The Callington Singers are very happy to announce the 2022 Christmas Concert at Stoke Climsland Church on 10th December, commencing at 4:30pm. The programme will include excerpts from the Messiah, plus some traditional Christmas Music. The choir will be joined by Soprano soloist Samantha Rowe, accompanied by Mark Smith and led by Musical Director Dr.…
The Callington Singers are lucky enough to have a genuine Welsh tenor in the form of Mr. David Bell of Calstock. Dave is a much valued member of the choir and is always the source of jollity at rehearsal and in the pub afterwards. Dave is very fond of jokes in general and of this…
On Saturday 25th April, the Callington Singers will be giving a free concert in Stoke Climsland Church. The concert will incorporate lots of joyful music under the general theme of the coming of summer. The programme will include Vivaldi’s Magnificat, along with some madrigals, the Hallelujah Chorus and an original setting of the Jubilate, composed…
In August of this year the Musical Director and founder of the Callington Singers, Graham Williams, announced that after 37 years he would be retiring. In October, the choir went on tour to Sicily and Graham conducted the choir for the final time in Palermo Cathedral. It was a very poignant occasion for all of us. Graham…
The Callington Singers are running a singing workshop at St. Mary’s Church in Callington, on the 6th April. We warmly welcome you all to attend, either as singers or as a member of the audience for the final concert. In accordance with what is fast becoming a tradition with the Callington Singers, we will be…
This August Bank Holiday weekend is a really exciting one for the Callington Singers. We are honoured to have been invited to return to the Royal Chapel in Windsor Castle to sing the services on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th August. As always, the Callington Singers are honoured to represent Callington and Cornwall in far-flung…
Between 28th May and 4th June, the Callington Singers are embarking on their bi-annual tour. We will be visiting Callington’s twin town of Guipavas in Brittany, to sing and celebrate our 35th anniversary with our twin choir ‘Chorale Chanterelle’. We first sang in Guipavas in 1985 and the friendships made at that time are still…
On the 3rd of March everything was in place to deliver a concert of music at Stoke Climsland Church in celebration of the life of much loved former Callington Singer, Jill Long…..then the snow hit Cornwall and we reluctantly cancelled the event. We felt sure that Jill would not have wanted anyone to risk their…
We are very pleased with our line up of Christmas events this year. We start on the 2nd December when we take part in the Victorian Christmas at Callington Pannier Market. Many choirs will be singing and there will be lots of gift and food stalls, our set is at 4pm. We love this event…
The Callington Singers are delighted to be invited back to Truro Cathedral to take part in their lunchtime concert series. We will be performing from 1pm on Saturday 21st October and it is completely free, so do come along and listen. Truro Cathedral is one of our favourite venues, we have sung there many, many…
The Callington Singers will be returning to Exeter Cathedral to provide music for the Evensong and Eucharist services on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of August. We are really pleased to have also been invited to give a free lunchtime concert as part of our visit. The concert will take place in the…
If you have heard of Antonio Salieri you will probably remember him from the film ‘Amadeus’ as the bitter old man, plagued by a rampant inferiority complex, whose jealousy of his contemporary Mozart eventually drove him insane. Like most good movie plots, this bears little resemblance to the reality. It is true that Salieri and Mozart…
The recent singing workshop at Callington St. Mary’s Church has raised the sum of £700 for the Callington Heritage Centre. On Saturday 29th April the Callington Singers offered the opportunity to spend a day learning and performing some of the Greatest Hits of Choral music, including works by Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Vaughan Williams, Fauré and…
Did you know that singing in a choir is very beneficial to your health and wellbeing? Have you ever wanted to have a go at singing in a choir? Now’s your chance to give it a try and raise money for a good cause at the same time. The Callington Singers are very pleased to…
This coming festive season, The Callington Singers will be performing a special concert in the ancient church of Stoke Climsland Parish. The programme will include: Once in Royal David’s city O come all ye faithful O little town of Bethlehem While shepherds watched Hark the Herald angels sing Lo he comes with clouds descending Sans…
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