Sing with Choir 2000

Yes, Choir 2000 needs you! Our members come from many communities around Cambridge, especially the local villages of Histon and Impington. If you would like to sing with us, just turn up at a rehearsal - there are no auditions to join the Choir, though being able to read music, even if not very well, is obviously an advantage!

Here is the brochure for the current (2009-10) season . [opens in separate window].

Here are samples from our previous concerts

'Fuga' (Wind) from Suter's 'Le Laudi'( performed June 2009) Transcript [D]

'He sent a thick darkness' from Handel's 'Israel in Egypt'( performed June 2008) Transcript [D]

Gloria from Mozart's Mass in C Minor (performed June 2007) Transcript [D]

If you don't have a program to play sounds files, there are links on our help page to popular sound players.

Becoming a member

There is a basic enrolment fee of £20.00 p.a. at the beginning of the season. Couples who are both members of the choir will only pay a single enrolment fee of £20. New members who join later in the season pay a reduced enrolment fee.

There is also a participation fee of £15.00 (£20.00 summer term only) for each full term of rehearsals and two performances.

For those who pay for the full year in advance there is a £5.00 reduction. In cases of hardship the committee may agree to waive part or all of the participation fees.

Rehearsal schedule

We rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 7.30pm until 10pm at Histon Baptist Church , Station Road (tea/coffee break at 8:45). Our rehearsal venue has access for wheelchair users, toilets for the disabled and ample parking facilities. There is ample free parking and the City 7 City Bus stops outside the Baptist Church.

The current rehearsal schedule is as follows:

• Xmas 2010
  Xmas concert details

  Venue for rehearsal until mid-Novmber 2010

  Please note that due to refurbishment at the Baptist Church, rehearsals for the Xmas concert will be held at Histon Methodist Church, High Street, Histon, CAMBRIDGE CB24 9ES until mid-November 2010. We hope to be back in the (refurbished) Baptist Church after then.

  • September: 29
  • October: 6, 13, 20, 27
  • November:3, 10, 17, 24
  • December: 1, Mon 6, 8,
  • Concerts: Friday December 10 and Saturday December 11
• Lent 2011
  Lent concert details
  • January: 5, 12, 19, 26
  • February: 2,9,16,23
  • March: 2, 9 Mon 14, 16
  • Concerts: Friday March 18 and Saturday March 19
• Summer 2011
  Summer concert details
  • March: 30
  • April: 6 , 13 , 20
  • April 27: no rehearsal
  • May: 4, 11, 18, 25
  • June: 1, 8, 15, 22, Mon 27, 29
  • July: Sun 3 afternoon rehearsal West Road
  • Concerts: Saturday July 2 and Sunday July 3

Contacts

Choir Co-ordinator:
Beatrix Bown
Secretary:
Anne Dover
Treasurer:
Andrew Goldsbrough

• Email: info2000@choir2000.org

Choral workshops

If you would like to sing with the choir, but don't want to make a weekly commitment to do so just yet, you might consider coming along to one of our choral workshops. Dates of forthcoming workshops are posted on the Forthcoming Events page, or you can email info2000@choir2000.org for details.

Recent workshops have been led by the choir's Honorary President, John Rutter , David Hill and former King's Singer Bob Chilcott. See our "Past Events" page for further details.