2025 - 2026 Season
Shrewsbury Choral return to the splendour of St Alkmund’s Church in WHITCHURCH to perform George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece of choral music, ‘Messiah’.
We are delighted to be performing Messiah with soloists Holly Teague, Helena Cooke, Will Smith and Peter Edge under the baton of Martin Cook.
Join us for a ‘Come and Sing’ day in St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury where we will be singing John Rutter’s beautiful and poignant “Requiem” under the direction of Martin Cook with John Bowen on piano.
St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury - Sunday 8th February 2026 at 3pm
Letizia Palmieri
Piano
Currently studying with Professor Graham Scott at the RNCM, Letizia is a former student at the Boston Conservatory and the Conservatory ‘Nino Rota’; in Monopoli, Italy
Admission Free - Retiring Collection in aid of Shrewsbury Choral
St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury - Sunday 8th March 2026 at 3pm
William Poon
Piano
Studying for a Master of Music at the RNCM, William is an accomplished piano recitalist and composer from Hong Kong.
Admission Free - Retiring Collection in aid of Shrewsbury Choral
Spring Concert 2026
Mendelssohn - The Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave)
Haydn - Heiligmesse (Missa Sancti Bernardi von Offida)
Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 in Bb
Directed by Martin Cook with Shrewsbury Sinfonia (leader Anne Tupling) with Sean Godden (piano solo)
Adult ticket - £20
U18 - Free
St Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury - Sunday 17th May 2026 at 3pm
Pam Kijoran
Piano
Pam Kijoran is a Thai pianist currently studying as an undergraduate at the RNCM with Graham Scott where she has won the Chopin Prize, the Mark Ray Piano Recital Prize and the Marjorie Clementi Memorial Prize. As the winner of the 3rd Steinway Youth Piano Competition Thailand she earned the opportunity to join the KNS Classical label in Spain as its youngest artist
Admission Free - Retiring Collection in aid of Shrewsbury Choral
Shrewsbury Festival 2026
Shrewsbury Community Choir
& Shrewsbury Choral
making great music together
Saturday 27th June 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Rutter - Magnificat
Mozart - Requiem
2026 - 2027 Season
Saturday 26th September 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Come and Sing with Matthew Coleridge
“The Breath of Life”
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Saturday 7th November 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
“Music for Remembrance”
Bob Chilcott - Move him into the sun
Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
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Saturday 12th December 2026 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Spirit of Christmas
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Saturday 20th March 2027 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Mozart - Mass in C minor K 427(417)
Grieg - Piano Concerto in A minor
Shrewsbury Festival 2027
Shrewsbury Choral &
Shrewsbury Community Choir
making great music together
Saturday 3rd July - Shrewsbury Abbey
Verdi - Requiem
2027 - 2028 Season
Saturday 6th November 2027 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Poulenc - Gloria
Howard Goodall - Eternal Light
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Saturday 11th December 2027 - Shrewsbury Abbey
Handel’s Messiah
“Sing, I tell you and all the angels sing with you!”
— Suzy Kassem