Welcome to Stroud Choral Society. We’re one of the oldest amateur choirs in the country, performing in front of audiences in Stroud and beyond since 1834.
With around 120 members in the adult choir, we aim to present at least four concerts a year, in Stroud, Cirencester, Nailsworth, Minchinhampton and other venues. Recent performances include Handel's Messiah (November 2022) and Bach's St John Passion (March 2023).
Our thriving Children's Choir (the Minpins) and Youth Choir offer their own programme of concerts. They also join the adult choir for Christmas and other concerts. We are now busy rehearsing for our summer concert, which brings together adults, children and youth choirs.
Adult choir rehearsals are on Monday evenings, normally held in the Music Hall at Marling School, Stroud, starting at 7.30pm.
To find out more about the choir, membership, our programme or our children and youth choirs, please contact us at stroudchoral@gmail.com.
To apply to join the choir please look at the Contact Details - Join Us pages.
If you are already a choir member, you can access the (password protected) Members pages for more detailed information.
You can also find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/stroudchoral
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 17th June at 7pm, Holy Trinity Church, Minchinhampton
Our summer concert will feature our Children's Choir (Minpins) and our Youth Choir.
We will be performing:
Alexander L'Estrange:
Zimbe! Come Sing the Songs of Africa
Bob Chilcott: Songs and Cries of London Town
Bob Chilcott: A Little Jazz Mass
Bob Chilcott: Three Riddles
Ticket prices: Adults £15; 12-18s £5; Under 12s Free
Tickets available from:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/stroud-choral-society
Or from M&B Minchinhampton, Shiny Goodness Nailsworth and at the Door
SOME MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
We will be performing:
Mendelssohn's Elijah
Saturday 18th November 2023
St John Baptist, Cirencester
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The Minpins will join us for our:
Christmas Concert
Friday 15th December 2023
Venue to be confirmed
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Looking ahead to 2024, we will perform:
Michael Haydn's Requiem
Joseph Haydn's Nelson Mass
Saturday 16th March 2024
St John Baptist, Cirencester
Listen to one of our recordings of the lovely
Cantique de Jean Racine by Fauré
Youth choirs show us how it should be done!
Watch our talented youngsters performing a variety of songs in their summer concert recorded on YouTube during the 2021 Covid pandemic. This 30 minute concert is sure to lift your heart and soul!
The children all worked so hard to produce this concert and normally this would have been our main fundraiser of the year, with people paying £10 a ticket to watch. If you feel you are able to make a donation to secure the future of the choir we would be very grateful. Thank you.
Stroud Choral Society
Stroud Choral Society
Stroud Choral Society was founded in 1834 and is one of the oldest choral societies in Britain. However, we are always moving with the times and in recent years have formed both a children’s choir - The Minpins - and a youth choir. Both groups have their own concert programme, and occasionally sing with us, too.
Our repertoire in recent years has included Beethoven's Mass in C, Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, Dvorak’s Requiem, the Verdi Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Mendelssohn's Judas Maccabeus and Handel's Messiah.
Want to know more or possibly sing with us? Please visit the Contact Details page.
The Next Generation
Stroud Choral Society is proud to have two youth choirs under its umbrella: The Minpins, and Stroud Choral Youth Choir.
Rehearsals take place on Tuesday evenings during term time in Nailsworth. For further information about either choir, please contact: