Leatherhead Choral Society - New

06/08/2026

Ahoy there, me hearties! Here is Vivo Soprano Acapella Group , a group of renegade sopranos, singing at the lovely Running Horse pub in Leatherhead! Vivo will be doing a 15 minute stint at the summer afternoon concert on Sunday 12 July, Feelin’ Groovy, featuring new arrangements of songs from the 1960s and 1970s. Book your tickets through our website, www.leatherhead-choral.net. And if you enjoy singing why not and join ? We meet every Thursday evening during term-times 7.30 to 9.30pm at Manor House School in Bookham. We are a friendly and welcoming choir and there are no auditions! 🎶

06/01/2026

Spotted in the vestry of St Mary’s Church in Fetcham - 7 ways that singing boosts your health! At we all know how much we enjoy singing and how good we feel after our Thursday evening rehearsals. Here are the 7 ways that singing is good for your health:

1. Singing boosts memory and brain power.

2. It increases levels of stress-busting hormones.

3. Regular singing can stop you snoring.

4. Singing fights anxiety and depression.

5. When it comes to breathing, singing has similar benefits to yoga.

6. Singing can boost immunity.

7. Want to learn a foreign language? Sing it!

Zoom in on the article above for more detail. Or why not come and join ? We are a welcoming and friendly choir, there are no auditions, and lots of help is given to support you in learning the music if you are not a music reader. Get in touch through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net. We rehearse every Thursday evening 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM during term times at Manor House School in Bookham and are currently rehearsing for our summer concert, Feelin’ Groovy, featuring new arrangements of songs from the 1960’s and 70’s. .

05/25/2026

Singing with and the is fun, fulfilling, and friendly! But don’t just take our word for it. Have a look at some of the lovely messages on our choir WhatsApp group from members new and old 😍. If you would like to join our friendly and successful choir, please get in touch through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net. We rehearse every Thursday evening 7:30PM to 9:30PM during term times at Manor House School in Bookham. And why not come along to our summer concert, Feelin’ Groovy, featuring new arrangements of songs from the 1960s and 70s - 4pm to 6pm on Sunday 12 July at The Lighthouse (Parish Hall) Leatherhead. Tickets available from our website www.leatherhead-choral.net 🎶.

05/18/2026

We are really enjoying our rehearsals for our summer concert on Sunday 12 July, Feelin’ Groovy. Our musical director and our accompanist Gareth Giles have composed some fantastic arrangements of several familiar and popular songs from the 1960s and 70s. Here we are at our very first rehearsal of the term having a go at Gareth’s arrangement of Up, Up and Away! You can also hear Gareth’s incredible and sparkling piano playing on this clip 🎹. Book your tickets for our concert through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net and if you enjoy singing, why not come and join our friendly choir? The music this term is great fun and accessible for all levels of singing experience. 🎶🎈

05/11/2026

! One of the many talents of our musical director, , is in choosing repertoire which suits our strengths as a choir, including making allowance for different numbers of singers in each voice part (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and for varying levels of musical experience and abilities amongst our choir members. This beautiful and moving song, O Love by Elaine Hagenberg, was a joy to sing and we achieved second prize for our performance of this song at the competition in April this year 🤩🎶.

If you would like to experience the fun, fulfilment, and friendship of singing with , please get in touch through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net. We rehearse every Thursday evening 7:45 PM to 9:45 PM during term times, at the Dell Centre next to Saint Giles’ church in Ashtead.

Or come along to our summer concert, Feelin’ Groovy, on Sunday 12 July, featuring new arrangements of songs from the 1960’s and 70’s. Tickets available from our website.🎶

05/04/2026

Well, this is confusing, but don’t worry - you’re not seeing double 🤪! This is our of Alison and Lindsay, our treasurer and chairperson, who you might also recognise as the organisers of the fantastic annual Come and Sing event. Alison was recently celebrating her birthday, and what better gift than this heartwarming (and also very practical) reminder of their friendship 🤩

04/20/2026

Still buzzing from a fantastic day at the (where we came second out of the eleven competing choirs and achieved a joint first prize for our accompanied song entry), we are looking forward to a new term of music-making starting on Thursday 23 April. Come and join us! We are a friendly choir, there are no auditions, and lots of support is given to help learn the music. If you enjoy singing and can hold a tune you will love . Get in touch through our website www.leatherhead_choral.net or just come along to one of our Thursday evening rehearsals (currently 7.45pm to 9.45pm during term times). We will be rehearsing for our summer concert, Feelin’ Groovy, featuring new arrangements of songs from the 1960’s and 70’s. 😀🎶🏄

Leatherhead Choral Society is Leatherhead's friendly mixed voice choir.

04/06/2026

With thanks to here are the combined Festival Choirs of and performing the final movement of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius at at last year’s Leith Hill Music Festival. The orchestra is Southern ProMusica directed here by , our Festival Conductor.

This year’s competitions and performances will take place at on Friday, 10 and Saturday 11 April. Come along in the morning to see the competitions and then join us again in the evening for the combined choirs’ performances!

If you would like to experience the exhilaration of performing major works with a large choir and a professional orchestra, get in touch with one of the eleven participating choirs.

are currently rehearsing for this year’s competitions and evening performance on Friday 10 April and will then be preparing for our Summer Concert of music from the 1960’s and 70’s. You can contact us through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net or just come along to The Dell Centre next to St Giles’ Church in Ashtead one Thursday evening, 7.45pm to 9.45pm to find out more about joining our fun, friendly and welcoming choir. 🎵

01/26/2026

! Robert Burns, “the Scottish Bard” was born on 25 January 1759 - you might have celebrated with haggis, neeps and tatties at the weekend! Here is a ensemble in rehearsal singing his lyrical poem, Sweet Afton, to its traditional Scottish tune. The poem is about the River Afton in Ayrshire, but the eagle-eyed might recognise the above as our own equally beautiful River Mole in lovely Leatherhead!

01/09/2026

Happy New Year to all our singers, friends and followers! Our new term starts again on Thursday 15January when we will begin rehearsing for the concert and competition at in April. If you enjoy singing and can hold a tune, come and join us! We are very friendly, there are no auditions, and lots of help is given to help you learn the music if you are not a music reader. Get in touch through our website www.leatherhead-choral.net or just come along to one of our Thursday evening rehearsals - 7.45 to 9:45 pm at the Dell Centre, next to Saint Giles‘s Church in Ashtead. 🎵🎶 .

Leatherhead Choral Society is Leatherhead's friendly mixed voice choir.