14th December 2024

Handel -The Messiah

Joint Anniversary Concert in collaboration with Ipswich Choral Society

Conductor - Cem Mansur

Soloists from the Royal Academy of Music

Caroline Blair - Soprano Oryna Veselovska - Mezzo

James Edgeler - Tenor Tom Butler - Bass

ICS Festival Orchestra

7.00pm at The Ipswich Corn Exchange, IP1 1DH

Tickets from ICC members

and The Ipswich Corn Exchange website ipswichtheatres.co.uk

£22 , under 16s £11

Join Ipswich Chamber Choir and the Raedwald Brass Ensemble on 17th December at 8.00pm for an evening of seasonal fun and festivity with well loved carols for choir, brass and audience.

We start with Joy to the World and end with We wish you a Merry Christmas and in between some traditional favourites including Sleigh Ride, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Ding Dong Merrily on High and Merry Christmas Everyone. All accompanied by piano, brass, mulled wine and mince pies.

Don't miss it!

St Peter’s by the Waterfront, Ipswich IP4 1BF

Tickets £12 from choir members

and www.stpetersbythewaterfront.com/whats-on/christmas-crackers-icc-2024

An exciting concert of opera choruses with tea and cake at Rushmere St Andrew in June 2023 - The sun shone and we smiled!

St Luke Passion conducted by Benedict Collins Rice, with Amici Voiecs and The Geldart Ensemble on 16th March 2024 to rousing applause

“I was enthralled by the story as if I’d never heard it before” enthused one audience member after ICC performed the third in their Passion Cycle - Bach’s St Luke Passion, conducted by Benedict Collins Rice, with Amici Voices and The Geldart Ensemble at St Mary-le-Tower on 16 March 2024

Jane Knott said, “We loved being at your Luke's Passion and found it really beautifully sung and played. It was also a treat to be sitting right up front, so near to all the players as well as singers - really great to be in the thick of it! I thought the talk was very interesting and personal too. I do wonder why no one wanted to put their name to such a work - unless it was perhaps written by a woman, who wanted to slide it in under the name of a Bach!! I rather liked the suggestion that Bach's cello suites were actually written by one of his wives -not just copied by her!! Luke's Gospel is certainly very strong on female content, so who knows?!”

Read reviews here

The Bach Passion Cycle

Ipswich Chamber Choir has embarked on a inspirational project to perform J S Bach’s Passions over four years with Amici Voices and The Geldart Ensemble. Click here for more details.

Tickets for the St Matthew Passion 5th April 2025 at Snape Maltings on sale from 31st October

We are fundraising for this exciting project. You can help by sponsoring us or by joining our Friends, Patrons and Sponsors scheme. From £30 a year for Friends, the benefits include termly newsletters, complimentary programmes and an invitation to see the choir in rehearsal. Click here for more information.

Since its formation in 1984, Ipswich Chamber Choir has established a reputation for a high standard of performance. We employ a professional Music Director and Assistant Music Director and engage professional soloists and instrumentalists. We enjoy a varied programme of musical and social events, including at least three concerts a year.

Benedict Collins Rice is our Music Director.

Caroline Finlay is our Assistant Music Director.

Our President is Martyn Bagnall who founded the choir.

We also have an annual Friends, Patrons and Sponsors scheme