About us
The Shrewsbury School Community Choir, now about 120 strong, was formed in 1982
by the former Head of Music, Andrew Auster, to
introduce some outside interest in the Shrewsbury School Music
Department, and to get external interaction with the students,
who not only play in the orchestra, but also sing with us in
some concerts.
We are a non-auditioning choir aiming to perform a wide range of
classical and contemporary choral works to a high standard at four
performances a year. The two school-based concerts, held at
the end of the Lent and Michaelmas Terms, are performed in the
Alington Hall. Under the Shropshire Charity Concerts banner
the choir perform Handel's Messiah each year on 23rd December in
Shrewsbury Abbey to raise money for local and national good causes. A core of around 80 choir members form the
Haydn Festival Chorus to perform a
major oratorio in St Chad's Church as part of the Shrewsbury Summer
Season; these are non-charitable concerts which are eligible for
sponsorship by local businesses and the Arts Council.
We were also invited to return to Bridgnorth in 2010 to perform in
the English Haydn Festival closing Gala Concert, and have performed
various works over the past 3 consecutive years in
Birmingham Town Hall,
accompanied by the Shrewsbury School orchestra.
Singers who would like
to join are invited to contact us via the link on the menu above.
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The
Alington Hall, venue for the Spring and Autumn concerts
Rehearsal info
here
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