HEREFORD CHAMBER CHOIR

Founded in 1983, Hereford Chamber Choir consists of 25 mixed voices. Under its Music Director Simon Harper, the choir has gained a reputation for performing exciting programmes of choral music from the Medieval era to newly commissioned works.  

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The choir gives approximately six concerts a year in venues across Herefordshire. In the summer of 2023 the choir performed its critically acclaimed 'Dymock Poets Re-imagined' concert at the Ledbury Poetry Festival, nine newly-commissioned works based on the texts of the Dymock poets. To celebrate its 40th anniversary in October 2023 the choir staged a come-and-sing Mendelssohn's Elijah, which saw over singers rehearse and perform this magnificent work in a day, joined by soloists and the Central England Camerata orchestra. Later that year they sang Faure's Requiem at the All Souls' Service at Hereford Cathedral. 2024 was an extraordinary year for the choir. In addition to its choral workshop in February and singing various concerts and evensongs across Herefordshire, the choir performed its 'Dymock Poets Re-imagined' concert once again on two world-famous stages, the Hay Festival 2024 and the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester 2024. In 2025 the choir gave a concert of musical settings of texts by Herefordshire priest and mystic Thomas Traherne, as well as their ever-popular and family-friendly Christmas concert. As we begin 2026 the choir is rehearsing its concert of music and readings for Lent, and is looking forward to staging Bernstein's wonderful Chichester Psalms on 4 July in a programme to celebrate American choral music.

If you would like to audition to join the choir, then we would be delighted to hear from you. The choir rehearses on Tuesday evenings at Holmer Church Hall in Hereford. See our 'Join the choir' page for more details.

The choir also has an active 'Friends' scheme which offers social events as well as benefits such as reductions on ticket prices. For more information, visit our 'Friends Scheme' page.