Tewkesbury & District Choral Society
A Night At the Opera - The Society enjoyed the company of Richard Baker OBE in May for their summer concert. He narrated the evening of operatic choruses and took a star turn on the anvil for The Anvil Chorus!
Join us
The new term starts on Monday 15th September 2008. All voices are welcome but we especially need men to come and swell the bass and tenor parts!
For further information about joining and rehearsal times please see the membership page.
A bit of history
'Tewkesbury Choral Society can claim to be one of the oldest in the South West' according to a report in Music South West, (spring 1993). However, the exact date of its foundation is unclear. A ticket for a concert in Bushley Shruberies by the Philharmonic Society is dated 1833, but an entry in the Tewkesbury Register shows that this should read 1883! Another ticket for a concert in the Town Hall by Tewkesbury Choral Society is dated 1844. Despite this, for many years, 1868 was regarded by many as the foundation year of the Society. Concerts have been given under a variety of names, Tewkesbury Choral Society in 1884, The Philharmonic Society from 1882 to 1916, Tewkesbury Choral and Orchestral Society from 1916 to 1946 (except between 1922 and 1924 when they sang as the Free Church Choral Society). In 1946 the Society officially became the Tewkesbury and District Choral Society.