Summer Concert 2018
Choruses: Gilbert & Sullivan
Rutter: 'Feel the Spirit'
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With Benedict Lewis-Smith, piano.
Conductor: Patrick Allies
Saturday 23rd June, 2018 at 7.30pm
All Saints' Church,
Wiltshire Road, Wokingham RG40 1TN
(How to get there)
Tickets: £12.50
(£5 for students and under 18s, free for under 5s)
will be
available from:
Information Centre, Town Hall, Wokingham (Get there);
or Newbury Building Society, Wokingham (Get there);
or Jay Design & Print, Wokingham (Get there)
or by email
or online from TicketSource (Booking fee applies)
or from choir members,
or on the door before the concert.
Please download the full concert leaflet if you want
to send or give a copy to a friend.
To advertise in the WCS concert programme please contact by email the
WCS Business Manager, Richard Canning.
For details of advertising rates and to order please download the
order form.
Staging concerts involves a big team effort and you can join the team even if you don't sing in the choir. If you enjoy our concerts, can help to support our activities, and would like a closer relationship with WCS, we invite you to join one of our support schemes for this season.
The 'Friends & Patrons' programme has been updated for the 2017-2018 season.
Find out how you can become a Friend or Patron of WCS.
Alternatively send an email to Jenny.
WCS Chamber Choir, a smaller group of singers drawn from the main choir, is available to perform at weddings, funerals, receptions, parties or any other special event. We can help to select suitable works to enhance that special occasion.
It depends on the number of singers and your choice of music, but the suggested donation can be as little as £200.
"The WCS choir was just amazing and greatly enhanced our own efforts in such a large church. I strongly recommend this group." MP, Wokingham
"The choir's performance was as professional as ever and really added that special something. We would be happy to recommend you." KK, Windsor
"You were amazing...hearing the beautiful sound was truly lovely." HM, Reading
Get more information about the WCS Chamber Choir or send us an email.
Bach: St. John Passion "The subtlety of interpretation from the
combined musical resources resulted in a profoundly uplifting experience in an ideal setting."
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas "The choir engaged
the audience with clear diction and remarkable dynamic contrasts."
Mozart: Great Mass in C minor "Another triumph
for Wokingham Choral Society..deservedly acknowledged by the audience with rapturous applause."
Handel: Dixit Dominus "...makes daunting demands upon
the human voice, more akin to orchestral writing. The performance took the choir to a new level of achievement."
Mendelssohn: Elijah "A heavenly chorus
uses energy to retell Mendelssohn's Elijah..."
Bach Mass in B minor "...a stunning performance
of Bach's monumental Mass in B minor.
The rapt attention of the audience and its exuberant applause spoke volumes."
African Sanctus "...their performance of
African Sanctus by David Fanshawe was electrifying.
The singers were wonderful, especially the choirs' sopranos rendering war dance notes."
Mozart Requiem "...captured Mozart's exploration
of the range of emotions roused by an acute awareness of mortality."
Bach Christmas Oratorio "...well balanced and incisive
and captured perfectly the contrasting moods of the reflective chorales and the distinctive choruses."
Handel Messiah "...the choir was on top form.
The evening, from every aspect, resulted in a flagship performance."
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Wokingham Choral Academy is a non-auditioned, mixed, training choir for anyone over 18 years who wants to start singing, keep learning or revisit existing singing skills.
For further information visit the Academy website by clicking 'Academy' in the menu at the top of this page or click www.singwca.org.
27th April, 2018:
As our current Musical Director Patrick Allies is leaving us in August 2018,
WCS announces that the next Musical Director of WCS will be
James Morley Potter.
James will take up his appointment on 1st September, 2018.
Rehearsals take place each Thursday in the School Hall of The Emmbrook Senior School, Emmbrook Road, Wokingham RG41 1JP from 7.30pm to 9.45pm. (How to get there)
You are welcome to join one or two rehearsals before making any decisions.
Read more information or send an email to the Membership Secretary, Angela Smith or call her on 07810 574765.
Listen to and see WCS in rehearsal, filmed in 2017. Hear from
our Musical Director and several members of the choir.
- 2018/2019 Diary Dates
- Summer Tour Payments due
- Summer Concert Programme
- AGM in Members' Diary
Note: Programmes for future events are subject to change.
Sat 23rd Jun, 2018, 7.30pm
Rutter, Gilbert & Sullivan and more
All Saints' Church, Wokingham
Sat 10th Nov, 2018, 7.30pm
Mozart: Requiem, Haydn: 'Cello Concerto, Gjeilo: Serenity
Sat 15th Dec, 2018, 7.30pm
Christmas Carol Concert
Sat 23rd Mar, 2019, 7.30pm
Dvorak: Stabat Mater
Sat 22nd Jun, 2019, 7.30pm
Programme tba
See more details of WCS Future Programme.
Making Music: the National
Federation of Music Societies
www.makingmusic.org.uk.
More Arts: Promoting arts
events in Wokingham
www.morearts.org.uk.
Wokingham Town Council
www.wokingham-tc.gov.uk.
