Thank you to everyone who came to our Musical Postcards workshop on Saturday 18th July - we had a great time working our way through a range of songs which took us to Scotland, Budapest, Ireland and over the sea!  Nayland Choir is now on summer break and starts back on September 10th. 

Nayland Choir is an unauditioned SATB choir of about 40 singers, founded by Mandy Cook in 1994. It's tricky to define – a bit of a cross between a small choral society and a community choir! We sing a wide range of classical and sometimes lighter repertoire, always aiming to enjoy both the singing and the social side. We generally perform three concerts a year; at our most recent one we presented A Night at the Opera - a trip through centuries of music for the stage from Handel to Sondheim, via a certain Phantom and more! For our spring concerts we usually put on  entirely classical programme, and this March we performed the SATB arrangement of Pergolesi's beautiful Stabat Mater, Haydn's Missa Brevis (Little Organ Mass) and Vivaldi's exuberant Credo RV591 with an invited string orchestra.

We always welcome new members - whether you're an experienced singer or new to singing in parts. We rehearse in Nayland Primary school hall on Thursday evenings. please get in touch on naylandchoir@gmail.com! 

Previous concerts include:

• A anniversary celebration of the music of John Rutter and Bob Chilcott, in December 2025.
• A Summer Garland of Song, July 2025 - folk, music theatre and part songs celebrating the world of flowers 
• Puccini's Messa di Gloria, March 2025, with invited orchestra 
• Shakespeare in Song, July 2024 - fittingly with food and wine!
• Mozart Requiem (with orchestra) March 2024. Our 30th anniversary celebration, to a sell-out audience! 
• Songs of Liberty 4th July 2023: a whistle-stop tour of music from folk song to opera to contemporary music theatre all on the theme of liberty and freedom.
• Fauré Requiem and other short pieces, March 2023
• 'Tis the Season - Christmas music from across Europe, Nayland Church 
• A Little Light Music : music - with a light supper - for a summer's evening by Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. 
• Platinum Anthems: Mozart Mass in C and Handel Coronation Anthem no 4, in St Marys Church Stoke by Nayland (March 2022)
• Oh Sing Joyfully! featuring Vivaldi Gloria, St James' Church Nayland, (November 2021)

Go to NaylandChoir.org for more information and to enquire about joining.