Approaching its 50th Anniversary Season in 2027-28, Leicestershire Chorale maintains its status as ‘one of the leading chamber choirs in the English Midlands’ (Choir & Organ Magazine 2013).
Through interesting and innovative programming, regular partnership with leading instrumental ensembles such as English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, Concert Trombone Quartette, FRETWORK Viol Consort, Bardi Symphony Orchestra and Leicestershire Camerata and legendary soloists James Bowman, Rita Cullis, Martyn Hill and Thomas Guthrie, Chorale aims to bring the very best of choral music to the city of Leicester and the wider county of Leicestershire.
Members have a wide age-range and musical experience, with those at the younger end benefitting from generous funding as choral scholars or student members, singing alongside others for whom music has been their profession or serious hobby for many decades.
Recent projects have included concerts with some of the leading ensembles mentioned above, plus an innovative rendition of Haydn’s oratorio The Creation, with all parts (solo and chorus) served from within the choir. Leicestershire Chorale also enjoys performing both a cappella and accompanied music written in more recent times, including works by composers James Weeks, Judith Bingham, Roderick Williams and Kerry Andrew.
We rehearse weekly during Leicestershire Schools term times in central Leicester and enjoy the benefits of working not only with our conductor Tom Williams, but also our accompanist Nick Scott-Burt, a versatile, experienced and adept musician.
We seek to put on five main concerts a season, of a varied and interesting range of repertoire, with an annual fundraiser in addition. Members enjoy a full and challenging programme each season, which we hope brings excellent value for money!