Cumbria Festival Chorus

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Cumbria Festival Chorus Cumbria Festival Chorus is committed to developing the rich heritage of one of England's and Cumbria's finest traditions: Choral Singing.

Our programme includes:
-Choral workshops
-Training days for choral singing & conducting.
-A major choral festival weekend in the same year as the historic Mary Wakefield Festival
-Collaboration with other music events through the sharing of resources & expertise

Our organising committee is entirely voluntary and has many years’ experience of planning large choral events. We have no paid staff and our funding relies on subscriptions, sponsorship and funds from grant-making bodies.

Rehearsal dates for the 3rd July performance of The Dream of Gerontius:
12/08/2026

Rehearsal dates for the 3rd July performance of The Dream of Gerontius:

24/07/2026

Our next projects are:
Thursday 31st December (New Year's Eve, of course!): Come & Sing Haydn's Maria Theresa Mass at St Mary's Church, Windermere, with orchestra and soloists - application forms coming out soon
Saturday 30th January - Workshop/Come & Sing "The Road to Gerontius" led by Ian Jones, at Stricklandgate Methodist Church - more details later
Saturday 3rd July - The Dream of Gerontius with orchestra and soloists Joyce Tindsley, Josh Ellicott and Terence Ayebare. At Kendal Parish Church.

Yesterday's rehearsal with our wonderful orchestra went very well, and we're all looking forward to Saturday's performan...
13/07/2026

Yesterday's rehearsal with our wonderful orchestra went very well, and we're all looking forward to Saturday's performance! Tickets are available via Ticketsource (https://www.ticketsource.com/booking/select/rwkpayqapdbv) until 11.55am on the morning of the concert, or at the door in the evening.

Because sometimes Gmail doesn't like btinternet.com email addresses, this month around 83 emails have come back to me. S...
01/07/2026

Because sometimes Gmail doesn't like btinternet.com email addresses, this month around 83 emails have come back to me. So if you haven't received the July newsletter, you can find it at https://cumbriafestivalchorus.weebly.com/

More about Cumbria Festival Chorus

16/06/2026
Cumbria Festival Chorus will be performing Verdi's Requiem on Saturday 18th July 2026 in Kendal Parish Church, and there...
01/03/2026

Cumbria Festival Chorus will be performing Verdi's Requiem on Saturday 18th July 2026 in Kendal Parish Church, and there are still places for tenors and sopranos. As there is no Ulverston Festival Choral Concert this year, you all have some time free, so why not join us? Application forms are at

You can download the information letter and application form HERE . It would benefit Cumbria Festival Chorus's finances if you would consider Gift Aiding your fee/donation. You can fill in the Gift...

07/12/2025

⚠️⚠️⚠️We need your help!

Are you an experienced musician looking for a friendly group to share in making music?

Appleby Town Band urgently need a conductor to help us continue to develop and improve our skills.

We have previously benefitted from the conductorship of Linda Bainbridge who conducted the band for 12 years, and more recently from Gavin Brown, a championship bandsman from the EverReady band. Gavin has now departed our ranks having been promoted to a Contesting band in the North-East! Whilst this is amazing news for him (and we wish him success and gratitude), it does leave us once again in need of musical leadership.

If you can spare 90minutes on Wednesday evenings and want to be part of our events delivering great music to communities around Appleby and the Eden Valley, then get in touch now!

Please SHARE far and wide!

further details and contact information:
https://www.applebyband.org.uk/join-us/recruitment
or DM us!

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