On 3 September 2025 we will start rehearsing for our December 2025 concert. We will be rehearsing Mendelssohn's Elijah. We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday 3 September and we are planning a twelve-week term concluding with a concert in the Great Hall at UCS on Saturday 6 December. If [...]
Our next season will start with a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah on Saturday 6th December 2025 (date to be confirmed). If you want to get ahead, we will be using the Novello edition. Rehearsals will start on 3rd September 2025. All reherasals will be on Wednesdays other than the week commencing 29th September when the [...]
For our Summer 2025 concert we will be rehearsing the choral arrangement by Donald Fraser of Elgar’s Sea Pictures– a link is provided for those wishing to familiarise themselves with the music (also available on YouTube and Spotify). We will start rehearsals in the Music Lecture Theatre at UCS on Wednesday 23 April 2025 and [...]
Music - make sure you bring all your music every week even if it is not on the rehearsal schedule as Simon often finds time to revise all the music we have learnt to date and to get ahead. Water - a bottle of water helps to keep your vocal chords lubricated A pencil - [...]
YouTube YouTube has a wide range of performances and practice aids. For some of the more popular works, there are recordings of each voice part with the sheet music moving along with the music. For other works, there are loads of recordings (some better than others!). If you want to view some of the YouTube [...]