Rachmaninov Vespers, July 2024
Online booking for our Kendal concert has now closed,
but tickets will be available at the door.
but tickets will be available at the door.
To book for our Kirkby Stephen Parish Church performance on Sunday 14th July:
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/cumbria-festival-chorus/t-lnmpkrp Online ticket sales will close at 10pm on Saturday 13th July, but tickets will be available at the door. |
July 2024 musical events newsletter
and Mary Wakefield Chief Steward notice
(If you have a btinternet.com email address you may not receive this newsletter
(I'm spam, apparently), but I will post it here every month.)
Please make sure all new events are sent to me by noon on the last day of the month.
and Mary Wakefield Chief Steward notice
(If you have a btinternet.com email address you may not receive this newsletter
(I'm spam, apparently), but I will post it here every month.)
Please make sure all new events are sent to me by noon on the last day of the month.
About Us
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Cumbria Festival Chorus is a large-scale, county-wide choir drawn from all communities in Cumbria and beyond. Our events are open without audition to all enthusiastic singers committed to developing the rich heritage of the British choral tradition.
Our aims are:
Our programme includes:
Our organising committee is entirely voluntary and has many years' experience of planning large choral events. We have no paid staff and our funding relies on subscriptions, sponsorship and funds from grant-making bodies.
Our aims are:
- to encourage young people to continue an interest in choral singing after leaving school
- to provide a platform for young soloists and instrumentalists to make great music
- to widen and explore the repertoire of larger-scale choral and orchestral music
- to encourage new ways of presenting choral music so that it is accessible
Our programme includes:
- choral workshops
- training days for choral singing and conducting
- a major choral festival weekend in the same year as the historic Mary Wakefield Festival
- collaboration with other music events through the sharing of resources and expertise
Our organising committee is entirely voluntary and has many years' experience of planning large choral events. We have no paid staff and our funding relies on subscriptions, sponsorship and funds from grant-making bodies.