We do organise our year into terms, but they only vaguely follow school terms. For instance, we don't necessarily break for Easter Weekend. We'll take a break in the spring, but it's not always tied to holidays. Our terms are generally about 13 weeks long and tend to run January-April, May-August and September-December, with about a three-week break in between.

Our £7.50/month Pay-As-You-Go direct debit plan allows you to come to as many rehearsals as you like at £17 per session (payable by cash or card on the door). However, if you are likely to attend more than two sessions per month, you would find our standard Monthly plan better value. The Pay-As-You-Go plan does not give you access to our online rehearsals.

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.

They’re wrong. You can. Seriously, we can offer a lot of help and support to you if you have problems singing in tune/time. We’re an all-comers choir, with a wide range of abilities.

Neither.

Not publicly. Richard may ask you to sing a few notes 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. If you need some help with pitching, you may need to sing in front of Richard or Ben after a rehearsal, but you'll never have to perform publicly on your own if you don't want to.

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.

No. Our members have very different abilities. Some are very experienced singers, who can read music and may even have perfect pitch. Some haven't sung since they were at school. Some are very nervous about their ability, and others very confident. We welcome everyone, and try to make sure everyone has a fulfilling experience. However, we do expect you to work hard at improving your accuracy. If you find it difficult to sing the right notes, we may come alongside you and offer some extra support. We'll do this in a very kind way that avoids drawing attention to you, but it may occasionally be necessary to have a conversation about it. If someone is singing the wrong notes a lot, it can be quite distracting for other members, so it does need addressing. We have many resources (such as Richard's book, available on a link on this site) which can help you improve as a singer. If you are unsure of whether you're singing the right notes, we would encourage you to sing quietly at first and then have a chat with Richard or Ben after a Wednesday or Thursday rehearsal (where we have a bit more flexibility with time).

You don't need to be able to read music. Some of our members can; many have no idea what those dots and squiggles are all about. We do supply links to the sheet music and Richard will often give tips about how to follow it as he's teaching. Even if you can't read it properly you can at least see when notes go up and down. Every so often we also offer workshops on reading music.