We are so proud of the 17 Eclipse singers who made it all the way to St Albans’ Arena to perform in the National Choir of The Year competition. This was our first ever group to compete, and although they didn’t make it through, they had a buzzing experience! The choir was made up of […]
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Teddington and Hampton Festival
A small group of our wonderful singers performed for the charity event at St Mary’s Church, Thames Street in #Hampton village, part of the Teddington and Hampton Festival. Our singers deserve a proper cheer for coming late on board into this gig! What a top group of people we have who gave a very strong […]
A Super Evening at our Spring Concert
An enormous thank you to everyone who came, sang and supported us at our Spring Concert on Saturday 9th April. We had a magnificent evening. The atmosphere was wonderful and the audience feedback was overwhelmingly positive. One gentleman just loved that the set list was so inclusive and engaging, “He said, I’ve been to a […]
Our Christmas Concert!
On Saturday 19th December Eclipse Choir gathered for our Christmas Concert at St. Matthew’s Church in Wimbledon, our second ever concert! It was a sell out with 250 guests, plus musicians, and our special guests, the Missing People Choir. Both our Lunar (Monday) and Solar (Thursday) choir had prepared and worked hard all term to […]
13 weeks to Form, Storm, Norm and PERFORM!
Our story so farIn May 2015 the Eclipse Choir was born; an audition-based, score-reading choir built of amateur singers ready for a new musical challenge. We settled into the Hillside Church in Wimbledon twice a week for rehearsals, with a group of 50 voices meeting on Mondays and 80 on Thursdays. Reading music for the […]
The Armed Man
Come and sing The Armed Manwith Voices For Hospices ChoirSunday 27/09/2015 10:00 amThis is a great opportunity for any singers to come and take part in a special event taking place at Kempton Park racecourse, in Surrey.It is a mass sing of The Armed Man, by Sir Karl Jenkins, conducted by John Sutton, and the […]
Eclipse Choir first ever practice in the park!
This Saturday morning we were blessed with some good, dry weather for the Eclipse Choir’s first ever practice session in Richmond Park. We had a group of keen sopranos from our Thursday choir, and plenty of air and space to sit and sing. Jim brought his funky little Melodica–which looks a bit like this: but […]
Starting up a choir
It all started in April 2015… … and in our choir director’s head a few months’ earlier than that. Jim had a dream of setting up his own choir which would rehearse and perform a mix of modern and more classical songs in SATB (or for those not familiar with choral lingo–soprano, alto, tenor, bass). […]