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Nayland Choir is a registered charity, number 1216038

Our upcoming concert – tickets available now from naylandevents.org

Our Summer concert

‘A Night at the Opera’ – from Handel to Queen

Friday 26th June

Doors open and bar available from 6.30pm, light supper from 7.00 pm, concert from 7.30 pm

Tickets £18/ £5 for under 18s (includes light supper)  

Tickets will be available in May. As we are unable to sell further tickets via naylandevents.org, please check on this website from the beginning of June for details of where to purchase tickets.

Come and Sing: Musical Postcards

Come and Sing with us on Saturday 18th July!

This is an open invitation for anyone who wishes to join us for a day of singing. Maybe you haven’t sung in a choir since school. Maybe you would like to sing with a choir but don’t have the time for a regular commitment. Maybe you are thinking of joining us would like to find out more about what makes Nayland choir so special. Maybe you’re already in Nayland Choir or any other choir and just want a bit more singing in your life…

Whatever your circumstances, if you can follow along on a musical score (you don’t need to sing from sight), you would be very welcome. Run by Nayland Choir, our musical director, Emma Bishton, will lead the day and our regular accompanist, Mary Blanchard, will be playing for us.

Why ‘Musical Postcards’? As it will be Summer holiday season, we will be singing songs linked to places around the UK and beyond, in a mixture of musical genres and styles.

How will the day be organised? We will start at 10.00 am, there will be breaks for lunch and coffee. We will finish with an informal performance (which friends and family can attend) at 3.30 pm, finishing at 4.00 pm.

How much will it cost? Tickets will be £15.00. This includes tea/ coffee and cake but you will need to bring lunch (or buy it locally) and water.

Tickets will be available from June but you may email us at naylandchoir@gmail.com to register your interest and we will then email you details of ticket sales once they become available.

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Happy New Year!

Our first rehearsal of the new year will be on Thursday 8th January at Nayland school hall from 8 – 10 pm. We look forward to welcoming back our regular singers and anyone new who wishes to join us.

Although the back door will be open as usual, the front door of the school will also be open from 7.50 – 8.00 to help people avoid the dark car park and path.

This term’s music for our next concert on Sunday 29th March in St. James’ Church, will be Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Credo and Haydn’s Missa Brevis, and we will be accompanied once again by a group of musicians.

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Happy Christmas

Thank you to those of you who came to our most recent concert on 7th December; we hope you enjoyed our mix of winter and Christmas music.

Our next concert will be on Sunday 29th March, featuring Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, Vivaldi’s Credo and Haydn’s Missa Brevis. If you would like to join us, do come along to our next rehearsal at Nayland Primary School on Thursday 8th January at 8pm or email naylandchoir@gmail.com .

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Autumn 2024: Winter Solstice Concert

This term we’re working towards a concert on December 15th in Nayland Village Hall with a solstice theme – music from across four centuries to take us from darkness to light. We’ll sing another work by Sarah Quartel, whose music we have been enjoying exploring over the last year, alongside some choral classics by Barber, Lauridsen and Tallis – music that by turn evokes stillness or wakening!

Rehearsals start again on Thursday, September 12th at Nayland Primary School.

Everyone is welcome whether you’re new to singing in parts or an experienced singer – do come and try us out!

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Shakespeare in Song

If music be the food of love, play on.

We continue our 30th anniversary celebrations with a programme of music inspired by Shakespeare – varying from jazzy settings of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by George Shearing, classical settings of songs from his plays, and familiar tunes from two re-tellings of Shakespeare plays: Kiss Me Kate and West Side Story. As has become our tradition, the summer concert will follow a well-tried recipe: Music, Food and Wine!

Rehearsals start Thursday 25th April, 8pm in Nayland School Hall. Everyone is welcome whether you’re new to singing in parts or an experienced singer – do come and try us out!

The concert will be performed on Friday 5th July.