Philomusica for music and fun in the Three Counties

Welcome to the website of Philomusica, the place for music, variety and fun!

We have a vision for Philomusica: we're continuing to build the choir that:

everyone wants to join
everyone wants to hear

Music is one of the most evocative things in the world; it can sweep you to heights of joy and the depths of sorrow. This is so whether you are listening or performing and it is why music has always been considered to be so important, indeed vital, to our well-being; emotional,mental and physical.

We give many thrilling performances of a wide variety of music that you're sure to love.

In addition to the perennial favourites such as Creation and Messiah we also perform very modern works. For instance we have just given the Three Counties premiere of Howard Goodall's Eternal Light: A Requiem

We have commissioned works for ourselves; for example Richard Knight's Crown of Life and we have performed a number of works written by our own members.

Has this interested you?

Then come along and hear us! You'll enjoy it and may want to be part of it.

We look forward to seeing you.

And so the year moves on. A great Spring - three new additions to our repertoire: the Tippet Spirituals, Chilcott’s Missa Cantate and The Armed Man together with performances of an old favourite, Mozart’s Requiem.

The Armed Man deserves special mention as this was a joint performance with St Peter’s High School. It was a joyous evening and so good to be performing with such an enthusiastic and talented set of young people. Let us hope this is the first of many such cooperations.

2012 is a year of major anniversaries:

60 years ago	Queen Elizabeth II was crowned
100 years ago	Scott reached the South Pole
	The Titanic sank
	The Royal Flying Corps (now the RAF) was founded
150 years ago	Delius was born
175 years ago	Queen Victoria was crowned
200 years ago	Dickens was born
	America declared war on us
	Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated

We have picked two of these events, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the birth of Dickens and the London 2012 Olympics on which to build our summer concerts - London Calling: A Capital Celebration

You can hear these performances at St Stephen’s, Worcester, on June 30th at 7:30 pm or in the Tuckwell Amphitheatre at Dean Close School, Cheltenham, on Sunday July 22nd again at 7:30 pm.Gates open here at 6:00 pm to allow you to enjoy the grounds and have a picnic.

Alternatively if you are a singer, or would like to be a singer, now is a great time to join us as we start preparations for these concerts.

Rehearsals resume at Worcester on April 26th and in Gloucester on April 27th