WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF THE MARCHES COMMUNITY CHOIR
The Choir aims to bring choral music to all in the Bishop’s Castle (Shropshire) area of the of the Marches, including those who live in the adjacent towns in Wales.
We are now well into our 12th Year since our launch as part of the Millennium celebrations following a very successful anniversary year in 2010. We pride ourselves in reaching a high musical standard under the direction of professional musicians. Our concerts feature professional vocal soloists and instrumentalists.
The Choir has around 80 enthusiastic members drawn from a wide section of the community around Bishop’s Castle. It is open to all to join, and we encourage participation by all those over 16, whether able to read music or not. Tenors and basses are especially welcome, but there will always be a need for sopranos and altos as well. There is no upper age limit and we have many active retired members.
In normal years there are two concerts, in the Spring and at Christmas. Rehearsals are held in Bishop’s Castle Community College at 7:30pm on Mondays. Concerts are normally on Saturday evenings in St John’s Church, Bishop’s Castle. The Choir is a Registered Charity (number 1099360) and is funded by member subscriptions, member fund raising, grants from Shropshire Council, Making Music and others plus other sponsorship.
The Christmas Concert this year will be held on 10th December in our usual place, St John’s in Bishop’s Castle. See the side panel for details of this and the Easter 2012 Concert (April 21st). We hope you will join us for our highly-regarded concerts. Better still, if you would like to sing, please see the Membership page and join us for the rehearsals starting on Monday 5th September at 7:30pm in the main hall of the Bishop’s Castle Community College. All are welcome to our friendly rehearsals, this is a Community Choir!
