City Chorus is a friendly choir that performs regularly in beautiful churches in the city. Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays, 6.15-8.15pm at the NatWest building, 1 Princes Street, right next to Bank station (Exit 1).
We welcome new singers in all voice ranges. If you are enthusiastic, have a good, true voice, and can attend rehearsals regularly, then come and give us a try! Best of all, there are no auditions*: some choral singing experience and music-reading ability would be an advantage, but is not essential, as all works to be performed are thoroughly rehearsed over the course of each term. Wherever possible we make recordings or sound files available to help with the learning process; and we also offer opportunities for individual vocal tuition with guest singing teachers. At least one piece per concert is performed from memory, and we perform in a wide range of styles and languages.
Our next open evening is on April 20th as we prepare our summer concert "Around the World in Eighty Minutes". We'll be learning English madrigals and Hungarian folksongs, American spirituals and a new piece from Korean composer Sue Jin Sung. Get your tongue round songs in Samoan, Spanish, Latin and Arabic, and round off the evening with free food and drink inspired by a similarly multi-national theme.
The musical director of the choir is Paul Ayres, who also conducts the London College of Music Chamber Choir and the Walbrook Singers. He is associate accompanist of the Crouch End Festival Chorus, and works extensively as a composer and arranger.
For more information or to join the choir, contact our membership secretary Rosie Marciniak : 01923 283 179
Full details of dates and times of rehearsals can be found on our "Members Page".
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The annual subscription is currently £95 (£55 concessionary rate), payable in January. If you are a UKtaxpayer you can Gift Aid your subscription, which benefits Choir funds. If you are only able to sing for one concert,the fee is £45 (£25 concessionary rate). Members are also expected to buy a minimum of two tickets for each concert.
For more information about membership contact our Membership Secretary, Rosie at membership@citychorus.info
Musical Director: Paul Ayres Accompanist: Philip Shannon
*membership of City Chorus is open to all, without audition, at the discretion of the musical director
