If you would like to join us, or have any membership-related queries, please email our Membership Secretary, Robin Hartland, at streathamchoral@gmail.com to express your interest. Please ensure that you have liaised with Robin (to check whether there is space in the section you wish to join) prior to attending any rehearsals.
We sing from scores, rather than by ear, and perform a range of SATB choral music - from J. S. Bach through to Rutter. We do not audition, and you can try us out for two weeks before signing up for the term.
Choir information
Rehearsals
From 7.30 to 9.30 pm on Monday evenings (break around 8.30 pm)
Rehearsal Venue
St. Leonard's Church, Tooting Bec Gardens, London SW16 1HS
Subscription rates: https://www.streathamchoral.com/202425-subs
term dates 2024/25
Autumn term:
Starts on: 2 September 2024
Reconvened AGM to approve the accounts: TBC
Additional Saturday rehearsal: 12 October 2024
Autumn performance: 9 November 2024
🎄 Christmas rehearsals start: 11 November 2024
🎄 Christmas performances: 14 December 2024 (matinee and evening)
Spring term:
Starts on: 6 January 2025
Come & Sing day: 25 January 2025
Additional Saturday rehearsal: 22 February 2025
Spring performance: 5 April 2025 (in Southwark Cathedral!)
Summer term:
Starts on: 28 April 2025
Summer performance: 5 July 2025
2024/25 AGM: TBC
Tour rehearsals: TBC
2025 tour: TBC
ATTENDANCE
To sing in a concert you normally need to have attended at least two thirds of the rehearsals and the “sound check” rehearsal on the day.
Concert dress
Smart and black
“I hadn’t sung with a choir for over 15 years and was looking for somewhere to sing which was well-organised and professional, but also friendly and laid back. I have been made welcome since the first moment I showed up and it is a pleasure to sing with them and enjoy a few drinks together afterwards.”
“I was missing music in my life; the joy of creating it to be precise, rather than simply listening to it. What I hoped to find in that first rehearsal was a chance to sing, with people who did it for fun first, and precision second! I’m delighted I came along, and five rehearsals (and pub gatherings!) later, I’m making fantastic music with talented and welcoming people. I didn’t get what I hoped for, I got a whole lot more!”