CHOIR AUDITIONS
Colla Voce Singers
is Holding Auditions
in all Voices
Apply by Friday 9th February.
Auditions primarily on Saturday 17th February from 2.30pm, with alternative dates on Tuesday 13th and Tuesday 20th February from 6pm.
How we work:
Colla Voce Singers is a project-based choir: we perform three to five concerts a year, with rehearsals from 7–9pm on the four preceding Tuesdays. All our concert dates and the headline repertoire we’re performing is announced about a year in advance. Although singers do not need to take part in every concert, it is expected that singers in our regular pool will commit to at least two projects a year.
What we sing:
Our repertoire is wide, spanning from Gregorian chant and Renaissance polyphony to newly-commissioned works by exciting young composers. We are resident at St George’s RC Cathedral Southwark—where all our rehearsals take place, along with two “Musical Meditation” concerts a year—and St Gabriel’s Pimlico, where we perform the majority of our other projects. We have an ongoing relationship with the Hampstead Collective, performing a major piece of repertoire accompanied by full orchestra once a year: previous concerts have included Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Handel’s Theodora, and Messiah.
This season’s projects are Schütz Musikalische Exequien with basso continuo, Handel Ode for St Cecilia’s Day (with the Hampstead Collective, accompanied by baroque orchestra), and our annual “A Colla Voce Christmas” concert at St Gabriel’s Pimlico. 2025 is the choir’s 20th Anniversary Year, with plans for extra special concerts, and a mini-tour outside of London.
Who we’re looking for:
Many of our singers were university choral scholars somewhere in England, and can be found singing professionally in various church choirs in London. We are a voluntary choir though: whatever your background you will be an experienced classical choral singer with a good voice, comfortable with getting to know new music quickly, and looking for a small, friendly, high-quality group to continue your performing life. We’re a very social bunch, and our rehearsal venue boasts an excellent pub close by, which we make good use of after singing!
There are vacancies in all parts, so if this sounds like you, please get in touch for further information, and to arrange an audition. If you’re not free on any of the dates given above, let us know and we may be able to hear you another time.
Please email us with your choral singing experience to arrange an audition or for more information: