Chesterton Choral Society
Chesterton Choral Society is an amateur mixed choir about fifty strong, based in Chesterton, Cambridge. It originally drew its membership primarily from the Chesterton area of Cambridge and still has strong local roots, although choir members are now increasingly drawn from a wider area in Cambridgeshire.
The choir is currently growing and looking forward to its 50th anniversary in 2014.
Photo: Courtesy Don
Flory
Music and repertoire
The range of music performed by the choir varies widely from 'serious' choir music (in the past two years we have performed choral pieces by Mozart, Rutter's Magnificat, and Mendelssohn's Elijah) to Victorian and Edwardian ballads and part songs, madrigals, folk songs, seasonal music, arrangements of 'standards' and songs from the shows.
We are very fortunate to have the arranging skills and diverse musical interests of our musical director, Quintus Benziger, who contributes many arrangements to our repertoire.
Rehearsals and concerts
Rehearsals take place on Monday evenings from 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.
Charity event in 2008
As a special event in 2008, we joined the Cambridge Concert Orchestra for a Grand Charity Concert in Cambridge Guildhall, which included 'Be Still, my Soul' from Sibelius' Finlandia, and a selection from 'My Fair Lady'.
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.
We are a non-profit organisation and regularly contribute to charities.
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