(One of Cheltenham and Gloucestershire’s foremost chamber choirs).
Experienced singers, particularly those with good sight-reading ability, are always welcome.
“Here is a choir that quite obviously enjoy singing together. They perform with passion and panache; with sensitivity and sparkle, engaging their audience in every note, leaving them wanting more and more.”
Stuart Muir, Director of Music, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dundee
“I very much enjoyed the opportunity of working with the Jubilate Chamber Choir and found them to be a quality ensemble in good heart, taking on challenging repertoire with panache and precision. I look forward to hearing them again very soon”.
Mark Lee, Director of Music, Bristol Cathedral
‘It gives me real pleasure to add the Jubilate Chamber Choir to my list of patronages. Ian Higginson is one of my esteemed students from my early days and I have been delighted to watch his ascent in the profession.
“Your home is rich in music and music making and has inspired so many of the giants in British music and choral music in particular. I wish you all success in your music and the enjoyment which inevitably goes hand in hand with such a venture.”
Professor Ian Tracey, President of Jubilate Chamber Choir and Organist Titulaire Liverpool Cathedral
Jubilate draws its members from Cheltenham, Gloucester and the Cotswolds. The Conductor and Artistic Director is Ian Higginson and the choir rehearses at Francis Close Hall, University of Gloucestershire, Swindon Road, Cheltenham on Monday evenings from 7.30 – 9.30pm Experienced singers, particularly those with good sight-reading ability, are always welcome.
The choir’s repertoire encompasses sacred and secular music from the 16th century to the present day. Jubilate has sung in many of the Cloucestershire venues plus many of the country’s cathedrals and abbeys, including St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, St. Giles, Edinburgh, Worcester, Bristol, Christ Church Oxford, Hereford, Bath Abbey and Westminster Abbey, It has enjoyed highly successful tours to Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Liverpool, Chester and Paris where the choir has performed in Eglise Saint-Séverin, the Mad the American Church and has recently returned to sing Mass in Cathedrale Notre-Dame.
Enjoy the following samples of the choir performing.
Jubilate Deo Locus Iste by Bruckner Nowell, Nowell by Ian Higginson Magnificat in G by Ian Higginson Ave Verum by ByrdFor further information, please visit the Jubilate Choir website. If you would like to book Jubilate for an event or indeed would like to join then please contact us here.