FOLKESTONE CHORAL SOCIETY E-mail enquiries: mail@folkestonechoral.org.uk Musical Director: Berkeley Hill Tel: 01303 265312   E-mail: b.hill@imperial.ac.uk

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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Chairman: John Dennis Tel: 01303 237968 Hon.Secretary: Katherine Robinson Tel: 01303 239420 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 ______ Rehearsals: Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings (7.30 – 9.15pm), from September to early July. The 2011/2012 membership fee for adults is £80 (students £5). Rehearsals commence: Spring Term 2012 - Monday 9 January Summer Term 2012 - Monday 16 April Autumn Term 2012 - Monday 10 September ______ 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 ______ 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 www.choirs.org.uk Folkestone & Hythe Orchestral Society Local general community sites: www.discoverfolkestone.co.uk www.folkestone.ws www.romneymarshtimes.com

Good Friday 6 April 2012 at 7.30pm J S Bach - St. Matthew Passion Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone ______ Saturday 30 June 2012 at 7.30pm Haydn - Nelson Mass Bach - Violin Concerto Kelly - At the round earth's imagined corners St. Leonard's Church, Hythe ______ Latest Poster Click here to see and download ______ Previous Concerts: Click here for details of the Society's previous concerts back to 1961/62 ______ Friends & Patrons Scheme: Click here for details ______ Music held in store & available for hire: Click here for details ______