Newcastle University Chamber Choir

🎹✨ ACCOMPANIST WANTED | 2026/27 ✨🎹

Do you know an experienced pianist or organist looking for an exciting musical opportunity in the North East?

Newcastle University Chamber Choir is now accepting applications for our Accompanist for the 2026/27 academic year! 🎶

You’ll work alongside a dedicated and ambitious choir, accompanying rehearsals and concerts throughout the year. The choir is the universities only auditioned choir, which take part in 2 big solo concerts per year at beautiful venues, visiting choir events and the christmas and spring concerts. Applications are open to everyone - you do not need to be a Newcastle University student to apply.

📍 North East England
🎼 Pianists and organists encouraged to apply
📧 Contact: [email protected]

Please share with anyone who may be interested!

tonight we had a celebration evening of chamber choir for the 25/26 year! 🪩 🥂🍕
we presented some awards (all below)

⭐️Laura and James’ awards:

⭐️most improved - grace
⭐️soloist of the year - holly
⭐️most loyal - luke
⭐️best eyes up - kate & alessia
⭐️most adaptable member - ruth
⭐️service commitment award - kate & asha

✨Chamber choir voted awards:

✨most outstanding female singer - holly
✨most outstanding male singer - seb
✨queen of descants - mel
✨most confident wrong entry - archie
✨best accidental solo - izzi
✨most loved - laura
✨funniest moment - asha: scaring Grace out of hiccups
✨stare at the score awards - fin
✨choir commentator award - alessia
✨most likely to wing it - archie
✨couple most likely to get married - Ruth and Luke
✨ most accurate - lily
✨humming award - luke
✨ most likely to remind the choir of their perfect perfect pitch - james
✨ whatsapp warrior - luke

✨ The Spirit of the Lord✨

🎶 A few moments from our concert last night!

🎶 The programme included some amazing works performed in the beautiful setting of St George’s, Cullercoats. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a special evening.

⭐️We were delighted to sing Evensong at last night!
⭐️ Here are some voice clips of our repertoire!
⭐️ Please come see our concert ‘The Spirit of the Lord’ at St George’s Cullercoats on Saturday 14th March. Link to buy tickets: https://nusu.co.uk/activities/view-society/117

THIS SUNDAY!
✨Choral Evensong at
📍 Newcastle Cathedral
🗓 Sunday 22nd February
⏰ 4pm

✨We will be singing some choral music ‘classics’ in our evensong repertoire including anthems by Stanford & Elgar and Howells’ much loved Collegium Regale service!
✨Join us for Choral Evensong for the First Sunday of Lent.
A service of stillness, prayer, and sacred choral music.

✨ The Spirit of the Lord ✨
Join us for an evening of reflective sacred choral music for Lent.

📍 St George’s Church, Cullercoats, North Shields, NE30 4NS
🗓 Saturday 14th March
⏰ 7pm
🎟 £7/£5 (Students & U18s) - Available on the NUSU website - https://nusu.co.uk/activities/view-society/117

“The Newcastle University Chamber Choir is a vibrant ensemble of students from across the University, studying a wide range of subjects – not just music.
The choir is conducted by Laura Watson, a pharmacy student, and James Watson, a music student, who are also the Alto Choral Scholar and Organ Scholar at Newcastle Cathedral.

For this concert, The Spirit of the Lord, the choir presents a contemplative programme shaped by the reflective season of Lent. The music draws listeners into a space of stillness and prayer, exploring themes of penitence, trust, and quiet hope. The programme includes Edward Elgar’s The Spirit of the Lord, Gerald Finzi’s Magnificat, Stanford’s Three Latin Motets, and Richard Allain’s Canas Guest, alongside other works from the sacred choral tradition.

This concert offers a thoughtful and prayerful musical journey, inviting reflection and inward listening as we move through the Lenten season.”

We look forward to sharing this reflective evening of music with you. ✨

St George’s, Cullercoats is easy to get to, with great transport links and just a 2 minute walk from Cullercoats Metro station 🚇- connecting you quickly to Newcastle and the coast!

Calling all Altos!
We are reopening Auditions for Altos to join the choir this term
If you are interested please DM us ASAP!

✨Choral Evensong at
📍 Newcastle Cathedral
🗓 Sunday 22nd February
⏰ 4pm

Music by Stanford, Howells and Elgar🤩
Join us for Choral Evensong in the reflective season of Lent.
A service of stillness, prayer, and sacred choral music.

Calling All Tenor and Basses!
We are reopening Auditions for Tenors and Basses to join our choir