Choirs

University Choir is a large-scale Choral Society, which is open to students and staff of BU and AUB and to members of the local community. There are no auditions and all are very welcome. We rehearse and perform major works from the choral repertoire with orchestra and have the following concerts planned for our 2024/2025 season:

• Wednesday 6 November 2024, Haydn's Nelson Mass and Handel's My Heart is Inditing in Christchurch Priory
• Sunday 8 December 2024, Handel's Messiah in St. Ambrose Church, Westbourne
• Saturday 8 March 2025, Faure's Requiem and Mealor's Stabat Mater in Christchurch Priory
• Saturday 24 May 2025, Vivaldi's Gloria and Bach's Magnificat in Romsey Abbey.

Rehearsals: Thursdays, 7pm - 9pm, starting from Thursday 12 September 2024.

Venue: Student Hall, Talbot House, Talbot Campus, BH12 5BB. Ample free, floodlit parking directly outside the rehearsal venue.

Annual subscription: free to BU and AUB students. Community member £103, BU/AUB staff £51.50

For further information and details of how to join us please email [email protected]. Or come along to any rehearsal.

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Our student Chamber Choir has gathered an enviable reputation and offers singers with some experience the chance to rehearse and perform challenging secular and sacred repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day. We regularly sing in prestigious venues such as Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals, Christchurch Priory and St. Peter’s Church, Bournemouth, as well as in concert venues on our own campuses. On Wednesday 9 April 2025 we will be singing Choral Evensong in London’s St Paul’s cathedral.

Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 5pm - 6.30pm, starting from Wednesday 2 October 2024

Venue: Student Hall, Talbot House, Talbot Campus

Annual subscription: Free to all BU and AUB students. Ample free, floodlit parking directly outside the rehearsal venue. 

For further information, please email [email protected] or just come along to any rehearsal.

Our contemporary choir is open to AUB and BU students and staff. No previous experience is required, and you do not need to be able to read music.

Rehearsals: Wednesdays, 1.10pm – 1.45pm, starting from Wednesday 2 October 2024

Venue: Student Hall, Talbot House, Talbot Campus. Ample free, floodlit parking directly outside the rehearsal venue. 

Annual subscription: Free to all BU and AUB students and staff.

For further information and details of how to join us please email [email protected].

Please visit the SUBU Clubs and Societies PARTS page for updates.