Thanet Festival Choir

The Thanet Festival Choir (TFC) is a mixed choral group (male and female voices) of around 75 amateur singers. Based in the Isle of Thanet, East Kent, we regularly perform concerts to bring our music to the wider community. Although we do perform the occasional lighter concert, which might be Opera Choruses, Gilbert and Sullivan or Songs from the Shows, we tend to stick to traditional Choral Music (Messiah, Creation and Fauré Requiem amongst many others).

Would you like to sing with the choir?

We are an adult choir, but we welcome young people over the age of 16 provided that they are accompanied at rehearsals by a parent/guardian or other appropriate adult. Our membership is drawn from a wide range of musical abilities. Some of us have many years experience of singing in choirs, whereas others are relatively new to the joys and challenges of choral singing.

What is important is a desire to learn about singing and music, a commitment to our Wednesday evening rehearsals, a willingness to do some practice at home and, above all, a genuine desire to sing. If you would like to come and join us then  click here to find out more, or contact us.

We are particularly keen to welcome new members at the moment, as we re-build post-Covid.

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Listen to us singing

‘Sicut locutus est’ from Vivalidi Magnificat. Workshop with Scott Inglis-Kidger on 7th October 2023
 
Alcock ‘Sanctus’ from Crown Ceremonial (2023)
 
‘Sing my Tongue, the glorious battle’. Opening chorus from St John Passion by Bob Chilcott (2023)
 
Part of the ‘Gloria’ from Puccini Messa di Gloria (2022)
 
‘Policeman’s Chorus’ from Gilbert and Sullivan Favourites (2019)
 
 
 
 
 
 

News

Join us for a taster session

Our rehearsals on 10th and 17th April will be Open Rehearsals – free taster sessions which you can attend without feeling under any obligation to join or commit long term. So if you have always wondered what it might be like to sing with a choir now is your opportunity! Join us at St Peters […]

Remember to get your concert tickets

Tickets for our Spring Concert are now on sale. Do join us on Saturday 16th March at 7.30pm, and our concert venue is Holy Trinity Church, St Mary’s Avenue, Cliftonville CT9 3TN.  We are delighted to be revisiting Howard Goodall’s inspirational Eternal Light: a Requiem, last performed by the Choir in 2015. The programme will also […]

Concert tickets now on sale

Tickets for our Spring Concert are now on sale. Do join us on Saturday 16th March at 7.30pm, and our concert venue is Holy Trinity Church, St Mary’s Avenue, Cliftonville CT9 3TN.  We are delighted to be revisiting Howard Goodall’s inspirational Eternal Light: a Requiem, last performed by the Choir in 2015. The programme will also […]

What's it like to sing in a choir?

New to singing or out of practice? Come along for an evening and have a go. Click here for more details

Upcoming concerts