The National Children’s Choir of Great Britain (NCCGB) is bringing its auditions to Tiverton on Saturday 3rd November.
Any child age 9-19 who loves to sing may apply to audition for free via NCCGB’s website. Successful candidates take part in two choral courses per year, spending a week in the idyllic setting of Bromsgrove School, Worcestershire.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir is among only a handful of organisations in the city to have received a special Commendation Award from the Lord Mayor.
Two representatives of the Choir, Vicki Henderson and Geoff Poad, attended a reception at the Guildhall on Friday 10th May to receive the Award from the Lord Mayor of Exeter, Councillor Kevin Mitchell, for the Choir’s services to vocal music...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir's special season finale sees two rising stars of the professional world - soprano Camilla Harris and tenor Rhys Batt - accompany the Choir for an intimate ‘Evening at the Opera’.
Prepare to be transported to the opera houses of Europe for a sparkling evening of music spanning four centuries, including arias, duets and choruses from Puccini’s La bohème, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro, Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s La traviata .
Tickets unreserved at £25 including an interval drink and canapes. Just 200 tickets available...
Concert-goers are in for a night of high drama at Exeter Cathedral on Saturday 16th March when Exeter Philharmonic Choir joins forces with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and four world-class soloists to perform Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem .
Verdi’s choral ‘blockbuster’, also known as the Requiem Mass, is an opera in all but name and is one of the most dramatic large-scale choral works...
Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem: Exeter Philharmonic Choir joins forces with the renowned Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and four world-class soloists - Judith Howarth (soprano), Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano), Oliver Johnston (tenor) and Tristan Hambleton (bass) - whose singing will draw out the intense beauty of The Requiem.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir will join forces with the Isca Ensemble and four talented young soloists for November’s ‘Music of the Baroque’ concert in Exeter Cathedral, including Handel’s outstandingly beautiful choral works Dixit Dominus and Zadok the Priest, Vivaldi's Gloria and Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor.
Howard Ionascu, Exeter Philharmonic Choir’s Director of Music, says, “The choir’s main work (and challenge!) is Dixit Dominus. For me, it sits alongside Messiah as one of Handel’s sublime choral works. We...
The celebrated City of Bath Male Choir will be performing at Crediton Congregational Church on Saturday July 15th. The choir received world-wide acclaim when they reached the final stages of the BBC’s popular Last Choir Standing series.
Since that time they have toured Europe as well as visiting Japan and the USA on two occasions. Most recently they were in Nashville in October 2022...
Baroque Venice in all its musical glory will be brought to life in Exeter Cathedral on 18 March with a large-scale performance of Monteverdi’s Vespers , conjured up by the combined forces of Exeter Philharmonic Choir, Devon County Junior Choir, top professional singers and the internationally renowned early music group, His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts.
Two carol concerts by Exeter Philharmonic Choir have raised almost three thousand pounds for local charity Dream-A-Way, which helps make holiday dreams come true for Devon children and adults with disabilities or life-affecting health conditions.
The generosity of concertgoers at Exeter Cathedral on 13 and 14 December raised a total of £2,913, a sum that representatives of Exeter-based...
Exeter Philharmonic Choir opens its 176th season with musical fireworks in memory of the Queen
There will be musical fireworks in Exeter Cathedral on Saturday, 5 November with a glorious concert in memory of the late Queen, combining the exciting sounds of choir, brass, organ and percussion.
Exeter Philharmonic Choir had planned to open its 176th season with a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. The concert will now be a tribute to the Queen’s long reign.
EPC’s Director of Music Howard Ionascu has chosen a varied programme which...
