#EarBox: lunchtime concert at Studio 3 Gallery this Friday
The University Chamber Choir is busy preparing for its annual concert in the Crypt of Canterbury Cathedral on Friday 3 March, and as a curtain-raiser the choir will perform in the sonorous acoustic of...
View ArticleIt’s oh so quiet…
The Chamber Choir resumed rehearsals earlier this week, having had a break over Easter; the choir is preparing for two performances in June as part of Summer Music Week, the Music department’s annual...
View ArticleIn review: Matt Cooke on the Sing for Pleasure conducting course
Each year, thanks to the generous support of one of our musical alumnus benefactors, we send the in-coming student assistant conductor of the University Chamber Choir on a course, ahead of facing the...
View ArticleO that we were there…
Congratulations to the University Chamber Choir, which sang as part of last night’s University Carol Service. Image: Matt Wilson / University of Kent Amidst a Cathedral plunged into darkness, lit only...
View ArticleBetween two worlds: O Vos Omnes by Sarah Rimkus
The University Chamber Choir is forever tackling contemporary works as it develops its repertoire for the annual Crypt Concert, and this year includes the haunting O Vos Omnes by the American composer,...
View ArticleNew year, new Chamber Choir
With two days of auditions over, this year’s University Chamber Choir is underway and preparing for a particularly busy calendar of performing commitments throughout the course of this academic year....
View ArticleThe fifth element: Blest are the Pure in Heart by James Webb
As part of its programme of contemporary works this year, the University Chamber Choir has been developing Blest are the Pure in Heart, a strikingly colourful anthem by James Webb published by...
View ArticleBetween Worlds: first rehearsal with the composer
Amongst its many performing commitments this year, the University Chamber Choir is busy preparing a new piece being written especially for the choir and ensemble by Deal-based composer and performer,...
View ArticleSweet singing in the Choir: Chamber Choir at the University Carol Service
There was a special atmosphere in the Cathedral last night, the annual University Carol Service which brings over a thousand members of the university community together each December. A packed and...
View ArticleBack to singing again! Although somewhat differently…
It was a relief this week to resume rehearsals; the concert-hall has been silent since March, but, for the first time, choral rehearsals for the University Chamber and Cecilian Choirs resumed –...
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