We're an ambitious chamber choir who work together to explore interesting music, grow our musical skills and put on enjoyable performances. Our rehearsals have a friendly and supportive atmosphere, with a focus on interpretation, ensemble skills and singing technique. When it comes to learning music, we like to hit the ground running, so we're after singers who have good sight-reading skills or who are happy to familiarise themselves with the notes on their own time.
Music We enjoy performing a wide variety of repertoire with a focus on unusual, new or challenging music (often all three!). We regularly perform new commissions - many of which are written by our musical director, and award-winning composer, Janet Wheeler, as well as local composers Sarah Cattley and Andrew Bruce.
Details We rehearse on Wednesday evenings 7.30-9.30pm during term time in Saffron Walden, a market town 15 miles south of Cambridge and 12 miles north of Bishop's Stortford. We perform 4-5 concerts per year in Cambridge, Saffron Walden, and the surrounding areas. We host 'singing days' roughly once a year, which are a great opportunity to tackle new repertoire, spend time together and eat lots of cake. Singers pay subscriptions which normally amount to £30-40 per concert. We do not want subscriptions to be a barrier to participation, and are always open to conversations about manageable adjustments to subs.
