Welcome to the web site of The Singers, a chamber choir based in Newcastle upon Tyne. We hope you enjoy your visit and we look forward to welcoming you to one of our concerts - or even as a Singer - in the near future.

2011/12 Season

The 2011/2012 season for The Singers will launch with a Saturday afternoon concert in Gibside Chapel, a National Trust Property, in Rowlands Gill. This magnificent Palladian chapel built by coal baron George Bowes, will provide a wonderful setting for an afternoon concert. Admission to the concert will be free, but normal admission charges will apply to the Gibside site. 

Other highlights of the 2011/2012 season will be the 11th series of the now famous Christmas Candlelit Concerts with the English Philharmonic Ensemble. We'll be singing in the concerts in Carlisle (16 December), Hexham (17 December) and Newcastle (19 December). The programme will include some of the most popular pieces sung and played over the past ten years. New pieces this year include June Nixon's wonderful setting of The Holly and the Ivy (a highlight of last year's Carols from Kings) and a richly romantic setting of In Dulci Jubilo by Carl Thiel.

We will end the Christmas Season singing for the Epiphany High Mass in Durham Cathedral (6 January). We'll be singing a magnificent mass setting by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla, a Spanish Renaissance composer who worked in what is now Mexico. The anthem will be that stalwart piece Lo! star-led chiefs by William Crotch. This will be a rare opportunity to hear these works performed.

For further news on these events and the other activities of the choir please revisit our website.

Why not join us?

The Singers currently has vacancies for experienced singers. We recruit quite widely and it may be possible to provide lifts and/or accommodation if you live outside the North of England. Please contact the conductor if you are interested in joining the choir.