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Celebrating 75 years of singing, 1943 - 2018
About the choir
Exeter Choral Society is a mixed voice choir and performs two concerts each year with professional soloists and musicians.
The society was founded in 1943 as the Whipton Choral Society and has existed in its current form as the Exeter Choral Society since 2003. The choir is a member of "Making Music" and has been a Registered Charity 1110060 since 2005.
In 2018 we are celebrating our 75th anniversary, the next event being an exhibition on 13 October about the life and times of the choir. Watch our website, Twitter or Facebook for additional events and information as we unearth it from the archives!
We have over 100 members and rehearse weekly with our Musical Director, Laurence Blyth. Rehearsals are held in central Exeter at the Palace Gate Centre (South Street Baptist Church) on Tuesday evenings at 7.15 pm. We are very ably accompanied by Matthew Cann who is also a bass Lay Vicar at Exeter Cathedral, a conductor and published composer.
We hold a number of social events throughout the year including coffee evenings, an annual lunch and a very popular quiz night.
Concerts and social events are organised by the Trustees, of whom there are nine, and other volunteers. Our President, Mrs C Hossell, previously served the Society for many years as Chairman. Read about her exciting adventures at sea written when we supported the RNLI with our Sea Symphony in 2017.
New members are welcome. Please contact us if you would like to find out more about the choir. No auditions are necessary, but some sight reading ability is helpful. Subscriptions are £35 per term (two terms per annum). There is a small charge for hire of vocal scores.
Returning members who have missed a year or more, please also contact the Secretary if you would like to return.
The object of the Society shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain an appreciation of the art of music, in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and by such other ways as the Society through its Trustees shall determine.
The society was founded in 1943 as the Whipton Choral Society and has existed in its current form as the Exeter Choral Society since 2003. The choir is a member of "Making Music" and has been a Registered Charity 1110060 since 2005.
In 2018 we are celebrating our 75th anniversary, the next event being an exhibition on 13 October about the life and times of the choir. Watch our website, Twitter or Facebook for additional events and information as we unearth it from the archives!
We have over 100 members and rehearse weekly with our Musical Director, Laurence Blyth. Rehearsals are held in central Exeter at the Palace Gate Centre (South Street Baptist Church) on Tuesday evenings at 7.15 pm. We are very ably accompanied by Matthew Cann who is also a bass Lay Vicar at Exeter Cathedral, a conductor and published composer.
We hold a number of social events throughout the year including coffee evenings, an annual lunch and a very popular quiz night.
Concerts and social events are organised by the Trustees, of whom there are nine, and other volunteers. Our President, Mrs C Hossell, previously served the Society for many years as Chairman. Read about her exciting adventures at sea written when we supported the RNLI with our Sea Symphony in 2017.
New members are welcome. Please contact us if you would like to find out more about the choir. No auditions are necessary, but some sight reading ability is helpful. Subscriptions are £35 per term (two terms per annum). There is a small charge for hire of vocal scores.
Returning members who have missed a year or more, please also contact the Secretary if you would like to return.
The object of the Society shall be to promote, improve, develop and maintain an appreciation of the art of music, in all its aspects by the presentation of public concerts and by such other ways as the Society through its Trustees shall determine.
