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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 Requ

iem), 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.

13/06/2026

East Bridge Chorale and Caritas Chamber Choir present A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Join us on July 12th for an unforgettable evening of sublime music performed by over 150 singers and musicians. Accompanied by East Bridge Orchestra and directed by the brilliant Benedict Preece, it’s going to be epic!

Our concert culminates with Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony; a monumental, pioneering choral symphony set to the soaring poetry of Walt Whitman. It has one of the most arresting and thrilling entrances in all of classical music, designed to make you feel the vastness and power of the ocean. We are especially excited to welcome distinguished international soloists for this performance, Rebecca Hardwick and David Stout.

Early bird tickets, priced £20 are available until 28th June. £22.50 after this date. Concessions available.

Tickets are available from the link in the comments or scan the QR code.

25/04/2026

East Bridge Chorale and Caritas Chamber Choir present A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams 🌊

The first half will feature The Hebrides Overture by Felix Mendelssohn and Serenade to Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

We are joined by leading soloists Rebecca Hardwick and David Stout, with the East Bridge Concert Orchestra, conducted by Benedict Preece, this concert culminates in Vaughan Williams’ vast and visionary Sea Symphony.

📍 Colyer-Fergusson Hall, University of Kent
📅 Sunday 12 July 2026, 6pm

🎟️ Tickets via the link in the comments

17/04/2026

One week until rehearsals begin for our next programme: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Come and sing with us!

01/04/2026

We are looking for singers to join us for our next set of rehearsals for Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony starting on the 24th April for 12 weeks. Subscriptions £70. At the concert on 12th July we will be performing alongside Caritas Chamber Choir accompanied by our regular pro Orchestra and celebrated soloists under the baton of our inspiring Music Director, Benedict Preece.

For many this work is considered a peak experience for choral singers due to its sheer scale, physical intensity, and the profound way it integrates the human voice into an orchestral landscape. The very first moments of the symphony are legendary as the choir enters unaccompanied and at full volume with the word "Behold!", followed by a massive brass fanfare that shifts the harmony from a stormy B-flat minor to a radiant D major on the word "Sea!" It’s going to be absolutely thrilling!

15/03/2026

Ticket update

We have sold out of tickets on TicketSource. There will be a limited number available on the door priced £17.50.

Tickets are now available for East Bridge Chorale perform Mozart Requiem at St Mary's Arts Centre - Sandwich, Sandwich on Sunday 29th March 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

28/02/2026

Don’t miss out on early bird tickets for our next concert priced at £15. From the 14th March they will be £17.50.

As well as the hauntingly beautiful Mozart Requiem, we are performing two other stunning works - Bruckner’s Christus factus est and Mendelssohn’s Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten.

Directed by our Music Director, Benedict Preece, we are privileged to be joined by four talented vocal soloists studying with the Royal College of Music: Bella Marslen, Sian Sulke, Thomas Law and Gabriel Tufail-Smith.

The Neruda Trumpet concerto is being performed by the awesome Christopher Deacon.

31/01/2026

Our next concert on 29th March features an exciting programme of sublime music including the hauntingly beautiful Mozart Requiem. Directed by Benedict Preece, with accompaniment by our resident professional orchestra, we are also thrilled to be joined by vocal soloists from the Royal College of Music and Christopher Deacon on trumpet who will be performing the Neruda Trumpet Concerto.

Tickets go on sale on February 1st on TicketSource. QR code below:

16/01/2026

It’s one week until rehearsals restart!

This term we are preparing for an exciting concert featuring the Mozart Requiem on Sunday March 29th at St Mary’s Sandwich.

Rehearsals begin on Friday January 23rd at Littlebourne Village Hall.

02/12/2025

Messiah concert update:
All tickets for the concert have now been sold apart from around 30 which are being kept back for sale on the door. We cannot reserve these and they will be sold on a strictly first come, first served basis. Online sales are now closed on TicketSource.

20/11/2025

Join us on 7th December for our performance of The Messiah conducted by Benedict Preece. We will be joined by a professional orchestra and soloists from both the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music.

Link to tickets in the comments, they are selling fast, so please book soon to avoid disappointment!

Address

Littlebourne War Memorial Hall
Canterbury
CT31ST

Opening Hours

7:30pm - 9:30pm

Website

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

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