Summer Concert: our Music Director Adrian Bawtree's moving and tuneful cantata about the Battle of Trafalgar, 'Make More Sail', along with Poulenc's mesmerising 'Gloria', at St Augustine's Church, 192 Rock Avenue, Gillingham ME7 5PW on Saturday 11 July 2026 at 6pm. Tickets: rochesterchoral.co.uk

We can't wait to hear stunning Australian soprano soloist Bella Marslen at our Summer Concert on Saturday 11 July 2026. It's at St Augustine's Church, 192 Rock Avenue, Gillingham ME7 5PW at 6pm. Tickets are available via the website in our profile. #choirs #singing #kentuk

A moment's rest before Rochester Choral Society perform in this beautiful space at Barcelona Cathedral as part of our Catalonia Tour 2026 earlier this month. By the aisle on the front row on the right of the picture is our Director of Music Adrian Bawtree, with his wife Victoria to his left.

SPRING CONCERT THIS WEEKEND! Elgar's stunning 'The Dream of Gerontius' performed in the equally breathtaking Rochester Cathedral, Kent. This Saturday 21 March 2026 at 6pm. Tickets can be bought via our website in biog. There must be something about blue butterflies for our posters and Bluesky! 🦋

Meet Esmée Loughlin-Dickinson. She's delighted to be making her debut as The Angel in 'The Dream of Gerontius' with us @rochestercathedral.bsky.social. That's on Saturday March 21st at 6pm. Tickets via our website in biog or here: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc... She's one to watch!

New year – new musical you! Join us for rehearsals on Tuesday nights from 13 January 2026 if you can get along to the Vines Church in Rochester ME1 1XN at 7.30pm. We're preparing for our Spring Concert performance of Elgar's beautiful and moving 'The Dream of Gerontius'. We hope to see you there! 😀

Our new singer Helen (centre) brought along her mum (L) and cousin to her first concert: our Autumn Concert at St Margaret's Church in Rainham, Medway. Everything went very well and we're grateful to all those who made that happen – including Helen, of course. Welcome and thanks to her! 🤩👏

Approaching fast: our Autumn 2025 Concert. It's on St Cecilia's Day – Saturday 22nd November at 6pm. Our main work is the beautiful 'Mass in D Major' by Antonín Dvořák. It's at St Margaret's Church, Rainham. Tickets and more info at our website in bio. ⤴️ We look forward to seeing you there! 😀

Images from a very enjoyable day of Choral Celebrations in Maidstone last weekend. Our Director of Music Adrian Bawtree is pictured alongside the day's director, Stephen Barlow (right, wearing a green top); our Assistant Director of Music Robbie Carroll; and talented alto Tammie West.

A date for your diary: the combined musical might of nine local choirs, including Rochester Choral Society! Saturday 27 September 2025 at Mote Hall, Maidstone ME15 7RN. Tickets £10.00 (under 16s free) Email: [email protected] We look forward to seeing you. 😀 Kent Arts & Wellbeing

It was a privilege to honour our singer Paul Simpson, who sadly died in November 2023, at the Barbican last Friday. Our former singer and talented jazz musician James Taylor wrote a beautiful song, 'Temps Perdu', in memory of Paul. We performed it in the presence of members of his family.

Huge thanks to everyone involved in making our Summer Concert such a success on Saturday! Special thanks to our accompanist Robbie Carroll (pictured in rehearsals) and to our fabulous Director of Music Adrian Bawtree. We're very grateful also to our fine soloists and to our valued audience. 👏👏👏

We welcome back star baritone Simon Thorpe for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's captivating Hiawatha trilogy. You may recognise Simon as having been our Charles Dickens in the organ loft in Thomas Hewitt Jones' 'Regards from Rochester'! Summer Concert this Sat: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

We can't wait to welcome back stylish soprano singer Susan Young to our concert platform. She's been praised for her rich, warm sound. Join us for Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha at St George's Centre ME4 4UH on Sat 12 July at 6pm: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

RCS singer Polina gets into character again in her homage to Hiawatha: 'Is Hiawatha in danger?' Hear the full compelling story in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's delightfully tuneful trilogy at St George's Centre, Chatham Maritime on Saturday July 12th at 6pm. www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

We're so proud to name the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor among our former conductors. And we're delighted to be performing his work, 'The Song of Hiawatha', in our Summer Concert at the St George's Centre on Sat July 12th @ 6pm. Details and tickets here: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

Can’t wait for this epic concert. First conducted by the composer in 1898 in the year of its publication #coleridge-taylor #hiawatha #minnehaha

Our singer Polina (pictured) pays homage to Hiawatha... 'If Minnehaha is in the forest, where is Hiawatha?' *** Save Saturday July 12th to hear our former conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's popular trilogy! www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

