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Welcome back!

Choir starts back on Tuesday 9th September, 2025.

Bring a friend!

Put November 15th in your diary for the concert!

25/26 Membership

Don’t forget to renew your membership subscription!

£125 annual fee

Music for Autumn Concert 2025

Nelson Mass – Hire charge – £1 (NEW copy £10.50)
Te Deum – Hire charge – £1 (NEW copy £7.00)

Choral Classics book. Mozart Ave Verum; Haydn Insanae

Please let Julia Ford know if you need a new copy.

Massed Choirs event

Choral Celebrations at Mote Park, Maidstone on 27th September.

Please confirm that you will be singing!

Cranbrook Choral Society Masterclass 2.15pm (be there by 2pm)
Main rehearsal 3.30-5.30 led by Stephen Barlow
Meeting the Mayors 6.45pm
Concert 7-9.45pm

Next committee meeting

8th September 2025

Dates for your Diary

Rehearsals for Autumn concert 15th November: 
Tuesday, 9 September – first rehearsal of Summer term (7 weeks)

Rehearsals for Christmas concert December:  TBC

Need practice support?

For notation support, we recommended Chord Perfect  or Choraline (10% discount for Cranbrook Choral)

Voice Sectional Contacts
Soprano
Jo Lawrence
Alto
Liz McClaren
Tenor
Robin Ford
Bass
Alistair Ramsay

Current Committee
Chariman
Janette Lloyd
Secretary
Beth Evans
Treasurer
Ian Fltecher
Membership
Jo Lawrence
Librarian
Julia Ford
Staging Manager
Arthur Reynolds
Music Director
Francesca Massey
Marketing and Social Media
Caroline Stern

Concert Dress

We have a selection of music scores that are available for member use.
If you would like to borrow any, contact the Librarian.

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Concert Dress

Ladies: All in black with purple scarves. 
Men: Black jacket and trousers with white shirt and purple bow ties.

Purple scarves and bow ties are available from Polly Lee and should be returned to the Treasurer when no longer needed.

Christmas concert: Festive attire is positively encouraged.

Please ensure your music is in a black folder. Folders can be purchased for £5 from our librarian.

Further information about concerts and events from previous years

2025

Midsummer Concert – In Windsor Forest

Spring Concert – O For The Wings

2024

Autumn Concert – Fauré and Duruflé Requiems

Summer Concert – Musicals, Madrigals and Melodies

Spring Concert – Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

2023

Christmas concert – St Dunstan’s with Cranbrook Town Band

Autumn Concert – Britten, Saint Nicolas

Summer Concert – Headcorn church with Headcorn Primary School

Spring Concert – Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Haydn St Nicolas
Mass

2022

Christmas concert – St Dunstan’s with Cranbrook Town Band

Autumn concert – Dvorak , Stabat Mater

Summer concert – Marden Church

Spring concert – An evening of British Music:  Rutter, Requiem, and two pieces by Parry

2021

Christmas concert – Handel, Messiah

All Previous Concerts and Events

CDCS Data Protection Statement

The Membership Secretary maintains an electronic form containing the following data, when it has been supplied, on each member; this is shared with the Secretary and Treasurer.

Name, Address, Phone number, Mobile number, voice, email address, Gift Aid status, Subscription amount and method of payment.

Patron’s data is also held by the Patrons Secretary.

Anyone for whom we hold data is free to request sight of the records we hold on them. The four data holders take reasonable steps to secure this information.

The only third party with whom we share a limited subset of this data is HMRC for Gift Aid purposes.