Book your free taster
We hold taster sessions at every rehearsal so you can come and try us out whenever it's convenient for you. It really helps us to know when you're coming so please click here to email Kate to book a session.
Our regular venues are:
Mondays St Anne’s Church, Dean St, Soho
Wednesdays St Mary-at-Hill, Lovat Lane, Monument
Thursdays Oasis Johanna Primary School, Johanna St off Lower Marsh, Waterloo
We teach the same material at each rehearsal in a week, so just choose the venue/date that works best for you. Click on Next Rehearsal to see upcoming dates.
Click on the Songs this week tab to see the songs we are working on.
Because of Covid we’re no longer handing out sheet music, so please print out or download the music for your chosen taster session and bring it with you.
Rehearsals run from 6.30pm to 8pm. It would be helpful if you could arrive a little before 6.30pm, so that we can make sure you’re in the right voice part and have all the music, etc.
Not at all. Just come along and talk to Richard and he'll work out which part would most suit you. He will talk to you and possibly ask you to sing a note or two quietly. This isn't an audition - it's just to help place you in the right part so that you're comfortable. And if, after a while, you think you'd be better in a different part, come and talk to us and we'll move you.
You can begin it at any time. The money should leave your account about a week after you set up your Go Cardless account, then it will be automatically debited again a year later.
None whatsoever. You have the choice to join any time thereafter and we will send you a thank you email with the links to sign up. But there's no pressure to join, and if we're not the right choir for you then just let us know and we'll remove you from our database.
We use Go Cardless, the leading direct debit provider in UK. They handle all payments securely and you will receive a receipt from us via GoCardless when the mandate is set up. Your payment will be made automatically, so there's nothing for you to do, and you can cancel the direct debit any time.
Because of Covid we no longer give out actual paper music sheets. However, if you're a paid-up member you can download your music from the Members' Area of this website, and if you're coming to a taster session or you forget one week, don't worry. We have a QR code at each rehearsal which gives you access to a folder with all the music that will be covered that week. So as long as you have a smartphone or iPad you'll be able to access the music.
Not publicly. Richard may ask you to sing a note or two when you first speak to him, just so that he knows if you have a low or high voice, but that won't be really audible by anyone else.
Yes of course. We have new people at almost every practice - even towards the end of a term.
We run an online rehearsal on Zoom every Tuesday evening. This is also recorded so you can watch it later if you can't be around in person. We also try to livestream one rehearsal a week - usually Wednesday.
Yes of course. Simply contact us and tell us when you'd like to move it to.
You can find the sheet music and recordings for our whole repertoire in our Members' Area. Once you join as a member by taking out a monthly or annual direct debit plan you'll be able to login to the members' area, which will give you access to our song vault and member-specific pages.
To become a member of London City Voices please join one of our membership plans, payable by direct debit. You can choose a monthly plan at £37.50 per month or an annual plan at £370 per year. The annual plan represents a £80 saving over the monthly plan. You can start these at any time. You can also cancel them at any time.