FOLKESTONE CHORAL SOCIETY
E-mail enquiries: mail@folkestonechoral.org.uk

Musical Director: Berkeley Hill

Tel: 01303 265312 E-mail: berkeley.hill@btinternet.com

FOLKESTONE CHORAL SOCIETY, consisting of well over 100 voices, is the largest choir in the area and exists to bring the enjoyment of choral music sung to a high standard to the community of the Shepway District in Kent. Rehearsals are held each week to prepare for the four major concerts normally presented each year, all with professional orchestras and soloists. Some concerts also include popular concertos and orchestral pieces to complement the choral works. The Society aims to cover, over a run of years, all the major classical works for choir and orchestra from the 17th to the 21st centuries.

Affiliated to the National Federation of Music Societies Registered Charity No. 275075-R

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Choir Contacts:

Our Concerts:

Chairman: John Dennis
Tel: 01303 237968
Membership Secretary: Margaret Barr
Tel: 01303 210940
Friends & Patrons Secretary: Janet Peirce
Tel: 01303 220459
Treasurer: Lorraine Evans
Tel: 01303 274474
Concerts Manager: Ken Tee
Tel: 01303 238152
Librarian: Jill Page
Tel: 01303 263756
Publicity: Roger Taylor
Tel: 01303 266630
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Rehearsals:

Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings (7.30 – 9.15pm), currently in the United Reformed Church, Folkestone (close to Folkestone Central Station), from September to early July.

The 2008/9 membership fee for adults is £75 (students £5).

Rehearsals commence:

Spring term 2009 - Monday 12 January
Summer term 2009 - Monday 20 April

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Concert Tickets:

Tickets for concerts at the Leas Cliff Hall and the Tower Theatre may be obtained at the appropriate box office*. For other concerts, tickets are available from choir members and at the door.

* Leas Cliff Hall, The Leas, Folkestone CT20 2DZ
Box Office telephone: 01303 228600
Tower Theatre, North Road, Shorncliffe CT20 3HL
Box Office telephone: 01303 223925

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Links to other sites:

www.makingmusic-southeast

www.gerontius.net - a site for choirs and lovers of choral music throughout the country - with details of choirs and concerts

www.concert-diary.com

Folkestone & Hythe Orchestral Society

Local general community sites:

www.discoverfolkestone.co.uk

www.folkestone.ws