The Cantate Choir

The Cantate Choir was formed at the beginning of 2002 since when it has performed varied music programmes to a high standard at venues in the Sevenoaks area. As a local amenity the choir aims to produce high quality work which gives it the opportunity to attract high calibre professionals to work alongside it. The choir was registered as a charity in 2004.

In 2006 the Choir’s versatility was demonstrated with a performance of Mozart’s Requiem in March as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth, followed in June by Poetry in Music, a concert of settings of poems by well-known poets. On Armistice Day, November 11 the choir staged Remember! featuring music and readings on the theme of remembrance and recollection. To round off the year it joined the Voce orchestra in December for the performance of all six parts of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

In March 2007, the choir again teamed up with the period-instrument ensemble Vivace! for Baroque Masterworks including Vivaldi's Magnificat and Handel's Dixit Dominus. In June they performed the Rachmaninov Vespers, and concluded the year with a family Christmas concert that included four motets by Poulenc.

Members of The Cantate Choir are singers with some training and/or experience. Admission to the choir is by audition with the Music Director. Please see the How to join section for details of how to apply to join the choir.