Registered Charity No 1055674
Cantores is one of the Cotswolds’ most accomplished amateur chamber choirs, founded in 1991 by local choral enthusiasts keen to take the step up beyond choral society and church choir and aspiring (although with humble realism) to the standards and repertoire of The Sixteen, for example, or the Monteverdi Choir.
Over two decades, we have gained a loyal and growing following, performing music that is challenging and enjoyable, combining familiar favourites with works that are relatively new or not often performed.
We usually perform six or so concerts a year, one of them a cappella and two with the accompaniment of the Cantores String Ensemble drawn from local professional musicians.
Timed for early Spring, mid-Summer and early Winter, we aim to bring one of each to Cirencester’s Parish Church with its glorious newly-restored organ and acoustics, and each concert is repeated in one of our region’s lovely local churches (Tetbury and Northleach mainly, or for example Highnam and Rendcomb.)
Our members come mainly from Cirencester, Cheltenham, Swindon and villages in between, and we rehearse on Wednesdays in term time, at Rendcomb College (on the A435 between Cheltenham and Cirencester) from 7:30 to 9:30 pm.
Prospective members are invited to join us for a couple of rehearsals and then there is an informal audition. A reasonable level of sight-reading ability is expected.