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). 2026 is our 80th Anniversary Year and we are celebrating by performing Mendelssohn’s wonderful oratorio Elijah, which was the first work ever performed by the Choir.

Would you like to sing with the Choir? Come along to one of our June Open Rehearsals

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. An Open Rehearsal is a ‘taster session’ where you may take part – or just observe – with no obligation. Join us at St Peters Church Hall, Hopeville Avenue, St Peters CT10 2TR on Wednesday evenings from 7.45pm.

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

Unfortunately, due to an ongoing technical issue, some of the contact links on this page are not working. Please accept our apologies. If you wish to contact us email tfc.social.medias@gmail.com

News

Save the date …

Saturday 24th October. 7.pm. Holy Trinity Church, Nelson Place, Broadstairs CT10 1HQ. Be there or be square! Our 80th Anniversary Concert, Mendelssohn’s Elijah is absolutely one not to miss. It’s a superb and very dramatic work, telling the Old Testament story of the Prophet Elijah,  and we’ll be performing it with a first-class orchestra and superb […]

Join us at our June Open Rehearsals

Rehearsals for our 80th Anniversary Concert, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, have just begun and anyone interested in joining the Choir, or singing  Elijah with us, is cordially invited to come along to one or more of our June Open Rehearsals. These are ‘taster sessions’ where prospective new members can observe or join in without any obligation or […]

Our Summer Rehearsals

Rehearsals start again on Wednesday evening, 21st April. 7.30pm at St Peters Church Hall. We’re currently working on some Opera Choruses, ready for a ‘sing for ourselves’ soiree on 13th May and not for a concert. Then, on 20th May, we start rehearsals for our 80th Anniversary Concert, Mendelssohn’s Elijah. This is a wonderful work, […]

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