Rehearsals

2026 Rehearsal Schedule, Mondays, 19:30-21:15

(unless otherwise noted)

January:  5th  12th  19th  26th

February:  2nd  9th  23rd

March:  2nd  9th  16th  23rd  27th

Sunday 29th March 14:00 Rehearsal, Medina Theatre; 19:30 Concert, Medina Theatre

April:  13th  20th  27th

May:  11th  18th

June:  1st  8th  15th  22nd  29th

Rehearsal Preparation & Practice Support

Spring 2026 Concert: 29th March 2026

All practice material is intended to be supplementary to the musical direction received in rehearsals from our Musical Director.

The Creation

by Joseph Haydn

Choralia audio files 

Choralia provides free audio file rehearsal aids for choral singers. All audio files can be listened to free of charge from the website and without entering any personal information. Audio files can also be downloaded to listen to off-line.

Follow this link to the rehearsal files –> J. Haydn – The Creation (Edition 2) rehearsal files for all parts S, A, T, B

(Note: Choralia provides two editions of rehearsal aids for The Creation by J. Haydn. Edition 2 is checked against The New Novello Choral Edition (NOV 072485) – which is the version edited by M Pilkington and is the version that we will be using)

YouTube videos playback speed: The playback speed of YouTube videos can be increased/decreased, as you require:
– Once the audio video is playing, move your cursor over the main section of the screen (the video window playing the music).
– As shown in the picture below, a horizontal toolbar will appear along the bottom of the video window (you will see the play, pause, volume icons, etc to the left side).
– At the right end of this horizontal toolbar, click on the cog-wheel (settings) icon, highlighted in pink in the picture below.
– A pop-up box appears, with ‘Playback Speed’ as an option, highlighted in yellow in the picture below.
– The default is set at Normal. Click on the small arrow symbol to the right of the word ‘Normal’, to reveal a vertical option list and select a slower (or faster!) speed.
Choralia: Choralia provides free audio file training aids for choral singers. All files can be listened to free of charge from the website and without entering any personal information. Audio  files can also be downloaded to listen to off-line.
Choralia website