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Inverness Choral is a registered Scottish Charity No: SCO15219

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Would you like to sing with us? New members are welcome in January and August. More information here

Come and sing with us

Our next term starts mid August, and we're always open to welcoming new or returning members. We meet on Monday evenings in Smithton Free Church, Inveness from 7.30 - 9.30.

Our next concert

Our next concert will be on Saturday 14th November in Inverness Cathedral. We will be performing Handel "Coronation Anthems" and Bach "Wachet Auf", accompanied by a baroque orchestra, with four soloists, who will each perform an item in addition to the choir's performance,

Well, we hope if you were able to join us, that you enjoyed our April concert of Mendelssohn's Elijah. We certainly enjoyed the day, and are thankful for the positive feedback we've received.

Barbara, Jess, Gordon, Jamie and Andy

As always, we are so grateful to our soloists, who each added their unique touch to the performance. A wee reminder of who they were: Jessica Leary (Soprano), Barbara Scott (Mezzo-soprano), Jamie MacDougall (Tenor) and Andy MacTaggart (Bass). You can read a bit more about them in the following paragraphs (below).

Again, the choir are so thankful for the patience and encouragement of Gordon Tocher, our Conductor, and Adrian Marple, our Accompanist. Without both Gordon and Adrian's commitment throughout our weeks of rehearsals, we simply wouldn't have a concert.

Jessica Leary - Soprano

You can read more about Jessica here.

Barbara Scott, Mezzo-soprano

You can read more about Barbara here.

Jamie MacDougall - Tenor

You can read more about Jamie here.

Andrew (Andy) McTaggart - Baritone

You can read more about Andy here.

Our Carolthon in December was enjoyed by all, both those singing and those listening in the Eastgate Centre. We were delighted to be able to hand over a cheque for £2,350.00 to our partner, Munlochy Animal Aid. Of course, this was half of the amazing amount raised on the day, with the same amount coming to the Choral to help us fund our concerts.

Many thanks to all who gave so generously.

Picture shows Andrea (Carolthon Organiser), Iona Nicol (Munlochy Animal Aid), Gina (Choral Treasurer) and Pat (Choral Chair).

We hope you were able to join us for our December concert. We all so enjoyed singing for you, our audience. We're sure you agree that Inverness Cathedral is a magnificent venue. Special thanks go to our soloists, Sophie Bysouth (Soprano), Austin Smith (Tenor) and Luke Francis (Bass) who all did so well. Thanks also to our ever patient Conductor, Gordon Tocher and Adrian Marple, who accompanied us on ther organ and piano. Both put in so much work week by week, building our confidence to allow us to bring you these concerts. Here are a few pictures from our rehearsal.

Dates for your diary

*Saturday 14th November, Inverness Cathedral. Handel “Coronation Anthems” and Bach “Wachet Auf”

Inverness Choral is one of the largest choir in the Highlands and draws singers from a wide area around Inverness. It presents two main concerts a year, in Spring and Autumn, and a singing marathon - a Christmas Carolthon - in aid of charity in mid-December. New members are welcomed at the start of each session ie August and January. There is a comprehensive historical list of pieces sung available here.

The conductor of the Inverness Choral is Gordon Tocher and the accompanist is Adrian Marple.

The Choral published a celebratory book, produced with grant aid from Inverness Common Good Fund.

The 68-page book is full of photographs, facts and figures about the Society’s activities over the years, with lively reminiscences and anecdotes contributed by members and friends and full details of all the Society’s concerts since 1977; (earlier concerts are listed here on the website).

Past Performances

Click here to see a list of our performances at Eden Court Theatre since 1977. We have now also collated a list of earlier performances, from the Society being founded in 1920 to 1976. Click here to see this information.

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