Singing since 1914
Croydon Philharmonic Choir
ShareThe Croydon Philharmonic Choir is the largest and longest-established choir in Croydon. We have been singing for more than 100 years and perform four concerts each year. We have around 80 members who comprise four choral sections: soprano, alto, baritone and bass. We have an extensive repertoire, ranging from classic choral pieces to contemporary music. (Find more about our history here.)
We have an inspirational music director, David Gibson, who challenges us to bring out the best in ourselves. We have a strong reputation for staging great concerts and sending our audiences home buzzing with excitement.
JOIN US! We are a friendly, sociable choir and always give potential new members a warm welcome - click on the link to find out more. And our News Page has the latest information about some exciting membership offers (click on the link).
HEAR US! Click on the link to go to our News Page where you can watch a film of us singing.
SEE US! The link takes you to our list of concerts for the coming year.
We look forward to seeing you, whether you are thinking about joining us, or would like to come to our next concert. Either way, we promise you a great time!
MOZART FROM MEMORY!
November 10: We staged an exciting concert in Croydon on Saturday November 8. The centrepiece was Mozart's magnificent Requiem, one of the greatest works of creative endeavour, with profound themes concerning life and death. The occasion was very special as we sang the 45-minute work entirely from memory. Audience members commented on how dramatic this was, with the singers' faces in full view as they concentrated on our conductor, choir music director David Gibson. The choir members enjoyed it to the full too, finding it immensely fulfilling and rewarding. We had some brilliant soloists, together with the delightful Starling Quartet and members of the London Sinfonia. We sang three shorter Mozart pieces too, that helped set the Requiem in creative context. We are now rehearsing for our traditional Christmas concert on Tuesday December 16 - further details and a booking link on our Concerts page. Our photo shows us rehearsing on the afternoon of the concert, with David conducting both choir and orchestra and our organist Ian le Grice perched above.
If you are visiting these pages because you are interesting in singing with the choir, just come to one of our rehearsals at St Matthews, held on Tuesday evenings from 7.15pm to 9pm. Or you can get in touch via our contact form. Just fill in your name and email and we will get back to you.
Link to Contact page here
The photograph shows us singing at a concert at Fairfield Halls. We usually wear formal dress at big occasions like that. For our summer concert the men dispense with DJs and appear in shirt-sleeves, sometimes with a red bow tie. The women dress less formally too.
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