We are Durham University Choral Society.

Durham's largest and oldest music society, boasting over 100 auditioned voices and partaking in ambitious yearly projects, recently including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the 200th anniversary of its writing, or partaking in the National Big Bruckner Weekend alongside the Royal Northern Sinfonia.

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Our Upcoming Concerts

Saturday 23 May | 17:30

Choral Evensong

Quire, Durham Cathedral

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Friday 12 June | 19:30

Masquerade

Durham Cathedral

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Sunday 14 June | 16:00

Alumni Evensong

St Mary’s Church, Henley

No tickets required

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View fullsize Durham University Choral Society were delighted to receive a Full Palatinate award for the Best Marketing Campaign (Verdi Requiem) and a Half Palatinate award for the Best Concert (Verdi Requiem) last night at the @du_performingarts Palatinate Awards
View fullsize 🌞 The Summer is HERE! And what better way to celebrate than an exciting season of choral music for all to enjoy! If you find yourself in the South of England this June, why not come along to the St Mary's Church of Henley-on-Thames to enjoy sublim
View fullsize 🌞 The Summer is HERE! And what better way to celebrate than an exciting season of choral music for all to enjoy! Step into a world of glittering mystery as Durham University Student Music and Performing Arts presents Masquerade, a night of eleganc
View fullsize 🌞 The Summer is HERE! And what better way to celebrate than an exciting season of choral music for all to enjoy! Kicking things off with a service of Choral Evensong in @durhamcathedral with 40 of our finest singers to mark the Eve of Pentecost, f
View fullsize ➡️ As we look back on last term, it’s time to throw back to our concert in Elvet Methodist on 13 March, the first of our performances of “Nachtwache”, conducted by Louis Allen and accompanied by Rooney Zhou. 📷 @ollieturanphotograp
View fullsize 🇩🇪 And that’s a wrap on this year’s German tour, bringing ‘Nachtwache’ to hundreds of locals and tourists here in Berlin! Thanks to @louis.allen_music and @rooneyhrzhou for their fantastic contributions to the leadership o
View fullsize 🔥 Our full audio-visual recording of Verdi's Requiem is now available to stream from YouTube. Watch now ⏩
View fullsize 🇩🇪 Begleiten Sie die "Durham University Choral Society" auf ihrer jährlichen Tournee, wenn sie ihr Programm "Nachtwache" mit wunderschöner Chormusik von Parry, Dove und anderen in die Kirchen Berlins, Deutschland, brin
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View fullsize 1️⃣ DAY TO GO! We are getting ready to preview our Tour concert repertoire, with the programme entitled "Nachtwache" and displaying a varied range of German and English choral music for you. Join us tomorrow at 19:30 in Elvet Methodist Ch
View fullsize Today we are excited to announce contemporary piece “Media Vita” by Karensa Briggs! Composed as a commission from Siglo de Oro and Patrick Allies, this piece explores the text written by Notker amidst the construction of the bridge in M
View fullsize 🌙 Our repertoire reveal continues today with a wonderful, reflective work by Max Reger entitled “Nachtlied” (night song). Written in 1914 as part of Reger’s Requiem projects, this piece is taken from a German text entitled “
View fullsize ✨ Day 3 brings us back to British-based composers with Jonathan Dove’s mystical and ethereal “Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars”. Composed in 1995 and taken from the words of Psalm 139, this choral anthem is accompanied by a gl
View fullsize 🤩 The second of our repertoire reveals ahead of “Nachtwache” takes us to Germany for Josef Rheinbeger’s Mass in E flat! Composed in the 19th century, this traditional mass setting blends Renaissance Polyphony with hints of chromat
View fullsize We are so excited to announce the first of our repertoire for next week’s “Nachtwache” here in Durham. Blest Pair of Sirens is a cherished English choral anthem written by Hubert Parry and was premiered in 1887, based on a text by
View fullsize 🦚 It's time to look forward to the Spring season, and boy do we have a packed programme in store for you! We're bringing a programme of beautiful choral music from the voices of DUCS to Elvet Methodist Church on Friday 13 March as part of our Germa

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choral.society@durham.ac.uk
performingarts.administrator@durham.ac.uk

Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre
40 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3ET