Thanet Festival Choir

 

The Thanet Festival Choir (TFC) is a mixed choral group (male and female voices) of around 75 amateur singers. Based in the Isle of Thanet, East Kent, we regularly perform concerts to bring our music to the wider community. Although we do perform the occasional lighter concert, which might be Opera Choruses, Gilbert and Sullivan or Songs from the Shows, we tend to stick to traditional Choral Music (Messiah, Creation and Fauré Requiem amongst many others).

Would you like to sing with the Choir?

We are an adult choir, but we welcome young people over the age of 16 provided that they are accompanied at rehearsals by a parent/guardian or other appropriate adult. Our membership is drawn from a wide range of musical abilities. Some of us have many years experience of singing in choirs, whereas others are relatively new to the joys and challenges of choral singing.

What can you expect?

You will receive a warm welcome. We have a ‘buddying’ scheme so that prospective new members are paired with experienced singers who can guide and support them through their first few rehearsals.  You’ll be introduced to other members of your voice section and to the Music Director, and given music and basic information about the Choir.

Each rehearsal starts at 7.45pm and begins with a ‘warm up’ to get the vocal chords working. We then rehearse some of the music programmed for our next concert, usually in some detail to start with and then we progress to ‘sing-throughs’ as the notes and words become more familiar. There’s a 10 minute break at around 8.30pm, and we usually finish at around 9.20pm.

If you would like to come and join us then  click here to find out more, or email thanetfestivalchoir@gmail.com

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If you wish to contact us email thanetfestivalchoir@gmail.com 

 

News

What we’re doing next

At next Wednesday’s rehearsal we are moving from a very early opera, Dido and Aeneas, to some slightly more modern opera choruses. As it’s our 80th Anniversary Year there will be no summer concert in 2026. Instead the plan is to sing and rehearse opera choruses for a few weeks, leading up to a ‘sing-through’ […]

Saturday’s wonderful concert

A huge ‘thank you’ to everyone who came out to our concert on Saturday, and to our incredible soloists, fantastic musicians, our wonderful music director and our brilliant concert director.  Also, of course, to our hard-working choir members. We are so greatful everyone who works so hard behind the scenes, from staging to front of house, […]

Just one week left to buy your tickets for Dido & Aeneas

We are really looking forward to next Saturday’s performance of Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, with the wonderful Chelys Consort of Viols, Stefan Catto on Continuo, Soprano Rowena Ashby, Bartitone Orlando Barton Hodges, and other soloists drawn from the ranks of the Choir.  Admission is £18 on the door, but advance tickets @ £16 are available […]

What's it like to sing in a choir?

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