About 120 singers from all over the SE enjoyed a splendid Choral Workshop led by Ralph Allwood, former Director of Music at Eton College, culminating in a performance of an abridged version of Mendelssohn’s Elijah.     Come and enjoy a choral workshop culminating in an performance of an abridged version of Mendelssohn’s Elijah lead […]

Carol Singing at The Meadows, Camberley Charity collections for Thames Hospice Care 9th December 2013, 7pm Members Social @ 8.15, Wellington Arms, Sandhurst

Monday 24th June 2013, 7pm onwards Hosted by Wizz Andreae at Eversley For more information 01344 778185

Monday 25th June 2012, 7.30pm A good time was had by all at our summer social in Malcolm and Teresa’s garden – and how lucky we were that the weather stayed fine for us, after days of rain. [galleria transition=”slide” speed=”3000″ enable=”image_crop,show_imagenav,pause_on_interaction,lightbox”] [image title=”Summer Social 2012″ alt=”Summer Social 2012″]http://79.170.44.112/ccs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dsc01169.jpg[/image] [image title=”Summer Social 2012″ alt=”Summer Social […]

Saturday 28th, January 2012 10am-5pm Hosted by the composer, Bob Chilcott at Wellington College This extremely successful choral day was a sellout event both for the singers who came to join us, all 135 of them, and the great supporters who came to the evening concert. http://www.bobchilcott.com/bio.html [galleria transition=”slide” speed=”3000″ enable=”show_imagenav,pause_on_interaction,lightbox”] [image title=”Bob Chilcott Choral […]

For copies of our CD, recorded in Wellington College Chapel in February 2009, (price £5), please contact the Secretary.

A large percentage of the CCS went for a short weekend to Lille, 20 & 21 October 2007, sang in both the Eglise de St. Maurice and the Notre Dame cathedral and enjoyed a Saturday evening meal at the Flore restaurant. [galleria transition=”slide” speed=”3000″ enable=”show_imagenav,pause_on_interaction,lightbox”] [image title=”Lille Cathedral Tour 2007″ alt=”Lille Cathedral Tour 2007″]http://www.crowthornechoral.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Church_Performance.jpg[/image] [image […]

Our first foray abroad! We sang a programme of Russian and English music in St Salvator Cathedral and Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (The Church of Our Lady), which was enthusiastically received by large audiences. There was plenty of time for sightseeing and socialising too – boat trips on the canals, visiting the brewery, climbing the bell tower, sampling […]

Commissioned by Guy Wilson, Master of the Royal Armouries, Britain’s oldest national museum, The Armed Man was concieved, initially, as a Millennium project but was dedicated by the composer to the victims of Kosovo. A marching army merges into reflections on Islamic and Christian calls to prayer, but a menacing Sanctus leads to war and […]

“RUSSIAN CHORAL MASTERPIECES” Selected and edited by Ralph Allwood Mother of God and Virgin, Arvo Part Blessed is the man from All-night vigil, Op.37 Sergey Rachmaninov Come, let us worship from All-night vigil, Op.37 Sergey Rachmaninov The Cherubic Hymm from Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op.41 Pyotr Tchaikovsky We sing to Thee from Liturgy of […]

During a visit to Cairo in 1969, on the citadel hill overlooking the Nile, Fanshawe conceived the idea of a western choir accompanying Islamic Muezzins as a work in “Praise to One God”. With tape-recorder, rucksack and camera, hitching lifts (often by camel) he first travelled from Cairo to Khartoum and then west to the […]

Works by G. Gabrieli (In Ecclesiis) and Monteverdi (Beatus Vir and two motets). Sessions in Vocal Techniques led by John Holloway Sectional Music Rehearsals led by John Holloway and Simon Dinsdale Vocal Coaching (limited spaces) led by Eileen Pinkarchevski A talk on Venice by Fran Saltmarsh The day will end with a short concert in […]