Ember Choral

17/07/2026

After more than thirty years with the choir, Ember Choral's excellent Accompanist Pam Kent stepped down in June, as rehearsals for our 2026 summer concert drew to a close. We are all very sad to see her go. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, one would expect Pam to be a talented pianist, but keeping all four choir parts in tune and to tempo, while playing the orchestra's parts, turning pages correctly and keeping up with the Wednesday night football scores (with just two hands) is on another level. Thank you so much Pam and we wish you all the best.

10/06/2026

Tickets are now on sale for the Ember Choral Summer Concert - to be held on 27th June at 7.30pm in Holy Trinity Church in Claygate. We will be singing pieces by Mozart and Handel, together with some brilliant soloists and a wonderful orchestra. Join us for another fantastic evening of local summer music! Tickets are available from [email protected] and via choir members.

03/02/2026

These stories will sound familiar to many of our members. "A choir isn’t just about music; it’s about community, wellbeing, friendship, and joy."

As James Corden and Ruth Jones announce new series, people share how choirs have brought friendship, belonging and valuable memories

28/01/2026

Happy Birthday this week to Ēriks Ešenvalds, composer of the very moving song Only in Sleep, which we will be performing at our next concert on 28th March in St Andrew's, Surbiton. 'Only in Sleep Time is forgotten.' Indeed.

15/01/2026

Ola Gjeilo's 'Sunrise Mass' will feature in Ember Choral's Spring Concert this year - written 'to evolve from transparent and spacey to something earthy and warm; from nebulous and pristine, through more emotional landscapes, to ultimately solid groundedness – as a metaphor for human development from child to adult, or as a spiritual journey.' It's incredibly uplifting to listen to and sing.

07/01/2026

Rehearsals for our Spring 2026 concert start tonight, Wednesday 7th January at Our Lady of Lourdes in Thames Ditton. If you've made a musical resolution for 2026, come and join us!

09/12/2025

Ooh, an early Christmas present! There's a new video up on our Youtube channel from Saturday's rehearsal...

Recording of We Wish you a Merry Christmas from the rehearsal for Ember Choral's December 2025 concert in Claygate.

09/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who came along, and celebrated and sang with us on Saturday night at the Ember Choral 2025 Christmas concert in Claygate. It was brilliant fun singing in the choir so we hope you all enjoyed it too. We wish you a Merry Christmas and look forward to even more great music in 2026!

06/12/2025

Tonight's the night! Ember Choral's Christmas concert is at 7.30pm at Holy Trinity Church in Claygate. We look forward to seeing you there (and hearing you singing along with the audience carols too!)