Three Choirs Festival

Any extra keen volunteers who would like to sign up already can do so here: 3choirs.org/volunteer
You don't actually have to be a music buff - it's a great way to learn about music and our amazing 300-year heritage!

If you've been following BBC Radio 3's carol competition, you might have noticed that one of the shortlisted entrants, John Merrick, is a member of our very own festival chorus!
You can listen to the shortlist and vote for your favourite here: https://bbc.in/2Ewj2e0

"When you work at Gloucester Cathedral, a huge part of it is the 300-year old Three Choirs Festival that has all sorts of traditions dating back to the early 18th century."
Have you seen this interesting interview with our former Gloucester Artistic Director Andrew Nethsingha: http://bit.ly/2rK9HXT

Our ticket office will be closed for Christmas from 4 pm on Friday 21 December, reopening at 10 am on Thursday 3 January 2019. In the meantime you can still book tickets online or leave a voicemail message and we will call you back in January.

Still trying to think of Christmas presents? Why not let your loved ones get this close to the action with a gift membership!
More information: 3choirs.org/membership

Thankfully our three wonderful Artistic Directors are a bit easier to follow!

Do you know a boy who might be interested in joining a new choir? We are hoping that the Gloucestershire Boys' Choir will have the opportunity to take part in our festival performance of Stephen McNeff's The Burning Boy in July 🎶🥳
We've had the pleasure of working with Ben at the festival quite a bit over the years and wish him every success for his new choir!

Beyond delighted to announce that we've appointed Samuel Hudson our new Worcester Artistic Director 🤩 Read more here: http://bit.ly/2QkDJ3b

On repeat in the office: our Choral Christmas playlist 😍🎄🎅 Listen here: https://spoti.fi/2Uirz9j

The 2018 Big Give Christmas Challenge has now closed, and we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported us!
We managed to exceed our target and raise a phenomenal £14,129 in support of our wonderful festival chorus 🎉👍🎶

Our friends over at Orchestra of the Swan are borrowing our Artistic Director Adrian Partington for a festive treat next week 🎄🎶 The traditional Christmas programme includes favourite carols, and excerpts from Handel’s Messiah, Corelli’s Christmas Concerto, Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols as well as works by Elgar and John Rutter.

A huge thank you to everyone who has donated to the Big Give Christmas Challenge so far - we've already raised almost £9,800!
If you haven't got around to it yet, donations will be doubled until midday on Tuesday. So your money goes twice as far in support of our wonderful festival chorus.
More information here: bit.ly/TCF-Big-Give-2018

🚨The deadline to apply for our Ticket Office Supervisor/Administrator part-time maternity cover role is approaching!🚨
If you're interested in music and would like to join a small team to help run an organisation with over 300 years of history, get your application in by Monday!
You can download the full description here: http://bit.ly/2KHOTso

It's cold and wet outside - why not stay in and catch up on the recent offering from BBC 4, featuring Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who premiered several works at the Three Choirs Festival 👍

Had enough of Black Friday? Today is Giving Tuesday, and the first day of the Big Give Christmas Challenge! Until next week, all donations in support of our wonderful festival chorus will be doubled through match funding, and will go twice as far! 🎶🎉
Find our more and donate: http://bit.ly/TCF-Big-Give-2018

What goes into programming a festival? Read the recent interview with our Gloucester Artistic Director Adrian Partington here: 3choirs.org/a-life-in-music 🎶🤩

Our friends over at Gloucester Choral Society are kicking off the festival season with a performance of Handel's masterpiece at Gloucester Cathedral. Tickets are still available so why not join them? 🎶

In this clip from a recent interview for our members' magazine, Spotlight, our Gloucester Artistic Director Adrian Partington explains how singing has changed since he was a chorister at Worcester Cathedral in the 1960s.

This was my first visit to the Festival, and I was bowled over by the friendly atmosphere and wonderful music. I shall definitely visit again next year when it's in Hereford.

Just back from Hereford Cathedral and a fantastic performance of The Planets. Being new to the area, we took advantage of free 'Festival Firsts' tickets....what a wonderful scheme! Thank you for a great experience.

Just amazing work in incredible venues. The amount of work, thought and care that goes into each festival is mind boggling. What a fantastic time I had!

Hymnus Paradisi was excellent, Ruth Holton and Ed Lyon fantastic. My mother was bowled over by the music and the people. She sang it in 1950 when Herbert Howells conducted and the organisers couldn't have been kinder, presenting her with a signed programme and a visit backstage to meet Ruth Holton and the conductor Peter Nardone. Magical evening - one my mother will never forget!!

Fantastic festival for 2015. Started the week with the Dream of Gerontius followed by fantastic fireworks! The St Matthew Passion was excellent and the National Youth Orchestra of Wales absolutely brilliant performing The Rite of Spring, and the brass excellent in the Dukas opening piece. Really enjoyed the Organ recital followed by the Organ Tour, the double act of Mark Venning and Dr Roy Masses was a treat. The Verdi Requiem again this evening was fantastic, that just leaves Song of the Widow tomorrow and looking forward to hearing Sarah Connolly. It has been a really good week!!