Barts Choir

Barts Choir was started by a group of nurses at Barts Hospital in 1965. It was formed as St Bartholomew's Hospital Choral Society. Barts is Britain's oldest hospital (founded in 1123) and we retain a formal connection with the hospital through our chairman, a doctor with Barts and The London Hospital Trust. The choir's first performance was in June 1965, a programme of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No 2, Boyce's Symphony No 1 and Sullivan's Trial By Jury. Since then, the choir has gone from strength to strength, now staging three major concerts a year, one in the Royal Albert Hall (usually in the Autumn). Barts Chamber Choir was started in 2004 to give more confident singers the chance to sing more stretching music in smaller venues. It now performs regularly in St Martin-in-the-Fields and other London venues, including Kings Place. Membership of Chamber Choir is dependent on also being a member of the main choir, and determined by a short singing test.All theirr concerts are given in aid of a charity, usually health or medical related, as befits our history as part of Barts Hospital. These partnerships enable charities to raise their profile, and money, through our concerts.
Their charity for 2013/14 is Eve Appeal. They have supported a range of charities over the years, usually those with a medical or health-related mission, as befits our history with Barts Hospital.