Jazz and Cake to Celebrate Our 40th Anniversary !

Steve Dobrogosz Mass

Jazz Numbers

arranged by Benedict Collins Rice

Matthew Jorysz - piano

Ashley Harries - double bass

8th June 2024 at 4.00pm St Andrew’s Church, Rushmere

with a buffet tea after the concert to celebrate the start of our 40th Anniversary Year

Tickets £15, Students £5, 18 and under free

Programme:

Mass - Steve Dobrogosz

Jazz standards arranged by Benedict Collins Rice:

Bye bye Blackbird

Hello Mary Lou

Java Jive

A Suffolk Song - Composed by BCR

Summer Time

s’Wonderful

It’s almost like being in love

An exciting concert of opera choruses with tea and cake at Rushmere St Andrew in June 2023 - The sun shone and we smiled!

St Luke Passion conducted by Benedict Collins Rice, with Amici Voiecs and The Geldart Ensemble on 16th March 2024 to rousing applause

“I was enthralled by the story as if I’d never heard it before” enthused one audience member after ICC performed the third in their Passion Cycle - Bach’s St Luke Passion, conducted by Benedict Collins Rice, with Amici Voices and The Geldart Ensemble at St Mary-le-Tower on 16 March 2024

Jane Knott said, “We loved being at your Luke's Passion and found it really beautifully sung and played. It was also a treat to be sitting right up front, so near to all the players as well as singers - really great to be in the thick of it! I thought the talk was very interesting and personal too. I do wonder why no one wanted to put their name to such a work - unless it was perhaps written by a woman, who wanted to slide it in under the name of a Bach!! I rather liked the suggestion that Bach's cello suites were actually written by one of his wives -not just copied by her!! Luke's Gospel is certainly very strong on female content, so who knows?!”

Read reviews here

The Bach Passion Cycle

Ipswich Chamber Choir has embarked on a inspirational project to perform J S Bach’s Passions over four years with Amici Voices and The Geldart Ensemble. Click here for more details.

We are fundraising for this exciting project with members taking on The 250 Challenge from 2022. You can help by sponsoring us or by joining our Friends, Patrons and Sponsors scheme. From £30 a year for Friends, the benefits include termly newsletters, complimentary programmes and an invitation to see the choir in rehearsal. Click here for more information.

Since its formation in 1984, Ipswich Chamber Choir has established a reputation for a high standard of performance. We employ a professional Music Director and Assistant Music Director and engage professional soloists and instrumentalists. We enjoy a varied programme of musical and social events, including at least three concerts a year.

Benedict Collins Rice is our Music Director.

We are delighted to welcome Caroline Finlay as our Assistant Music Director.

Our President is Martyn Bagnall who founded the choir.

We also have an annual Friends, Patrons and Sponsors scheme