Come & join us - rehearsals at 7.30 – 9.30 pm term-time Tuesday evenings in the JAGS Holst Hall.
No audition necessary – just bring some enthusiasm and a pencil!

James Allen’s Girls’ School Choral Society was founded in 1987 and is a choir of around 70 voices – parents, staff, former pupils and local people – which meets weekly during term-time to rehearse the well-known, and sometimes new or unusual, works of the choral repertoire. Originally the idea was to provide tenor and bass parts for the school choirs, but the Choral Society has developed a vigorous life of its own gives three concerts each year with orchestra including singing in exciting venues such as St Paul’s Cathedral and St John’s Smith Square, Blackheath and Cadogan Hall. See the bottom of this page for repertoire for the past few years.

New voices are always welcome - previous experience of singing in choirs is not necessary and no audition is required. The emphasis is on enjoying making good music. Membership is open to everyone, irrespective of connections with JAGS or JAPS.

A full information pack is available by clicking here.

Click here to contact the Music School or phone 020 8613 6436 for more details, or just come along to the JAGS Holst Hall on Tuesday evenings during term-time at 7.30pm.

All rehearsals in JAGS Holst Hall unless stated otherwise

Spring Term 2012 Rehearsal Schedule:

Repertoire: Haydn: Nelson Mass and Vaughan Williams Folk Song arrangements

Tuesday 10 January First rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm with welcome drinks during the break

Tuesday 17 January 7.30 - 9.00pm rehearsal followed by a comittee meeting

Every Tuesday 7.30 - 9.30pm except Tuesday 22 February which is half-term

The rehearsal on 14 February will be in the Dining Hall

Additional rehearsal: Thursday 15 March 7.30 - 9.00pm (tbc)

Performance :
Sunday 18 March 1.30 - 4.30 rehearsal; 6.00pm Concert

Spring Term 2012 Rehearsal Schedule:

Repertoire: Handel: Zadock the Priest and Coronation Anthems; Purcell: I Was Glad; Vaughan Williams: Sanctus from the Mass in G minor and music used in coronations.

Tuesday 1 May First rehearsal 7.30-9.30pm with welcome drinks during the break

Tuesday 8 May 7.30 - 9.00pm rehearsal followed by a comittee meeting

Every Tuesday 7.30 - 9.30pm except Tuesday 5 June which is half-term

Additional rehearsal: Thursday 21 June 7.30 - 9.00pm (tbc)

Performance :
Sunday 24 June 1.30 - 4.30 rehearsal; 6.00pm Concert

Highlights from previous performances:

June 2011
Vivaldi: Gloria
Faure: Requiem

March and May 2011
Verdi: Requiem (four times!)

December 2010
Elgar: The Music Makers
Vaughan Williams: Toward The Unknown Region

June 2010
Haydn: Harmoniemesse
Madrigals: Fair Phylis and Weep No More

March and May 2010
Britten: St Nicolas

December 2009
Brahms: A German Requiem

June 2009
Handel: Samson

March 2009

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle listen to a clip from this concert

September 2008
Orff: Carmina Buranna

June 2008

Mozart: Requiem

March 2008

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

Seiber: Three Hungarian Songs

Taverner: The Lamb

December 2007

20th Anniversary Concert

Dvorak and Bruckner: Te Deum

Verdi and Puccini: Opera Choruses

June 2007

Mendelssohn: Elijah

March 2007

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 (choral)

Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

September 2006

Bach: Magnificat

Kate Pearson: Utopias (World Premiere)

June 2006

Haydn: Creation

March 2006

Faure: Requiem

December 2005

Handel: Messiah

June 2005

Haydn: Nelson Mass

March 2005

Verdi: Requiem