Upcoming Events
Some of our upcoming events, please click on the event or the "Calendar" link below for full event details.
2023 rehearsals
Our first rehearsal of 2023 is on Monday 9th January at St Peter’s Junior School, Ruddington. We run from 7.15 – 9.15pm with a break in the middle. Please come early to collect your music. Repertoire this term is Handel’s Coronation Anthems, Purcell’s Come ye sons of art, and Purcell’s Thou knowest, Lord. Members old and new are very welcome – contact us or just turn up!
Holidays this term
There is no rehearsal on 13th February or 10th April. We are rehearsing in church on 3rd April, 1st May and 8th May. The concert is on Saturday 13th May at St Peter’s Church. Rehearsal for choir is 1.30pm – 4pm. Concert 7.30pm.
Next concert: Saturday 13th May 2023 at 7.30pm
Our next concert is “a birthday, a funeral and a coronation.” Featuring Handel’s Coronation Anthems (a week after the coronation of HM The King), Purcell’s Birthday Ode “Come, ye sons of art” and an excerpt from his Funeral Music for Queen Mary. The choir is joined by the Ruddington Chamber Ensemble and invited soloists. Further details nearer the time.
Come and Try Us Morning – Sat 14th January 10-12
We are hosting our termly “come and try us” morning on Saturday 14th January between 10am and 12noon at St Peter’s Church, Ruddington. Come along for a sing through some of Handel’s Coronation Anthems, and bring a friend if you can. These new initiatives are to help those who are thinking about joining us by giving a time outside of usual rehearsals for anyone to come along and see what we are and what we do. Music provided.
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Come and sing Messiah
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace”. The words rang out, proclaiming again the Christmas message and the glorious music of George Frederick[…]
A most enjoyable “come and try us” morning
On Saturday 10th September the choir welcomed several visitors to “come and try us” morning when Paul Hayward took us through some of the numbers of the Fauré Requiem in St Peter’s Church, Ruddington, accompanied on the piano and organ by Michael Overbury. Although we had arranged this early in the Summer, it was most[…]
Concert: “Rejoice in the Lamb” – May 2022
On 14th May 2022, St Peter’s Church in Ruddington was full for the Ruddington and District Choral Society’s Spring concert, “Rejoice in the Lamb.” The choir was smaller than usual, as so many are at the moment due to illness, but gave a confident and musical performance of: Jenkins – Choral suite from “The Armed[…]
A Baroque Christmas
Saturday 11th December marked the first concert for the Society since the outbreak of COVID. One of our regular supporters introduced his report of the concert with these words: After a two-year Covid enforced hiatus Ruddington & District Choral Society once more took to the concert platform in St Peter’s Church Ruddington last night (Dec[…]
Singing Day – November 2021
On 6th November 2021 a group of 21 RDCS members with 12 guests and visitors enjoyed a splendid Singing Day at the Djanogly Recital Hall on the university campus. We were led by Jeremy Jackman the renowned choral conductor and one time King’s Singer and supported as usual, on piano, by Michael Overbury. The music[…]
Antiques Roadshow
On a cold, wet Friday evening in February 2020 RDCS members, many accompanied by friends and family, enjoyed a convivial evening of a delicious fish and chips/jacket potato supper followed by an enlightening and entertaining talk by Nigel Kirk, from the local fine art auctioneers Mellors & Kirk.
About US
Ruddington is a large village some five miles south of Nottingham. Ruddington and District Choral Society was formed in 1962 as part of local evening class provision. When the Local Education Authority ceased to fund such activities for adults, the choir became independent. Membership fluctuates, but currently there are some sixty or so members who meet on Monday evenings in Saint Peter’s Junior School, generally following the school terms until Spring Bank Holiday when we break for the summer. Occasionally we rehearse in Ruddington Parish Church, the venue for many of our concerts. We participate in a small number of concerts each year, accompanied usually by organ or by a small group of instrumentalists. We generally give a charity concert at Christmas time, performing a Community Messiah (with audience participation) or a carol concert in alternating years. A genuine welcome is offered to new members who wish to join the choir, which can be initiated by activating ‘join’, above.
Ruddington and District Choral Society
Members of our Choral Society
Paul Hayward
Michael Overbury
