Our Christmas concert this year is on Saturday 13th December at 3pm in the St. Edith Hall, Kemsing. We are choosing a wintry theme this year with a programme built around John Rutter’s song cycle ‘When Icicles Hang’. This is a collection of lively settings of Shakespeare and other Tudor poets and featuring guest tenor soloist, James Launders. We will have our usual mix of audience carols and choir pieces including sleigh rides, trips to Hushabye Mountain, and other wintry escapades at this ‘wonderful time of the year’. Yes, that’s included too!
Tickets will shortly be available from our Box Office on 01959 523752: £12 for adults, £5 for Under 18s.
A collection will be taken at the concert for this year's chosen charity, Hospice in the Weald. This is in memory of Robin Edmunds, founder member and President of the Kemsing Singers who sang with the choir for over sixty years until his recent death. Robin and his family were greatly supported by Hospice in the Weald in his final months.
Like variety? Then you’ll be sure to like us! We are keen to welcome new members.We rehearse on Mondays from 7:30-9:30pm in the St Edith Hall Kemsing and always give people a chance to see if we suit before committing to membership.
We are a friendly, mixed choir of about 50 singers who celebrated our Diamond Jubilee in 2024. Our motto is "Fun and Fine Singing" and our aim is to sing well and enjoy doing so. We give public performances in the Kemsing and Sevenoaks area under our Musical Director Sara Kemsley, with pianist Peter Young. We also sing occasionally at fetes and festivals and for weddings or funerals. We have a very competitive subscription for members but still raise money for charity and use professional soloists each season. Read all about us and how you can join.
If you like the sound of us, why not come along and see for yourself? You'd be very welcome, so just email Sara beforehand to discuss it: musicaldirector@kemsingsingers.com
The choir's large repertoire includes major choral classics, but we are not a choral society. Our programmes are built to a theme and consist of several shorter items in a range of styles. Many of these pieces are on the lighter side of classical music or are contemporary arrangements of songs and carols with opera and musicals also represented. Singers and audiences alike enjoy the variety.