The Senior choir currently has 170 members. Drawing singers from Chester and the surrounding district the choir normally gives five concerts in the beautiful location of Chester Cathedral each year. The two principal concerts in November and in March or April are performances of major choral classics, oratorio and similar works.
The choir engages professional soloists and orchestral players to perform the works in their entirety to a very high standard. In May the concert comprises a number of smaller works, usually performed with accompaniment from the cathedral organ. This concert also forms the basis of the overseas tour programme.
The choir makes an overseas tour every two years: recently to Ghent (Belgium), Venice, Prague, and Dresden and Leipzig.
In May 2008 the choir will visit Budapest and give three performances: in St.Matthias Church in Buda, Eger Cathedral in Eger, and St. Stephen's Cathedral, Pest.
In addition to these concerts, the choir gives two performances of Christmas music in Chester Cathedral in December. You will find full details of future choir concerts elsewhere in this web site.
Admission to the choir is by audition; either in September, at the start of the new season, or in January, at the beginning of the second session of the season.
Full details of admission procedures can be obtained from the Membership Secretary, Tel: 01352 757526 or from