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Only the best for our 40th anniversary season…

We chose at the start of our anniversary season to share in 2009’s celebration of Handel’s and Purcell’s anniversaries. Our November concert presented particularly uplifting performances of Handel’s ‘Dixit Dominus’ and a selection of Purcell’s anthems. Our Christmas music making took on a definite touch of class, the highlight of which for many members of the choir was being served champagne at The Ritz. We had just provided one and half hour’s seasonal music for the guests as they took tea in the exquisite surroundings of the Palm Court and, we have to admit, had built up quite a thirst for the bubbly. Having decided that we’d happily become accustomed to this lifestyle, we swiftly received an invitation to return next year and this time to sing on more than one evening. We promised we’d be back!

And when it’s warm again and the sun shines…

In the summer we turn to five masters of British music from the 20th Century- Britten, Tippett, Vaughan Williams, John Rutter and Jonathan Dove. Five is a number that re-occurs in titles too - Tippett’s Five Spirituals, Britten’s Five Flower Songs, Rutter’s Five Childhood Lyrics and Five Traditional Songs. Also in the programme is Vaughan Williams great Serenade to Music and Dove’s ‘Passing of the Year’. The concert is on 26 June.

Our new CD

Our latest CD is full of favourite songs of the 20th century including those by George Gershwin and Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and Richard Rogers, all arranged superbly for choral forces. The CD costs £10.00 and will be available at all our concerts. If you would like a copy and can’t get to a concert see the details on our recordings page.


Vacancies for Singers

We have a fascinating and busy season of music making ahead and if you are a good singer or know someone who is, we have vacancies for sopranos and basses. Do contact our Chairman Jack Foster on 01372 813021.

ABOUT THE CHOIR

We are a choir of about 35 voices based in Epsom, Surrey where we give at least six major concerts each year, mostly in our regular venue of St Martin's Church.

Our repertoire encompasses composers as different as 'Fats' Waller and Arvo Pärt and pieces that have just been written as well as the classics.

Amongst our many engagements we help the National Trust to raise funds at Clandon Park and from time to time sing Evensong in cathedrals such as St Paul's, Winchester, Southwark, Ely and, most recently, St Alban's in May 2009.

We also tour abroad. In May 2008 we visited Lille where we sang in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Treille.

The choir has won Enterprise Awards on three occasions from the Performing Right Society.

Epsom Chamber Choir, which was formed in 1969, is a Registered Charity number 1026721 and is affiliated to Making Music.

We belong to gerontius.net the website for choirs. Search gerontius.net for choirs or concerts in the Kingston-on-Thames (KT) post code area. We also advertise our concerts on www.wherecanwego.com's What's On Guide and concert-diary.com.

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