The Choir
Chesterton Choral Society
is an amateur mixed choir based in Chesterton, Cambridge, which celebrated
its 40th anniversary in 2004, and originally drew its membership
primarily from the Chesterton area of Cambridge. It still has strong
local roots although members are now increasingly drawn from a wider area in
Cambridgeshire. The choir currently has about 40 members.
Aims of the Choir
The aims of the choir are
‘Learning and singing choral works and light music to a good
standard for the enjoyment of members and their audiences’ with the
emphasis firmly on enjoyment.
Music
The range of music
performed varies widely from ‘serious’ choral music –
Choral Music by Mozart, choral version of Bizet's Carmen and Vivaldi's
Gloria in the last 18 months – to Victorian and Edwardian
ballads and part songs, madrigals, folk songs, seasonal music, arrangements
of ‘standards’ and songs from the shows.
Rehearsals and concerts
Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings 7.30-9.30
at Chesterton Methodist Church, Green
End Road, Chesterton, Cambridge CB4 1RW.
The choir currently works to a three-term programme
with a concert at the end of each term. In addition, the choir likes to give
concerts e.g. in residential homes or as fund-raising events or for
charitable purposes.
Join us
The
choir always welcomes new singers (no audition required), although the need
at the moment is particularly for tenors and basses.
Anyone interested in joining the choir is invited
to contact the Chair or Secretary and to come along
to a few rehearsals to try out the choir before deciding whether to join.
Subscriptions are currently £40.00 per year.
