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Our rehearsals are underway for our Spring 2026 concert, which will be Mendelssohn's Elijah. This will be in the Drummossie Hotel, Inverness on Sunday 19th April 2026. It was lovely to hear a greater sound as we had some new and returning members with us on our first rehearsal. Will you be singing or will you be in the audience at the next concert? New or returning members will still be welcome at our next rehearsal, Monday 19th January. The next opportunity to join will be in August.
Our Carolthon in December was enjoyed by all, those singing and those listening in the Eastgate Centre. We're excited to find out soon just how much the generous public have raised for this event. Money raised is shared equally between our partner, Munlochy Animal Aid and ourselves. We hope you were able to join us for our December concert. We all so enjoyed singing for you, our audience. We're sure you agree that Inverness Cathedral is a magnificent venue. Special thanks go to our soloists, Sophie Bysouth (Soprano), Austin Smith (Tenor) and Luke Francis (Bass) who all did so well. Thanks also to our ever patient Conductor, Gordon Tocher and Adrian Marple, who accompanied us on ther organ and piano. Both put in so much work week by week, building our confidence to allow us to bring you these concerts. Here are a few pictures from our rehearsal.

Dates for your diary *Sunday 19th April 2026, Drumossie Hotel, Inverness. Mendelssohn's Elijah.
"In every corner sing" was our very successful Spring concert, held at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on 13th April. The varied programme was a huge hit with our audience. First was Schubert's "Mass in G", where we were joined by our three soloists, Jessica Leary, Soprano, Seamus Brady, Baritone and Rowan Gillard, Tenor. The choir's next piece was "I landed with seven men" which told the story of Charles Edward Stuart and the Jacobite rebellion. James Ross was our very effective narrator. The medley from "West Side Story" came next, then finally the choir sang R. Vaughan Williams Five Mystical Songs". Thanks must go to each of our soloists. Jessica and Rowan performed their choices of arias between the choral pieces, and Seamus had his spots within "Five Mystical Songs". It was a joy to have you all with us once more. As always we are so grateful to our Conductor, Gordon Tocher, and our accompanist, Adrian Marple. Both bear with us through many weeks of rehearsals, encouraging us, and making the concert possible. Their input on the night with was much appreciated. We really couldn't do this without you!

We were delighted to present a cheque for £2650 to our 2024 Carolthon charity partner, Highlands and Islands Blood Bikes. Thanks to the generosity of all who supported our Carolthon, this was half of the total amount raised. The other half will support Choir expenses going forward. We are also grateful to Eastgate Centre and Chisholm Hunter jeweller for allowing us to use the space in the centre. Our picture shows (L-R) Pat Crippin (Chair ICS), Gordon Scott (Head of Operations HAIBB), Beryl Sharp (HAIBB), Andrea Gritter (ICS Carolthon organiser), Ross Sharp (President HAIBB), Gina Francis (ICS Treasurer).

Recent events
Carolthon 2024 See above for cheque handover, and below for some pictures from the day.

Inverness Choral is one of the largest choir in the Highlands and draws singers from a wide area around Inverness. It presents two main concerts a year, in Spring and Autumn, and a singing marathon - a Christmas Carolthon - in aid of charity in mid-December. New members are welcomed at the start of each session ie August and January. There is a comprehensive historical list of pieces sung available here.

The conductor of the Inverness Choral is Gordon Tocher and the accompanist is Adrian Marple.

The Choral published a celebratory book, produced with grant aid from Inverness Common Good Fund.

The 68-page book is full of photographs, facts and figures about the Society’s activities over the years, with lively reminiscences and anecdotes contributed by members and friends and full details of all the Society’s concerts since 1977; (earlier concerts are listed here on the website).

Past Performances

Click here to see a list of our performances at Eden Court Theatre since 1977. We have now also collated a list of earlier performances, from the Society being founded in 1920 to 1976. Click here to see this information.

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