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East Bridge Chorale is a fabulous community choir in East Kent. We are conducted by Benedict Preece, and perform four to five large concerts every year.

We always welcome new singers! The choir is open to anyone who enjoys singing and has over 120 singers on its contact list. We perform three concerts a year in varying venues in East Kent. Our main concert is at the beginning of September so that people who want to keep singing through August can join us from other choral societies which do not rehearse then. Our first performance (of Fauré’s Requiem), on 20 August, 2010, in Ickham church, was directed by Benedict with organ accompaniment by Dr. David Flood. It was a huge success. The choir appeared on BBC South East Today as a result of the concert. Now, in 2022, in our twelfth year of singing, we have performed many concerts and have become a much-valued part of the East Kent musical landscape. We are proud that Benedict’s Caritas Chamber Choir was formed as a spin-off from East Bridge Chorale when he selected some of member to sing in a charity concert for ‘Catching Lives’ in March 2011. Caritas is now an auditioned choir who are regularly invited to sing in the Cathedral and further afield but still perform for charity concerts.

23/10/2026

Don’t miss out on early bird tickets for our performance of A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms at the Colyer Fergusson Hall, Canterbury on Sunday 8th November at 6pm. It’s going to be an amazing concert with over 120 singers joined by our professional orchestra - East Bridge Concert Orchestra - and celebrated soloists - Harriet Burns, Soprano and Patrick Alexander Keefe, Baritone. Directed by Benedict Preece.

Tickets priced £20 (plus booking fee) are available for just a couple more days. They will be £22.50 (plus booking fee) from 25th October.
Booking link is below in the comments:

The full concert programme is as follows:

Haydn — Insanae et Vanae Curae
Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Interval
Brahms — A German Requiem

09/10/2026

Don’t miss out on early bird tickets for our performance of A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms at the Colyer Fergusson Hall, Canterbury on Sunday 8th November at 6pm. It’s going to be an amazing concert with over 120 singers joined by our professional orchestra - East Bridge Concert Orchestra - and celebrated soloists - Harriet Burns, Soprano and Patrick Alexander Keefe, Baritone. Directed by Benedict Preece.

Tickets priced £20 (plus booking fee) are available for another 2 weeks. £22.50 (plus booking fee) thereafter. Booking link below in comments :

The full concert programme is as follows:

Haydn — Insanae et Vanae Curae
Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Interval
Brahms — A German Requiem

05/09/2026

Tickets are now on sale for our performance of A German Requiem by Johannes Brahms at the Colyer Fergusson Hall, Canterbury. 8th November at 6pm

Full programme

Haydn — Insanae et Vanae Curae
Brahms — Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Interval
Brahms — A German Requiem

East Bridge Chorale and professional orchestra
Harriet Burns, Soprano
Patrick Alexander Keefe, Baritone
Directed by Benedict Preece

🎟️ Tickets: https://thegulbenkian.co.uk/events/east-bridge-chorale-johannes-brahms-a-german-requiem/

04/09/2026

Our rehearsals for the Brahms’ Requiem start TONIGHT at Littlebourne Village Hall. We would love to have a big choir to perform this epic work. If you are interested in joining us please email Mary Rudge (Co-Chair) - [email protected]

Our concerts are with professional orchestras and leading soloists.

04/08/2026

Our rehearsals for the Brahms’ Requiem start on 4th September at Littlebourne Village Hall. We would love to have a big choir to perform this epic work. If you are interested in joining us please email Mary Rudge (Co-Chair) - [email protected]

14/07/2026

Please save the date for our next concert!

13/07/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to our performance of A Sea Symphony last night. It was a wonderful evening, and a real privilege to be joined by the phenomenal soloists Rebecca Hardwick and David Stout, alongside our outstanding professional orchestra and Caritas Chamber Choir. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a memorable performance. 🌊

11/07/2026

The concert is tomorrow, and there’s still time to book!

We’re looking forward to joining East Bridge Chorale and their professional orchestra for a spectacular evening of Vaughan Williams on Sunday 12 July at 6.00pm in the Colyer-Fergusson Hall, Canterbury.

Caritas will perform Vaughan Williams’ exquisite Serenade to Music in the first half before joining East Bridge Chorale, the East Bridge Concert Orchestra, and an outstanding team of soloists for the composer’s monumental A Sea Symphony 🌊

We’d love to see you there!

📍 Colyer-Fergusson Hall, Canterbury
🗓 Sunday 12 July
🕕 6.00pm
🎟️ Tickets are still available – book now via the link in the comments below.

24/06/2026

Meet our soloists!

We are so excited to be singing with such celebrated, international soloists for our Summer Concert on July 12th. Early bird tickets are available for another week - link in the comments.

https://www.rebeccahardwicksoprano.com

https://www.rayfieldallied.com/artists/david-stout

20/06/2026

East Bridge Chorale and Caritas Chamber Choir.

Don’t miss out on early bird tickets for our fantastic Summer concert available for another week only. Directed by Benedict Preece we will be accompanied by The East Bridge Concert Orchestra and joined by celebrated, international soloists, Rebecca Hardwick and David Stout.

At the heart of the performance is Vaughan Williams’ monumental choral masterpiece, A Sea Symphony. It opens with one of the most majestic and dramatic entries in all choral music and will take your breath away!

Tickets can be booked from the link in the comments.

Address

Littlebourne War Memorial Hall
Canterbury
CT31ST

Opening Hours

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Website

http://www.eastbridgechorale.co.uk/

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