Castle Chorus Weekly Rehearsal
Castle Chorus is a small, friendly choir open to anybody who loves singing. If you’re interested in coming along, singing some songs and meeting new people, feel free to just turn up on a Thursday!
About Castle Chorus Weekly Rehearsal
Castle Chorus was started in 2015 and is an Edinburgh based mixed voice community choir, and part of the Natural Voice Network.
Led by Caro Overy, we sing a big range of great songs without accompaniment, including some contemporary folk and some more traditional and roots type music, with a splash of jazz and some more experimental things too. From more traditional standards like Wild Mountain Thyme, to more mainstream gems from bands like Vampire Weekend and Fleet Foxes! And anything and everything in between...
We also collaborate with Edinburgh-based songwriters and musicians (and those further afield) to perform beautiful new arrangements of fresh songs. We also sometimes compose our own songs to sing at choir, usually as a group, but individuals also do this too!
In the last 7 years we have performed our own sell-out Christmas carol concerts and a programme of carols at Rosslyn Chapel, as well as dozens of relaxed pub and music festival gigs, as well as concerts at the end of each 'term' or season (these usually have a theme, such as 'Light and Dark,' or 'Creatures'), and done loads of ad hoc workshops, pub sessions and more....
We’ve been highly commended in the Chorus Awards, sung as part of an Edinburgh Book Festival play, on the Isle or Arran, done Christmas Carols on Princess Street, performed at the Scottish Parliament, as well as been featured on BBC Radio Scotland and Castle FM. Check us out on youtube and facebook to see if you like what we do.
We meet on Thursdays from 6.30-8.30pm at Universty of Edinburgh buildings in central Edinburgh. The Uni give us free access to rooms through their Community Access to Rooms Scheme which we are very grateful for.
For this coming term, Autumn 2025, (11th September to 11th December) we are in: G43 in Paterson’s Land. Paterson’s Land, Edinburgh University, Holyrood Campus
**There is no practice on Thursday 20th November.**
However, if you are coming for the first time and are not on the mailing list, please email us to confirm the venue, as the above information may be liable to change (and we sometimes don't update the website in time).
There are toilets and water fountain nearby.
There is a Zoom link available for those who wish to join remotely - please email us for details.
Term Dates and Fees - Information
This term runs from 11th September 2025 to 11th December with one week off on 20th November - 13 sessions in total
FULL TERM FEES:
Full price fees are £65 (13 x £5 per session)
Concession fees are £36 (13 x £3 minus one session)
Term fee is our preferred payment method. If you pay for the full term in one payment, the price per session is (full) £5 / (concession) £3.
DROP-IN PAYMENT:
However, if you come irregularly, drop-in payment is also available:
**NEW** £7 full fee
**SAME** £3 concession
This slight change is to incentivise block payment of fees so we reduce fees that go to our card reader service and give a break to the person in charge of taking fees
We hope it makes sense - if it doesn't, email us or speak to us and we can explain, and take on feedbac
PAYMENT METHOD:
Drop in payment: Cash or card accepted and payment taken in the 10 minute break.
Full term: Pay by bank transfer to the Castle Chorus bank account with your name as reference:
Sort Code: 09 01 28
Account Number: 86756595
Fees should not be a barrier to anyone attending, and if you need to pay less or are not in a position to pay a fee, just have a word with Anne, Joe, or Caro and we can waive it altogether. Any queries can also be sent to our treasurer Anne via castlechorus@gmail.com.
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