Christmas Treats

We asked our lovely members to see if we could make the table groan with Christmas treats to donate to the Shoreham food bank. Well, they came up trumps. Not just one table, but three! This was our annual collection for the food bank and they specifically asked us for Christmas treats. We were happy …

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Christmas Concert

We are all still buzzing from our successful benefit concert for St Mary’s last Saturday. If you missed it, (where were you?), here is a link to a recording on YouTube, courtesy of our lovely MD Lucia. However, our attention is now fully on our Christmas Concert. This will be a great start to the …

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Fauré Requiem

We will be performing 2 concerts this term. On Armistice Weekend (8th November), our 60-strong Shoreham Oratorio Choir will sing the iconic Fauré Requiem with professional soloists delivering the wonderful “Pie Jesu” and “Libera Me Domine”. This is a benefit concert for the venue, St Mary De Haura, Shoreham-by-Sea. Join us for an evening of …

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Summer Concert

Save the date for our summer concert! An afternoon of choral music featuring Byrd, Purcell, Wesley, Parry, Elgar and our very own Tim Nail. We will also be singing a selection of madrigals by Farmer, Bennet, Gibbons, Greaves, Jones, Morley and Weelkes. We are delighted to have Jordan Theis joining us as our guest conductor …

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A chance to experience some beautiful music

We had another fantastic concert on April 12th in St Mary de Haura. We were singing with a small chamber ensemble, and with the organ accompanying us for Gounod’s St Cecilia Mass. It makes such a difference to perform these kinds of pieces with an ensemble, even if just chamber. The soloists, Rose, Quito and …

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And last but not least …

… we have Dominic Felts joining us as the bass soloist. Dominic Felts is a Bass-Baritone from Lincolnshire and alumnus of Trinity Laban Conservatoire, graduating with Distinction from the Master of Music (Vocal Studies) programme in 2023. A versatile young singer, Dominic is equally at home performing solo in recital and oratorio, on stage in …

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Quito Clothier – tenor

Quito Clothier is also joining us for the first time in our Easter Choral Concert. Quito Clothier is a tenor from Hampshire, England, currently working in London. He is currently a choral scholar at St-Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James’s Church, Piccadilly. Before that, he spent three years singing with the Choir of St. Luke’s, Chelsea under …

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Welcome back to Rose Rands

We are very happy to be welcoming Rose Rands back to sing with us at our next concert. Those who came to our Christmas concert will know what a joy it was to listen to her wonderful voice. Kiwi-British soprano Rose Rands graduated from RWCMD with MMus (distinction), after receiving philosophy degrees from Oxford University …

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Easter Choral Concert

Don’t miss our wonderful Easter Choral Concert on Saturday, April 12th at 7.30pm. Schubert’s Mass in G plus the glorious Gounod “St Cecilia Mass” from which you will recognise the “Sanctus“. It’s shaping up to be an exciting choral concert from our 65-strong Shoreham Oratorio Choir. In the capable hands of our Musical Director Lucia …

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A little taste of our music-making

We are a very friendly, 60-strong, non-audition choir. New members are always welcome, especially basses and tenors. We perform traditional and contemporary classical choral pieces. Our two soloists, Arina Mkrtchian and Rose Rands, arranged a recording of our Christmas concert. Have a listen and see what you think. If that has inspired you to try …

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