The Edinburgh Kevock Choir

The Edinburgh Kevock Choir TheEdinburgh Kevock Choir In 2005 the Kevock Choir were also part of the concert for Live8 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh.

Concerts take place mainly in central Scotland, but the choir also has an international reputation through visits to Denmark, France, Germany – where it performed in two Berlin Tattoos in 1988 and 1992 – the Netherlands, Ireland, the United States and Canada and Hungary. In October 2007 the choir travelled to Madrid to undertake a short concert tour as part of their celebrations for their 40th Ann

iversary. In October 2009 the choir travelled to Paris and the highlight of their visit was performing in Notre Dame. The choir sings traditional Scottish songs, religious works by composers as diverse as Bach and Tavener, and modern pieces by a wide range of composers, including John Rutter. The aim is to provide something to suit everyone’s taste. The choir have two CDs on sale – With a voice of singing and Thank you for the Music which was recorded to celebrate their 40th Anniversary.

We were delighted to have Members of Brass Tracks as our special guests at our recent Annual Concert. We recently receiv...
03/06/2026

We were delighted to have Members of Brass Tracks as our special guests at our recent Annual Concert.

We recently received this message:
Two of the group are involved in a concert on Saturday 6th June at Morningside United Church with our large brass ensemble, Castle Brass. Our programme is music from stage and screen. I would be most grateful if you could let people know about our concert, and if they've not yet had their filll of brass music, it would be lovely to see some familiar faces in the audience. Tickets are available on the door (cash only) £10 for adults, £5 for school aged children and under 5s are free. The concert is at 5pm and will last around 1 hour.

Sounds like an excellent concert!

Our friends the Dalkeith Singers have a concert coming up this Saturday, 6th June, in St Nicholas Buccleuch Church, Dalk...
03/06/2026

Our friends the Dalkeith Singers have a concert coming up this Saturday, 6th June, in St Nicholas Buccleuch Church, Dalkeith at 7.30pm.

Our Annual Concert last Saturday in Greyfriars Kirk went really well. We had a lovely, big audience who were most apprec...
30/05/2026

Our Annual Concert last Saturday in Greyfriars Kirk went really well. We had a lovely, big audience who were most appreciative of our singing and also of the contribution to the evening by Members of Brass Tracks, our special guests. They were a delight once again and we were so pleased to have them as part of our evening.

Thank you to everyone who came along! We were worried that the road closures and bus route diversions for the Edinburgh marathon were going to sabotage your journey to Greyfriars, but you all got there!
We really appreciate all your support - it’s lovely to sing to a full house.

We’re having our summer break now, but will be back for our Tuesday evening practices at the end of August.
This coming year is our 60th Anniversary Year and we’re hoping to have some special events, but we will start with our Come and Sing evening in September, when potential singers are invited to come to choir practice and join with the choir in learning and singing a piece of music.
Date to be confirmed so keep a look out for future posts.

Photo below is of the enlarged copy of our concert flyer, displayed on the illuminated advertising display at Greyfriars.
The flyer was designed by Hannah McCooke bug
Didn’t she make a lovely job of it?

Please let us know what were your favourite parts of the concert. 😄

Our 59th Annual Concert takes place in Greyfriars Kirk tomorrow at 7.30 pm. The choir is looking forward to performing ...
22/05/2026

Our 59th Annual Concert takes place in Greyfriars Kirk tomorrow at 7.30 pm. The choir is looking forward to performing in this historic venue.
Doors for audience will be open from 7 pm and seating is on a first come, first served basis. Our team of stewards will take tickets and payments at the door and issue programmes. There will be tickets available at the door, so please encourage your last-minute friends and family to come along.
At the interval there will be our usual juice and biscuits for audience and choir.

We would like to advise audience members that preparations for the Edinburgh Marathon on Sunday will already be starting from 5pm on Saturday.

Please check Lothian Buses website or app to find out if your bus route is subject to a diversion.
Many of the cross city buses are operating on diverted routes from 5pm on Saturday.
lothianbuses.com

Road closures in the Greyfriars area will not be in place until Sunday morning. However George Square and Potterrow will be closed to traffic from 5pm on Saturday. All other roads around Greyfriars will remain open until Sunday morning.
Details of the road closures can be found on the Edinburgh Marathon website.
Greyfriars is in Zone 1.
edinburghmarathon.com

Please allow a little extra time for your journey tomorrow evening.

Our 59th Annual Concert is just a week away!Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm in Greyfriars Kirk Hope wee Bobby will be listen...
16/05/2026

Our 59th Annual Concert is just a week away!

Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm in Greyfriars Kirk
Hope wee Bobby will be listening 🐕‍🦺 (no rubbing his nose as you walk past!).

We hope lots of you will come and listen too.
Greyfriars is a fabulous venue and the Phantom of the Opera choral suite will sound fantastic!

