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!
LOOKING FORWARD TO 2006!
Following our Mozart from Memory concert on November, when we sang Mozart's magnificent Requiem, (rehearsal photo above), we had a brilliant Christmas concert at our St Matthew's base on December 16. One of the highlights was the magnificent trumpet playing of our president, Crispian Steele-Perkins, and there was some spirited carol singing from the choir and audience. We are now (December 22) on our Christmas break, looking forward to returning on January 6, when we start rehearsing for our Fairfield Halls concert on Sunday April 19. It is called Celebrating Karl Jenkins and the centrepiece will be the Choral Suite of his renowned Armed Man oratorio. More details and a booking link will appear soon on our Concerts page.
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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