If you would like to join us, or have any membership-related queries, please email our Membership Secretary, Thérèse Johns, at streathamchoral@gmail.com to express your interest. Since we are currently operating a waiting list for some voice parts, please ensure that you have liaised with Thérèse (to check whether there is space in the section you wish to join) prior to attending any rehearsals.
We sing from scores, rather than by ear, and perform a range of SATB classical choral music. We do not audition, and you can try us out for two weeks before signing up for the term.
Choir information
Rehearsals
From 7.30 to 9.30pm on Monday evenings (break around 8.30 pm)
One Saturday rehearsal per term
Rehearsal Venue
St. Leonard's Church, Tooting Bec Gardens, London SW16 1HS
Subscriptions
For subscription rates, please email our Membership Secretary, Thérèse Johns.
term dates 2026/27
Autumn term:
Starts on: 7 September 2026
Reconvened AGM to approve the accounts: 21 September 2026
Additional Saturday rehearsal: 10 October 2026
Autumn performance: 7 November 2026
Christmas rehearsals start: 9 November 2026
Christmas performances: 12 December 2026 (matinee and evening)
Spring term:
Starts on: 4 January 2027
Workshop day: 23 January 2027
Additional Saturday rehearsal: 20 February 2027
N.B. Final weekday rehearsal: Wednesday, 31 March 2027 (no rehearsal on 29 March 2027 - Easter Monday)
Spring performance: 3 April 2027
Summer term:
Starts on: 12 April 2027
Additional Saturday rehearsal: 29 May 2027
Summer performance: 3 July 2027
2026/27 AGM: 5 July 2027
Tour rehearsals: 12 and 19 July 2027
2026 tour (location: TBC): over the weekend of 24/25 July 2027
ATTENDANCE
To sing in a concert you normally need to have attended at least two thirds of Monday rehearsals and the run-through rehearsal on the day.
Concert dress
Smart and black
“I hadn’t sung with a choir for over 15 years and was looking for somewhere to sing which was well-organised and professional, but also friendly and laid back. I have been made welcome since the first moment I showed up and it is a pleasure to sing with them and enjoy a few drinks together afterwards.”
“Streatham Choral is a fine choir, which seems to me to get better and better all the time. They sing with such passion and discipline, as well as being the most welcoming and cheerful bunch. I was absolutely stunned by the opening section (from memory!) of Haydn’s Creation at the Cadogan Hall, which was truly thrilling and will stay with me for a long time.”