Wantage Choral Society

WELCOME TO

WELCOME TO WANTAGE CHORAL SOCIETY

We are a thriving mixed voice choir with around 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

Last year, we were delighted to announce the appointment of Hannah Towndrow as our new
Music Director. Hannah joined us in September and conducted our 2023 Christmas concert when we performed Handel: Zadok the Priest and Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne and Mozart: Coronation Mass in C Major.

In March we performed the Fauré and Duruflé Requiems, with orchestra and soloists (Sofia Kirwan-Baez and Jack Redman, below). The concert was a sell-out and very well received.

Our next concert - 'Feel the Spirit' - will be on Saturday 6 July 2024 at 7.30pm in Letcombe Regis Village Hall when we will be performing music by Bob Chilcott, John Rutter, George Shearing and George Gershwin.

Summer Workshop

We are organising a workshop for members and non-members which will be run by our President, Christine Cairns, at 2.00pm on Saturday 8 June at Wantage C of E Primary School. Tickets are £10 to include light refreshments. If you can come, and we do hope you can, please email us at
wantagechoralsociety@gmail.com to give us an idea of numbers.

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
Hannah Townbrow

Hannah has a BA in Music from Hertford College, Oxford – where she was organ scholar, an MA (with distinction) in Choral Conducting from The Royal Academy of Music.

ACCOMPANIST

Sebastian Thomson

Sebastian Thomson was a chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford before moving to Harrow School with the top music scholarship.

PRESIDENT

Christine Cairns

Christine has sung all over the world in concerts and recitals and has become best known for her interpretation of the late romantic repertoire, particularly Mahler.