WELCOME TO WANTAGE CHORAL SOCIETY

We are a thriving mixed voice choir with over 50 members performing three concerts per year. We have a long tradition of combining the classics with contemporary music and selections from operas, stage shows and films 

In December 2024, we performed Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten with solo harp accompaniment, Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan Williams and other seasonal items. 



















In March we performed Haydn's Nelson Mass and his motet, Insanae et Vanae Curae together with Evening Hymn by Henry Balfour Gardiner. Our four soloists(above): Mia Serracino-Inglott (Alto), Catherine Hooper (Soprano),Jack Redman (Bass), andToshi Ogita (Tenor), also performed a solo item by composers including Richard Strauss and Roger Quilter.

Our summer concert featured music from
McDowall, Rutter and Vaughan Williams and was thoroughly enjoyed by the capacity audience in Letcombe Regis Village Hall who also enjoyed the drinks and nibbles in the interval outside in the glorious sunshine.

Our next concert will be on Saturday 29 November at 7.30pm in Wantage Parish Church. Led by our lively and inspiring Music Director Hannah Zaki, it offers variety with three contrasting pieces:

Finzi - In Terra Pax
Pergolesi - Magnificat
Saint-Saens- Christmas Oratorio.

Rehearsals start on Tuesday 9 September.

SINGERS WANTED

We are looking for new singers to come and join us – and are holding an open rehearsal on Tuesday 23rd September where you can just turn up. We do not hold auditions – just want enthusiasm! Please come along and try it out.  Alternatively contact our membership secretary Delia Greaves at wantagechoralsociety@gmail.com and come to any one of our standard rehearsals.

It was with great sadness that we bade farewell to Sebastian Thomson, our accompanist. Seb had been with us for many years and as well as being an outstanding piano and organ player, he effortlessly deputised for our Musical Director when required.We thank him hugely for everything he has done for WCS.

In September we will be welcoming Gabriele Damiani as Seb's successor.