Our guests, Members of Brass Tracks, will sound fantastic too!
They are a lovely bunch and are all very talented musicians.

Tickets will be available at the door or from the Queen’s Hall box office. Also from our website
www.kevockchoir.org.uk or by email from
[email protected]

Tickets include refreshments at the interval.

Our 59th Annual Concert is just two weeks away!I wonder if anyone in the choir when it was formed, back in 1967, could h...
10/05/2026

Our 59th Annual Concert is just two weeks away!
I wonder if anyone in the choir when it was formed, back in 1967, could have imagined that the ‘Kevock’ would still be performing 60 years later!
Well, we do have one choir member who joined when the choir was first set up - and we hope to share some memories from him during our anniversary year.
But first we must concentrate on our concert on 23rd May.

We are singing in Greyfriars Kirk for the first time! The choir are excited to be performing in such a historic venue. We’re looking forward to the wonderful acoustics in Greyfriars and we think the concert will be fantastic, especially the Phantom of the Opera choral suite!
It’s a big space to fill, though, so please come and join us on Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm.
And please share this post with all of your friends!

Tickets £16/£14 can be purchased online from
www.kevockchoir.org.uk or from
[email protected]
Also from the Queen’s Hall box office and will also be available at the door before the concert.

15/04/2026

Sad to report the death of Margaret Elrick, accompanist to the Kevock Choir for many years.
Margaret will have been well known and respected by many former school pupils and members of The Kevock Choir.

Margaret ELRICK Obituary

ELRICK
Margaret Whyte
(Bonnyrigg)
On Thursday, April 2, 2026,
aged 93, after a long, brave battle with failing health. Margaret, musician, teacher and much loved wife of the late Alex Elrick MBE. Together they founded the Kevock Choir and through her work there, teaching and performing, Margaret brought the joy of music to many. Sister to Isobel and the late Nancy, fond aunt to her six nieces and a dear friend to many.
Funeral service private, although a celebration of Margaret's life will take place at Loanhead Parish Church,
on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 1.30 pm, to which all are welcome. Family flowers only please, but donations to Macular Society PO Box 1870, Andover, SP10 9AD would be welcome.

Published by The Scotsman on Apr. 15, 2026

The choir are looking forward to our Annual Concert on Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm. This year we are excited to be perfo...
03/04/2026

The choir are looking forward to our Annual Concert on Saturday 23rd May at 7.30pm.
This year we are excited to be performing in Greyfriars Kirk for the first time. A great venue with wonderful acoustics.

We will be singing our usual wide variety of songs, some popular, some traditional, some not so well known, some sacred and some from the musicals, including Phantom of the Opera choral suite - oh, it’s going to sound great in this historic venue!

Tickets £16 (£14 concession) available from
www.kevockchoir.org.uk
Or from our choir secretary Hilary Stokes on
07715 594905 or [email protected]
Or from choir members.
They will also be available at the door, before the concert.

Hope to see lots of you there!
Tell your friends!!

24/01/2026

The choir are looking forward to singing in St Giles Cathedral tomorrow evening at 6pm.
This one hour concert on what is designated as Homeless Sunday also coincides with Burns Night, so our programme includes a few of his songs.
Free entry with optional donation. All monies collected will go to the Bethany Trust who work with homeless people in Edinburgh.

ST GILES' AT SIX: EDINBURGH KEVOCK CHOIR

Sunday 25 January 2026
18:00 19:00
Edinburgh Kevock Choir

Director: Graham Lovett

Edinburgh-based Kevock Choir perform a varied programme of choral music including arrangements of spirituals, and a celebration of Robert Burns songs to mark Burns Night, including Afton Water and Ye banks and braes.

Free entry, with an optional donation. Tickets available on Eventbrite.

11/01/2026

The choir would like to thank Penicuik Trinity Community Church for organising the Christmas concert on Tuesday 16th December and the stalwart Penicuik citizens who came along on a cold, frosty evening to listen to us.
Entry was by donation and a total of £701 was collected, which has been given to Broomhill Day Centre - a very worthy cause.

If you enjoyed our concert and would like to hear more of the choir’s songs - or if you didn’t come and now feel that you missed out - why not come along to our next concert.
Sunday 25th January at 6pm in St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh.
The concert is only an hour long, from 6 to 7pm, and is a retiring collection which means you donate whatever amount you wish as you leave.
25th January, as well as being Burns Night, has been designated as Homeless Sunday by St Giles Cathedral and all of the money donated will go to one of the Edinburgh homeless charities.
The music will be very different to our Christmas concert and we will even be singing a couple of Burns’ songs. St Giles is a beautiful place to sing, with wonderful acoustics. The choir always enjoys performing there.
Please come along, enjoy the singing and contribute to a much needed charity collection.

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Lasswade High School Centre, Eskdale Drive
Bonnyrigg
EH192LA

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7:15pm - 9:30pm

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