Cantabile Jersey
Cantabile is a friendly SATB chamber choir specializing in performing the finest church music from the Renaissance to the present day. Regularly invited to sing Choral Evensongs, concerts and special services in the many beautiful churches in Jersey, we have also sung in English cathedrals (most recently Leicester in 2018 and Salisbury in 2022). In recent years the choir has sung regularly in Normandy & Brittany - in Coutances Cathedral and churches in Agon-Coutainville, Gratot & Virey in Normandy, and in Eglise St. Méen in Cancale, Brittany. The choir also occasionally sings for civic services, services of Confirmation and Ordination; for weddings and memorial services and also for corporate and private events.
Our musical director, Graham Caldbeck, is one of the UK’s leading conductors of amateur choirs and brings a wealth of practical experience as a singer, conductor and teacher to our rehearsals. The choir meets on a Tuesday evening in St. Martin’s Parish Church between 7.30pm and 9.00pm. You are most welcome to attend a rehearsal on a trial basis and to sample the opportunity to improve your vocal and musical skills in a thoroughly enjoyable way.
Between October 2021 and October 2022, the choir sang on 13 occasions in 8 different venues in Jersey and the UK,, encompassing choral evensongs, a service of Compline, a YouTube recording, carol services for Advent and Christmas, a Passiontide performance with young actors, several Sung Eucharists and a wedding.
During the past year, the choir has performed over 50 works by 47 composers, ranging from the 16th century masters (including Tallis, Lassus, Victoria, Anerio, M. Praetorius, Weelkes & Ravenscroft) to the present day (including 12 works from this century by Sally Beamish, Howard Blake, Bob Chilcott, Ola Gjeilo, Peter Nardone, Arvo Pärt, Stephen Paulus, Will Todd, James Whitbourn & Philip Wilby.
If you would like to receive the choir’s newsletter please sign up using the nearby link on this page, and if you are interested in joining us or booking us, please contact our Chairman Fred Benest on 863826.