Credit: James O'Driscoll
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Sing the Faure Requiem at Hereford 2025!
Sign up for the Three Choirs Festival Voices as soon as possible to secure your place using the online form below.
Rehearsal and concert dates in Hereford are as follows:
Saturday 14th June, 10am-12.30pm
Saturday 21st June, 10am-12.30pm
Wednesday 9th July, 7-9.30pm
Wednesday 16th July, 7-9.30pm
Thursday 24th July, 7-10pm
Wednesday 30 July, afternoon rehearsal time tbc
Friday 1st August, rehearsal 9am-12pm, concert 7.30pm
Festival Voices Rehearsal with Geraint Bowen
Credit: Joseph Wong 2023Designed both for singers who can’t commit to a full festival week and those who don’t yet feel ready for our auditioned chorus, the Three Choirs Festival Voices performs in one concert within the festival week.
What can I expect?
Rehearsals
Massed rehearsals are held in venues local to the host city (see schedule). There are tea breaks, with the opportunity to chat to your fellow singers. It’s a good idea to bring a pencil and a bottle of water along!
Sheet Music
The festival provides all of the music to you, but you’re welcome to use your own copy if you have one (just let us know!) You will be able to pick up your ‘real’ copies at the first rehearsal, but for some scores digital copies will be available to view in advance.
Learning Aids
The festival will supply you with digital learning aids, e.g. MP3 tracks of the music.
Beth Taylor and the Festival Voices in The Cloud Messenger
Credit: Dale Hodgetts 2024Concert Day
The concert day itself is a busy day with a rehearsal with the orchestra in the cathedral. Don’t worry - you’ll get familiar with the platform and the stage layout at your last rehearsal prior to the festival. You’ll also receive an information pack with platform etiquette, and all of the information you need to take part on the day, prior to the festival week.
A View from the Stage…
“Participating in the inaugural Three Choirs Festival Voices was an amazing experience. It was well organised from the start with regular email communications including a digital copy of the music. The sheet music was given out at the first rehearsal and then we went straight into practising our allocated parts.
Rehearsals (led by Sam, our conductor, and his accompanist, Nick) were focused but fun and everyone was extremely friendly and welcoming. The final rehearsal with the Philharmonia Orchestra and soloists in the Gloucester Cathedral helped to bring it all together before the performance – the highlight of my summer.”
- 2023 Singer
'The Festival Voices acquitted themselves admirably under conductor Geraint Bowen.'
- Rian Evans | The Guardian
