We finished our spring term off in style with a rehearsal in a new venue! Thanks to everyone who came and took part – we had a fun time afterwards in a different local too!
Rehearsal dates for the summer term will follow soon – in the meantime, do check out some ‘save the dates’ on the calendar page.
How on earth has it got to March already?!
We’ve been working on a varied range of music this term and we should have lots of new songs to sing in the summer.
To end this term though, we’re going to do an ‘Away Rehearsal’ in neighbouring Peckham followed by some suitable refreshments! Have a look at our calendar page for more details – friends and family are welcome!
Best wishes to everyone for a very happy and exciting 2025.
Our first rehearsal back will be on Tuesday 14th January – see you then!
After a great start to December, singing for the Camberwell Advent Calendar project, we hit a storm! Alas – what was going to be an awesome outside Christmassy event on Camberwell Green ended up being an inside Christmassy event in St Giles’ due to Strom Darragh. Still – we had a great time combining choirs with the children of Lyndhurst Primary School – and everyone enjoyed it. Mr and Mrs Claus seemed suitably impressed!
Next up was Carol’s ’round Camberwell which boosted our charity coffers. In total, we raised £544 which will be split between Ella’s (a charity which works with women that have been exploited / trafficked) and Make it possible Ukraine (an organisation which provides amazing opportunities to displaced children in Ukraine).
Here’s our traditional singing around the gnarled tree – and somehow, 40 of us or so fitting into the Hermit’s Cave Pub!
Finally, many of us sang at Carols by Candlelight in St Giles’ Church. Many have said this was the best carol service yet – you can even have a watch on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YObXB1Emec&t=858s
Thank you so much for your support this December and see you in 2025!
Check out the calendar for upcoming events! 🎄🎄🎄
… but we performed at two awesome events in November.
First up was our Rutter Requiem and English songs performance which went so well. We’re apparently responsible for some of the kids from Lyndhurst Primary School who came to see us wanting to sing Vaughan Williams songs! And then of course, our ‘Choir in the Crypt’ night. What can we say other than the quality of our soloists and groups was absolutely outstanding if we don’t say so ourselves. And we had such a good time! On to December…!
We’re so excited to be performing our first concert of the autumn on Sunday 10th November! For tickets and more information, visit the link below:
https://www.liveatstgiles.com/events/nov24-rutters-requiem-concert
Choir is back up and running again – and we’re going to be in mock choral society mode this half of term as we learn Rutter’s fantastic Requiem!
It’s a hefty piece and we’re looking forward to welcoming some instrumentalists / soloists when we perform it in November at an autumn-inspired concert.
There’s lots of rehearsals in the meantime though and it should be fun! See the calendar page for more details.
We had such a fun end to our summer this year! Our silent film night, featuring ‘Blackmail’ from 1929 went down so well and this year, we had a fabulous 1920’s-style dance band to accompany us. A Hitchcock film never sounded so good!
After the murders and treachery in Blackmail, our next gig was a little bit more family friendly. We were delighted to take part in the second week of the Camberwell Feel Good Festival in Ruskin Park. Singing in a bandstand is always fun!
Thank you to everyone who has come along and joined in at some point this term. That’s it now for the summer – but we’ll be back in September for more singing!
Rehearsals have started again and our diary is already starting to fill up with a silent film to accompany, a gig on a bandstand and a summer picnic sing. Keep checking our calendar page for the latest updates!
Camberwell Community Choir 