Next Concert
Matthew Raisbeck – Music Director
Ashford Choral Society is a choir of 110 singers – ranging in age from 17 to over 80. Founded in 1857 – and with a continuous performance history since then – Ashford Choral Society is one of the oldest such choirs in the UK.
After a busy and successful 2023-4 season under the baton of Matthew Raisbeck, the society looks forward to another season of music making beginning with rehearsals in September.
New Season
Our first concert of the 2024-5 season will be C.P.E. Bach’s Magnificat and Mozart’s Coronation Mass – which will be performed with full orchestra at Wye Church on Saturday 23rd November. On Satuday 21st December we will sing our annual carol concert at St Mary the Virgin Church, Willesborough, continuing a 60-year-old tradition of fundraising for local charities.
From January 2025 we’ll be getting to know some beautiful music by Vaughan Williams and Stanford for a concert at St Mary’s Willesborough on Saturday 22nd March. We will also be working towards our concert of Poulenc’s Gloria and Beethoven’s Mass in C, to be performed at Colyer-Fergusson Hall, University of Kent, Canterbury on Saturday 3rd May 2025.
New members
Ashford Choral Society is a welcoming choir with singers of all ages and new members are actively encouraged. For more detailed information about joining the choir see our FAQs.
The annual subscription from September 2024 is £144. Equivalent to £4.50 per rehearsal, this is excellent value for all the joy that singing together brings – not to mention the opportunity for each member to participate in concerts at a very high level, with full orchestra and professional soloists. Under 25s join for free.
We gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support of our Friends. Anyone interested in becoming a Friend, or being on a Society’s mailing list, should contact the Friends’ Secretary email: friends@ashfordchoral.org.uk or download the application form here.
Our singers, Friends and audiences come not just from Ashford but from all over the Weald, Romney Marsh and the coastal areas, so do come and join us.
Ashford Choral Society is a member of the National Association of Choirs and the Ashford Federation of Arts.
