Constanza Chorus Members

This page is for members of Constanza Chorus, and has info about our upcoming rehearsal and concert schedule, future programme and all the information you need for concerts.

Conductor Notes

Dates for 2024

8th January – resume rehearsals (first two will be open – bring your friends – especially tenors!)

15th January – extra hour after regular rehearsal for work on RVW ‘A Sea Symphony’

22nd January – choir social in the church after rehearsal

3rd February – ‘A Sea Symphony’ at St John Smith Square

1st April – bank holiday no rehearsal

20th April – Will Todd ‘Mass in Blue’ at Holy Sepulchre

6th May – bank holiday no rehearsal

27th May – bank holiday no rehearsal

15th June – summer workshop (Saturday)

8th July – last regular rehearsal before summer break

15th July – extra rehearsal for evensong

17th July – (Wednesday) Choral evensong at St. James’s Paddington (timings TBC)

9th September – resume rehearsals

12th October – ‘Shakespeare Settings’ at St Andrew Holborn

31st October – 3rd November – tour to Sicily to participate in an International Choir Festival (TBC)

2nd December – final rehearsal of term

7th December – Christmas at St Marylebone

Members info

Rehearsal Schedule:
Concert Information:
Post-rehearsal Pub:

Rehearsal Schedule:

Rehearsal Schedule:

See below for what we will be working on each week. Please come having looked over and listened to the music for that evening. If you miss a rehearsal let your part rep know, and ensure you have learnt the notes of the pieces you missed and copied in the markings.

We have 14 rehearsals before the Jazz concert, so 80% attendence requirement means a maximum of three missed and the final Monday rehearsal before the concert is compulsory.

January
8 Explore Mass
15 Kyrie + Amazing Grace (Sea Symphony people from 8.30-9.30)
22 Gloria + The Lord is my Shepherd + drinks in the church
29 Sanctus + Benedictus

February
5 Credo + revise so far as needed
12 Agnus Dei + Kyrie
19 Revise Gloria + Amazing Grace
26 Revise Sanctus + Benedictus + The Lord is My Shepherd

March
4 Daniel Daniel + We shall Walk
11 Revise Credo + Daniel Daniel
18 Mass
25 All other than the Mass

April
1 Bank Holiday – no rehearsal (keep practising!)
8 Mass
15 Full Run (until 9.30)

Concert Information:

Repertoire/Concert Running order

Will + band – set – approx 10′ (no choir)Undine Smith Moore – We shall walk 4′ (a cappella)Will Todd – The Lord is my Shepherd 4′ (+ Will + players)Will + band – set approx 10′ (no choir)Undine Smith Moore – Daniel Daniel 3′ (a cappella)Will Todd – Amazing Grace 5′ (+ Will + players)Interval 20’Will Todd – Mass in Blue 42′

Concert Timings/Dress:

Holy Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DQ

2.45: Arrive
3–6: rehearsal
7.15: return and get in place
7.30: concert starts (with interval)
9:30: end

Dress code: All black, smart and glamorous! A bit of bling is very welcome.
Please do arrive in concert dress if you possibly can, as space for changing will be very limited.

Post-rehearsal Pub:

The post-rehearsal pub is called the Walrus and the Carpenter and is a 1 minute walk down Lovat Lane from the church. Please come and join us for a drink!