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Shoreham Oratorio Choir 1961-2025
Welcome to Shoreham Oratorio Choir
Welcome to Shoreham Oratorio Choir
For over sixty years Shoreham Oratorio Choir has been part of Shoreham By Sea’s rich musical heritage, performing both traditional classical and contemporary repertoires.
We are mixed choir, of around 65 singers, sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.
Shoreham Oratorio is a friendly, community choir, open to all, without audition.
We all know that singing is good for our health and well- being. Come and sing with us. We have a policy of open recruitment.
Rehearsal tracks for your part are provided. If you don't "sight read" music, these tracks allow you to learn your part "by ear" and of course you have the support of your choir colleagues.
Put it in your diary now. Saturday 8th November. This is a benefit concert and all proceeds go towards the upkeep of St Mary De Haura.
Help St Marys and enjoy the wonderful Fauré Requiem with professional soloists singing the "Pie Jesu" and "Libera Me Domine"
Lucia is a Slovak-born conductor, based in the UK and currently coaching young players and singers as the Assistant Conductor of the Symphony Orchestra and the Director of the Chapel Choir at St Catherine’s School, Bramley. Facebook
In October 2024 the 65 singers of Shoreham Oratorio Choir were delighted to appoint Lucia as their Musical Director. More about Lucia
Come and Sing With Us
Come and Sing With Us
Why not attend one of our rehearsals?
We hope you enjoy it and offer new singers their first term (13 weeks) for just £27!
Rehearsals and Concerts
Rehearsals and Concerts
The choir rehearses on a Thursday evening. in the Methodist Church Hall, Brunswick Road, Shoreham By Sea, BN43 5WB.
There is ample free parking after 6pm in Tarmount Lane car park behind the Church hall.
Rehearsals begin at 7.30 pm and finish at 9.30 pm with a fifteen minute break around 8.15 pm for announcements and socialising.
There are three terms, Autumn, Spring and Summer.
Autumn - September to December, ending with our Christmas Concert.
Spring - January to April, ending with our Spring Concert
Summer - April to mid July, ending with our Summer Concert
Rehearsal and Concert Dates for 2025-2026
President, Conductor, Accompanist
President, Conductor, Accompanist
Top tenor, Neil Jenkins, a famous figure in the music scene in Sussex and beyond, has graciously agreed to serve as choir President.
Shoreham Oratorio warmly welcomes the delightful Lucia Švecová as Musical Director from September 2025 after serving as Guest Conductor in 2024.
Lucia teams up with Chris Duckett, who sang bass with the choir for several years but is a highly accomplished pianist and SOC is delighted that from September 2025, Chris will be our Accompanist.
Choir Repertoire
Choir Repertoire
.A compilation of choir concerts over the last eight years.
Choir Timeline
Choir Timeline
For over sixty years, Shoreham Oratorio Choir has welcomed hundreds of singers to its weekly Thursday rehearsals, where under the guidance of each Conductor, something truly magical happens.
The Volunteers
The Volunteers
Since the beginning, Shoreham Oratorio has been a not-for-profit organisation.
Members subs are used solely to cover the costs of our excellent professionals who ensure the weekly rehearsals are so enjoyable, and also to pay for the hire of our rehearsal premises.
Our end of term ticket prices for each concert are pitched so that the choir just breaks even.
However the whole enterprise relies on a voluntary committee providing hours of their own free time - for free!
Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
All you need to know about the terms and conditions of membership, the Choir Constitution, Policies regarding Health & Safety, Data Protection and Complaints Procedures
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