From a nucleus of 8 singers in 1994 as an off-shoot of the parish choir of St Paul's Church, Addlestone, we have grown to our present size of 24 singers to become one of Surrey's most highly regarded Chamber Choirs. We retain our association with St Paul's, rehearsing and performing in the Church Hall and performing in the newly rebuilt church, but our members now come from a much wider area to sing with us.
Performing regularly throughout Surrey, we have also travelled to perform further afield to Sussex, Dorset, Hampshire, North Wales, South Wales and to Holland. We had our London debut in December 2008 performing a Carol Concert at St Peter's Church, Eaton Square to raise funds for the Commonwealth Countries League (CCL). In May this year we will return to London for a concert at St John's Church, Waterloo where our programme (Heaven & Earth) will include the premier of a new work (The Dove) composed for us by the Reading based composer David Breeze.
Over the past 14 years we have built a significant repertoire of music from many periods and genres which enables us to provide a variety of programmes and to undertake concert bookings at short notice. We are always extending our repertoire and undertaking new challenges which this year includes working with Ashford Baroque Ensemble and Sir William Perkins School on joint ventures.
Our performances are mainly in support of charities, local, national and international. In the past we have raised funds for Rotary International, Voices for Hospices, Eyes Right, Survive Miva, Manor Mead School, Age Concern Asian Tsunami, Hames Homeless Project, The Manna Society and White Lodge Centre, Chertsey. This year we will be raising funds for the local appeal at St Peter's Hospital Chertsey for the Stephanie Marks Appeal.
We were pleased to take part last summer in the inaugural Addlestone Festival with a highly successful 'Come & Sing G&S' concert in collaboration with Addlestone Singers. We are participating again this year with a 'Come & Sing Songs from the Shows', again in collaboration with Addlestone Singers.
We have established a circle of 'Friends of Laudamus Chamber Choir' who support the choir in many ways and we thank them for that support. Why not consider joining their ranks!