What’s on?
Concerts and Events – Season 42
Nottingham Chamber Singers, part of Music for Everyone, offers a varied programme of concerts in the Nottingham area throughout the year. The choir performs classical and contemporary music, both sacred and secular. They love to sing for an audience and hope to meet you at one of their performances.
“The concert was full of joy, and impressive energy. It was successfully ambitious and demonstrated the choir’s versatility.”
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Concert
Saturday 10 October 2026, 7.00pm
St John’s Church, Mansfield Road, Carrington, NG5 2DP
Nottingham Chamber Singers
Conductor – Rachel Parkes
Organ – Henry Parkes
Programme:
Fauré – Requiem
Kodály – Missa Brevis
Dove – Seek him that maketh the seven stars
Refreshments will be served.
About the venue:
Accessibility St. John’s is easily accessible for people with mobility needs. There is wheelchair access from Mansfield Road and a pathway from Loscoe Road.
Parking – The car park on the north side of the church is available for our audience, there is plenty of street parking in the surrounding roads
Public Transport – St. John’s is on direct public transport routes. Nottingham city 56, 57, 58, 59, 87, 88 & 89 and the Trent/Barton Calverton connection run every few minutes from Parliament Street in Nottingham city centre. You can also use the Pronto service to Mansfield & Chesterfield from the Victoria Centre Bus Station.
All these buses stop outside the church on Mansfield Road. Alight at Church Drive.
We always recommend booking in advance but tickets will be available on the door (subject to availability). Tickets can also be booked via the Music for Everyone office, Mon-Fri, 0115 958 9312. Online sales end 3.30pm on the Friday before the concert weekend.
Looking ahead to the rest of the season
Saturday 5 December 2026, 7.00pm – our Christmas Concert in the lovely setting of St Mary’s Church, Bunny.
Saturday 13 March 2027 – Concert: St John the Baptist, Beeston. Programme to include Ola Gjeilo Sunrise Mass.
Sunday 27 June 2027, 3.30pm – an afternoon concert on the lighter side.
What has the choir been up to?
We had a very enjoyable 41st season with programmes that took us from Monteverdi to Cecilia McDowall. It was a joy to perform to large and warm audiences – we are very fortunate to have so many friends.
It was a relief not to have a concert on the very hottest of days in June 2026, as we did last year. Mind you, it was a pretty warm afternoon in Radcliffe on Trent where our new venture of a lighter, relaxed concert welcoming an ‘all age’ audience went down well.
After 20 years as our accompanist, we said a very fond farewell to Angela Foan. You’ll still be seeing Ange at MfE events, but she wanted a little more time for trips away and her grandchildren.
We were delighted to welcome Richard Cox back to NCS for his second spell as our accompanist. Many of you might know Richard from the Summer School, where he accompanies and plays a wide variety of music with great finesse.
Past Performances:
Season 41: 2025/26
Concert for a Summer’s Afternoon
Sunday 12 July, 3.30pm
Grange Hall, Vicarage Lane, Radcliffe on Trent, NG12 2FB
Concert: Cathedrals of Sound
Saturday 25 April, 7.30pm
St John the Baptist Church, Beeston, NG9 1EJ
Górecki – Totus tuus
Gabrieli – Sonata Pian’ e forte (instrumental)
Pärt – Morning Star
Duruflé – Ubi caritas
Bruckner – Locus iste
Lotti – Crucifixus
Bruckner – Mass No.2 in E minor, for double choir and wind ensemble
Concert: Music of the Stars
Saturday 29 November, 7.30pm
St John’s Church, Mansfield Rd, Carrington, NG5 2DP
Bendnall – Three Songs of Remembrance
Howells – Requiem
Parry – Songs of Farewell, 1-5
McDowall – Music of the Stars
Concert: Voices of Venice – Saturday 4 October, 5.00pm to 6.30pm, St Nic’s Church, Maid Marian Way, NG1 6AE
In this joint concert, Nottingham Chamber Singers, conducted by Rachel Parkes, performed three works by Claudio Monteverdi:
Gloria a 7
Christe, adoramus te
Beatus Vir
2024/25 40th Anniversary Season
Concert – Saturday 21 June 2025, 7.30pm
St John the Baptist Church, Beeston, NG9 1EJ
Pop-Up 3 – Saturday 7 June 2025
High Road + Middle Street Resources Centre, Beeston, NG9 1GA
New Composition Choral Workshop – Sunday 11 May 2025, 2.00-4.30pm
Djanogly Rehearsal Hall, Department of Music, University Park Campus, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD
Concert – Saturday 29 March 2025, 7.30pm
St Peter’s Church, Ruddington, NG11 6HA
Concert – Sunday 8 December 2024, 3.30pm
St Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall, NG15 7AS
Pop-Up 2 – Sunday 17 November 2024, around 12.45pm
John Godber Centre, Hucknall, NG15 7FQ
Concert – Saturday 12 October 2024, 7.30pm
St John’s Church, Carrington, NG5 2DP
Owing to a late change, the soprano soloist for the Brahms was Alison Rose.
Pop-Up 1 – Saturday 21 September 2024
Arnold, Sherwood, Carrington
2023/24 Season
Saturday 8 June 2024, 7.30pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, Bunny, NG11 6QT
Saturday 16 March 2024, 7.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Clifton Village, NG11 8NH
Saturday 2 December 2023, 7.30pm
St John’s Church, Mansfield Road, Carrington, NG5 2DP
Saturday 23 September 2023, 8.00pm
St Barnabas Cathedral, Derby Road, Nottingham
2022/23 Season
Sunday 16 July 2023, 1.30pm
Belton House, Grantham, NG32 2LS
Saturday 20 May 2023, 7.30pm
St John the Baptist Church, Beeston, Nottingham
Saturday 11 March 2023, 7.30pm
St Martin’s Church, Sherwood
Sunday 4 December 2022, 3.30pm
St Mary’s Church, Bunny
Saturday 24 September 2022 at 8.00pm
St Barnabas RC Cathedral, Derby Rd, Nottingham
2021/22 Season
Past Performances:
Saturday 9 July 2022 at 7.30pm
St Mary’s, Clifton
Music in Quiet Places
Saturday 5 March at 7.30pm
St Mary Magdalene Church, Hucknall NG15 7AS
Saturday 18 December 2021 at 7.30pm
St Mary the Virgin Church, Bunny NG11 6QT
A Mystical Christmas… a journey through Advent
Nottingham Chamber Singers
THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MfE, along with the vicar and PCC of the church, feel that with the growing cases of the omicron variant of COVID 19, the risk of infection is too great for the concert to go ahead. Tickets already purchased will be refunded in full.
COVID Advice Sept – Dec 2021
We want everyone to feel safe at our concert. We would therefore recommend the following:
• If you have any COVID symptoms, please do not attend the event
• If practical, take a lateral flow test prior to attending
• Please wear a face covering whilst moving around the venue
NB There will be maximum ventilation in the venue and during the interval, audience members will be able to go outside to have a breath of fresh air.