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.

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

Summer Term 2010 Rehearsal Schedule

Tuesday 4 May         Drinks at 7pm followed by a rehearsal from 7.30 - 9.00pm
Tuesday 11, 18 and 25 May 7.30 - 9.30pm

There is no rehearsal on Tuesday 1 June due to half-term break

Tuesday 8, 15, 22 June 7.30 - 9.30pm
Thursday 24 June 7.30 - 9.30pm *NB: THURSDAY!

Concert Details:
Sunday 27 June         Rehearsal 1.00 - 4.00pm
                                  Concert 6.00- 7.15pm JAGS Holst Hall

                                   Party: After concert in the JAGS Dining Hall

Repertoire: Haydn: Harmoniemesse and English Madrigals

Autumn Term 2010 Rehearsal Schedule

Tuesday 14 September Drinks at 7pm followed by a rehearsal from 7.30 - 9.00pm
Tuesdays 21, 28 September and 5, 12 October 7.30 - 9.30pm

There are no rehearsals on Tuesday 19 and 26 October due to half-term break

Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 13, 30 November 7.30 - 9.30pm
Tuesday 7 December 7.00 - 9.30pm
Thursday 9 December 7.30 - 9.30pm Possible extra rehearsal tbc *NB Thursday!
Sunday 12 December Afternoon rehearsal

Concert details:
Monday 13 December Rehearsal 5.30 - 6.45pm St Barnabas
Concert 7.30 - 9.45pm

Repertoire: To include Elgar: The Music Makers

Highlights from previous performances:

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