over 3,500 groups representing around 190,000 music makers across the UK. The Hampstead Chorus is a member of Making Music and we benefit greatly from their advice (for instance on licensing and gift aid) and their insurance cover for groups [...]

By |2019-03-20T14:52:22+00:00March 20th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Research into the barriers to joining a choral society? Please help by completing this survey

What happens inside when we sing?

This BBC magazine article explores what happens to us when we sing and explores how singing, particularly communally, can benefit our mental health.  It explains how singing can be a form of communication which we can access even when we feel shy or insecure.    

By |2019-03-01T08:46:23+00:00March 1st, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on What happens inside when we sing?

Autumn Term 2018 – Brahms Requiem

Hampstead Chorus's Autumn term will begin on Wednesday 5th September when we will start rehearsing Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (German Requiem), which we will be singing in its original German version.  Our concert, accompanied by professional soloists and orchestra as usual, will be on Saturday 1st December at 7.30pm in the [...]

By |2018-12-01T22:16:59+00:00August 19th, 2018|Season 2018 - 2019, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Autumn Term 2018 – Brahms Requiem

Come and Sing in aid of Marie Curie – 27 January 2018

This event has  now taken place.  Thanks to all those who came to sing or to hear the concert and to the musicians who contributed their time - with your help we raised over £3,000 for Marie Curie. Simon Walton had the following to say about the day: I heard lots of comments from [...]

By |2018-04-20T07:34:26+00:00December 3rd, 2017|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Come and Sing in aid of Marie Curie – 27 January 2018
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