Monmouth Choral Society

12/06/2026

We'll take that! 🌟✨

A fabulous review from Christopher Northam of our summer concert. Read the full write up here: https://www.monmouthchoralsociety.co.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=uploads&id=128906

Thank you to everyone who came and supported MCS for our final concert of the season. We look forward to seeing you in the Autumn - *save the date for Handel's wonderful 'Alexander's Feast' on 21 November 2026*

30/05/2026

Spring into summer with MCS 🎵☀️

We cannot wait to sing John Rutter's wonderful Feel the Spirit next Saturday, as part of our Songs of the Spirit summer concert. join for an evening of glorious, foot tapping, shoulder-swaying, soul-moving song.😁

7.30pm Saturday 6 June at St Mary's Priory Church Monmouth. Tickets £15 (from our website or on the door) - under 18s go free.

Not to be missed!

26/05/2026

Such a historic moment, brought about by months and years of hard work from people who refuse to stop standing for the rights of our beautiful river. We feel very honoured to be singing Eloise Gynn's piece 'Wye' at our summer concert, and especially to welcome the river herself, in her glass bottle (you can see it in the video at 0.14), to be present as we sing. There'll also be a chance to grab your copy of the River Charter in the interval - all while enjoying an evening of glorious, moving music!

Songs of the Spirit,
Saturday 6 June @ 7.30pm
St Mary's Priory Church Monmouth
monmouthchoralsociety.co.uk/SongsOfTheSpirit

Friends of the River Wye Catherine Fookes MP Monmouthshire Beacon

20/05/2026

https://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/news/entertainment/composers-choral-piece-highlights-river-wyes-pollution-crisis-908067

Eloise Gynn, a leading Welsh composer, shines a light on River Wye pollution with her choral composition, urging environmental change.

17/05/2026

Did you know that long before conservatories studied it, the African American spiritual was quietly reshaping choral music as we know it — its call-and-response structures, raw emotional power, and communal voice changing everything that followed.

This June, Monmouth Choral Society celebrates that legacy, singing music from Florence Price, Undine Smith Moore and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, and following the influence right through to John Rutter's arrangements of key spirituals in 'Feel the Spirit'.

Join us for a moving and uplifting evening of stories told through song, as we honour the far-reaching influence of this influential music - music that speaks of freedom, hope, and justice.

✨ Songs of the Spirit ✨
Saturday 6 June 2026 | 7:30pm
St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth

08/05/2026

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Tickets for Songs of the Spirit are available here:
https://www.monmouthchoralsociety.co.uk/SongsOfTheSpirit

✨ Introducing our guest soloist for 'Songs of the Spirit' - 6 June, St Mary's Priory Monmouth 🎶

We are delighted to be singing alongside our guest soloist for our upcoming concert, Songs of the Spirit — the wonderfully talented mezzo-soprano Rebecca Chellappah.

Rebecca holds a Masters in Music with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM). Her operatic title roles include Bizet's Carmen (which won the National Opera and Dramatic Association UK Best Operatic Production 2018), Delilah in Saint-Saëns'
Samson and Delilah, and Hélène in Offenbach's La Belle Hélène.

Rebecca is an active recital singer and runs a successful private singing studio. She firmly believes — and we wholeheartedly agree — that singing is simply good for the soul.

If you'd like a sneak preview of Rebecca's beautiful voice, she is performing with Thornbury Choral Society on 16 May, also conducted by Steve Kings. A wonderful opportunity to hear her ahead of our Summer Concert!

Monmouthshire Beacon South East Wales Choral Events and Diary

02/05/2026

Fantastic to see Monmouth alive and buzzing today! What a great town community we have ❤️

Great to see the Lady Wye puppet along with so many people who care about our precious rivers and wildlife. - we think she'd be glad to know we will be singing to her on the 6 June 😍 💙💚💛🤍

02/05/2026

Great to find this recording of our President, Dame Jane Glover MBE, conducting Florence Price Concert Overture No. 2 back in 2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ7sqQn7ERs
(Posted by the Female Conductors channel.)

Our Summer Concert features choral music from Florence Price and other wonderful women composers from both America and the UK, alongside John Rutter and Samuel Coleridge Taylor. Do join us for what promises to be a wonderful evening of 'Songs of the spirit'!

Monmouth Priory, 7.30pm 6 June 2026.

85 likes, 2 comments. "Jane Glover conducts Florence Price - Concert Overture No. 2 (2018)"

28/04/2026

Music has always been one of humanity's most powerful tools for change. This summer, Monmouth Choral Society explores that idea in Songs of the Spirit — an evening weaving together African American spirituals, Welsh folk song, and new choral music including Eloise Gynn's Wye.

Works by Florence Price, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Margaret Bonds, Undine Smith Moore and John Rutter, performed by our wonderful choir with mezzo soprano Rebecca Chellappah, conducted by Steven Kings.

📅 6 June, 7:30pm 📍 St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth NP25 3NX

Do join us for what promises to be a very special evening. 🎶