Rossini Petite Messe Solenelle

W A Mozart Missa Brevis in C

Songs of War and Peace

Our rehearsals for the Christmas Concert start on Thursday September 6th 2018. New members are always welcome.

This competition is open to 11 to 18 year olds that are Grade 5 level at their instrument. There is a £200 prize towards their musical development for the winner and an opportunity to perform at an Alcester Singers concert. For more details on how to enter visit the Young Musician page on this website.

Come and support our future talent - tickets £3 on the night.

The programme will include "O Come Emmanuel" by Alan Bullard as well as traditional Christmas Carols and Music.

Magnificats by C.P.E. Bach, Pergolesi and John Rutter

Come to hear four talented local Young Musicians perform, these include a BBC Young Musician competition finalist and two members of the National Youth Orchestra. Tickets £8 (under 14's free).

An opportunity to take part in a day of singing, learning songs from scratch and an evening performance to friends and family. More details to follow soon, email events@alcestersingers.co.uk for more information.

The Alcester Singers Young Musician Competition. Entries should be made no later than 8^th November using the forms available on the website. Open to all to come and enjoy hearing talented local young musicians perform, £3 a ticket.

The choir will be performing the Christmas Cantata by Geoffrey Bush with soprano Katie Leaver taking the soloist role. The programme will also include traditional Christmas carols and festive songs! The perfect start to your Christmas season.

An opportunity to hear beautiful works by Mozart and Haydn in the wonderful setting of the parish church. Superb professional soloists will accompany the choir in performances of the Nelson Mass by Haydn and the Mozart Requiem.

An opportunity to hear the fabulous Messiah by Handel in the wonderful setting of Alcester's parish church. Superb professional soloists will accompany the choir in the performance of extracts from this amazing piece of music, featuring the Hallelujah chorus.

Alcester Singers will perform Britten's Ceremony of Carols accompanied by a harp and Katie Leaver singing soprano solo. A selection of other carols and festive songs also to be performed. Tickets £10, under 14's free. Please email events@alcestersingers.co.uk for further information.

The choir will perform the Mozart Requiem with four professional soloists, and Haydn's Te Deum in C.

Alcester Singers Christmas concert: the choir will perform O Come, Emanuel a work composed by Alan Bullard in 2013. This is a advent celebration which includes readings and some familiar tunes. There will also be a selection of festive songs and carols performed which the audience are invited to join the choir in singing too.

Alcester Singers are joined by four professional soloists to perform Handel's Messiah accompanied by organ and trumpet. Tickets £15 available from Humphries Shoes, High Street, Alcester (cash only) or on the door. Under 14's free of charge.

Following our summer break rehearsals restart on 7th September, we welcome new singers to come along and give it a try. No auditions, just come and sing!

The choir are delighted to be holding their Young Musicians competition this year after a three year break. This is a wonderful opportunity to spend an evening listening to talented local young people performing and is open to all to come along. The competition has a new venue this year at St Benedict's Sixth Form centre.

Full details of how to enter are available on the Young Musician page of our website.

Our Christmas Concert will be an opportunity to enjoy some wonderful Christmas music performed by the choir along side professional soloists soprano Katie Leaver and baritone Paul Mocroft, including In Terra Pax by Finzi. There will also be familiar seasonal favourites and the opportunity to sing along with well know Christmas carols. The concert starts at 4pm, a perfect start to the Christmas season.

The choir will be joined by soprano soloist Katie Leaver and baritone soloist Paul Mocroft as well as a string quintet and Colin Druce on the organ to perform a programme that has been planned to reflect that 2024 is the 100th anniversary of the death of both Gabriel Faure and Charles Villiers Stanford.

Concert Programme:
Faure's Requiem
Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure)
Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams)
The Blue Bird (Stanford)

Rehearsals resume after the summer break; 7:30 - 9pm.

Come and join us for our Christmas concert featuring works by Chilcott and Britten for which the choir will be accompanied by harpist Emily Hopper. There will also be a selection of festive songs and carols; interval refreshments will include mince pies. Tickets go on sale on a month before the concert and are £10 (under 14’s free).

Rehearsals restart following the Christmas break; 7:30-9pm.

Our spring concert will feature the Vivaldi Gloria and the Eternal Light Requiem by Howard Goodall. The choir will be joined by three professional soloists and a small instrumental ensemble.