Welcome to Cosham Community Choir!

Cosham community choir restarts on Monday 7th September 2026 at Cosham Baptist Church. See below for times and fees.

New members are very welcome (14yrs and older).

Information on the choir

Cosham Community Choir was started in January 2011 and is for anyone over the age of 14 who would like to sing. The mission of our members is simple - to make music entertaining, and to make entertaining music! Every rehearsal includes singing in a variety of styles, such as film scores, show tunes,  gospel, classical, folk, and pop.

To show you the range of music we sing, here are some of the pieces we have performed in the past few years:

  • Show tunes: medleys from Cats, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, West Side Story & Phantom of the Opera.
  • Popular songs: Sting's "Fields of Gold", Carol King's You've Got a Friend, 
  • Sacred classical music: Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"
  • Secular / folk music: Henry VIII's "Pastime with good company", Holst's "My sweetheart's like Venus"
  • Sea Shanties
  • Seasonal songs: "Walking in the Air" (from The Snowman), Rutter's "Colours of Christmas", carols
  • John Rutter - various selections 

We welcome all voices and are particularly keen to encourage tenors, baritones and basses.

We rehearse every Monday from 19:15 until 20:45 during term time at the Cosham Baptist Church on Havant Road, Portsmouth.  Choir Plus is from 20.45 to 21.15.  You can find directions and travel information at the Cosham Baptist Church website.

Membership Fee of the choir costs £10. Thereafter each rehearsal is £4.50 per week or £40 per term. If you would like to join the choir, simply turn up to one of our Monday rehearsals and give it a try. Your first session will be free! After that you can pay per session until you decide to become a member. Music for all the main choir items is loaned to members free of charge from our music library.

 

Performance Dates

Next Concert will be December 2026 

Previous Concerts:

Our Summer Concert on 6th July 2026 raised an approximate total of £917.30 from bucket donations and ticket sales for the Charity Enable Ability based in Portsmouth.  The Concert included Blue Moon, Adiemus, On Shining Waters, Summer is acumen, Higher & Higher, You've Got a Friend, For the Beauty of the Earth, Clare Benediction, Memory and Skimbleshanks from Cats, Fly Me to the Moon, Bella Fantasia and Anthem.  Solos by John & Charlotte, Rowena and a comedy narration by Simon. 

Our Christmas Concert 2025 - 8th December 2025 raised the total of £1081 for Charity, Faith and Football. The Concert included Bridge Over Troubled Water, The Rhythm of Life, Masters in this Hall, All Bells in Paradise, The Very Best Time of the Year, Of a Rose a Lovely Rose, Walking in the Air, Noel Nouvelet, The First Noel/Pachelbel's Canon (accompanied by a 3 piece string quartet), We Wish you a Merry Madrigal, Carol of the Bells, In The Bleak Midwinter, Silent Night and I Saw Three Ships. Solos were performed by John, Louise, Rowena and a comedy narration by Simon.

Our Summer Concert on 7th July 2025 raised from ticket sales and bucket collection a grand total of £834.14. The concert included Two John Rutter songs - Look at the World & Gaelic Blessing, Something inside so Strong (with solo from John), Pokarekare Ana, Sing Gently, Lion King medley, The Ground, Jerusalem, Sheep May Safely Graze, Over the Rainbow, Songs that Won the War & Goodnight Sweetheart plus Solos performed by John and Jan.  

Our Christmas Concert - 9th December 2024 raised in total from ticket sales and bucket donations of £1114 in aid of Southern Stop Domestic Abuse, who offer advice to victims, professionals, perpetrators and friends or family of those affected by domestic abuse.  The concert included songs Angels Carol, Mary's Lullaby and the Colours of Christmas written by John Rutter as well as Sea Shanties, Nimrod, Northern Lights, Sweet Chiming Bells and Away in a Manger.   Solos by Louise, John, Cathy and Rowena, plus a rousing 12 days of Christmas with a comedy narration from Simon.

 

 

 

 

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Contact

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