🎶 Music Fun Fact 🎶 In 2013, a performance in Boston set a world record with the largest orchestra ever assembled—8,097 musicians played together, including strings, brass, percussion, and choirs. A literal wall of sound! 🎻🎺🥁 #WorldRecordOrchestra #MegaMusic #MusicTrivia #SoundOfThousands

CD review: Colonna, 'Caro ardore, sacro amore - Concerted Psalms for two choirs and orchestra' (Soloists, Coro e Orchestra della Cappella Musicale di S. Petronio (Bologna), Ensemble Vocale 'Color Temporis'/Michele Vannelli) www.musica-dei-donum.org/cd_reviews/D...

It is with profound sadness that the Three Choirs Festival marks the passing of the esteemed composer and conductor Ronald Corp OBE. We were greatly anticipating Ronald's presence at this year's festival in Hereford. Read more - 3choirs.org/news/remembe...

Woah-oh we're halfway there! A massive thank you from ICCC to everyone who has donated so far; we really appreciate your support. We'd be so grateful if you could consider contributing to and sharing our fundraiser to help bring our 'Home'-themed CD to life! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/iccc-new-c...

We're delighted to be performing a famous work by a former musical director of RCS in our Summer Concert: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha. Also works by Parry and James Taylor. St George's Centre, Chatham, Sat July 12th 6pm. Tickets & more: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

I've just booked to go to this - thebachchoir.org.uk/concerts/com... Anyone else from the @rochesterchoral.bsky.social or further afield interested? #BachChoir #DavidHill

A huge thanks to everyone who made our Spring Concert such a stunning success: from soloists to front-of-house staff, and from our organist Robbie Carroll to Director of Music Adrian Bawtree. And to you if you were in the audience or the choir stalls! Next concert for your diary: July 12th.

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Medway, Councillor Marian Nestorov and the Lady Mayoress Liubov Nestorov to our Spring Concert last night. They're pictured here flanking our wonderful Director of Music who delivered such a stirring event, Adrian Bawtree.

We're full of the joys of our Spring Concert Saturday 29th March! Haydn's The Creation can be see in the glorious setting of @rochestercathedral.bsky.social at 6pm. Tickets available from: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

Congratulations to (L to R) our Director of Music Adrian Bawtree (organ), Matt Bawtree (electric guitar) and our Assistant Director of Music Robbie Carroll for a really enjoyable evening of music taking us through galaxies far, far away! The journey was inspired by Luke Jerram’s 'Mars: War & Peace'.

We're delighted to confirm prize-winning soprano Charlotte Kennedy to play the joint roles of Archangel Gabriel and Eve in Haydn's major joyous work The Creation. That's on Saturday March 29th in our Spring Concert at Rochester Cathedral at 6.00pm. Tickets and more information at our website.

We have great pleasure in confirming talented London-Irish tenor Hugo Brady for the part of Archangel Uriel in Haydn's The Creation. That's in our Spring Concert at Rochester Cathedral on Saturday March 29th at 6.00pm. Tickets and more details here: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

We're delighted to confirm prize-winning Scottish baritone Daniel Barrett for our Spring Concert on Saturday March 29th. He'll be taking on the roles of Archangel Gabriel and Adam in Haydn's The Creation at Rochester Cathedral at 6.00pm on that day. There's more on our Facebook page and our website.

Do follow us on Facebook. Additional details of our Spring Concert on March 29th at Rochester Cathedral can be found here: www.facebook.com/events/11494...

We're delighted that we go into 2025 with the very talented Robbie Carroll as our new Assistant Director of Music. He's also ADM and sub organist at Rochester Cathedral, accomplished at the keys as well as in directing singers. From Ireland originally, he's a real people person with great wit!

Tickets are available here: www.rochesterchoral.co.uk/tickets-conc...

Welcome to Rochester Choral Society (RCS) on Bluesky! Please save the date for our Spring Concert: Saturday March 29th - 6pm at Rochester Cathedral. Haydn: The Creation - conducted by Adrian Bawtree with the Rochester Sinfonietta. Tickets £20.00, £16.00, £15.00 – students & children: £1.00.

Rochester Cathedral viewed from the battlements of the castle

clouds behind the old cathedral pure drama and no performance ever repeated #tanka #poetry #Rochester Photo: my own, Rochester Cathedral from the London-bound platform at Rochester station

@rochestercathedral.bsky.social was founded in 604, making it the second-oldest of England's cathedrals. My visit in June 2022 featured sunshine, Luke Jerram's 'Gaia' and, (thanks to the lovely @canongordon.bsky.social), out-of-hours access and a mini tour! #AdventCathedralling #CofE