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25.01.2022 Photos from Verdi's Requiem 23rd June 2019

24.01.2022 The People’s Messiah is fast approaching, 2:30pm this Sunday at Collins Street Baptist Church. This year we welcome back organist Geoff Urquhart. Come along and sing the choruses. Entry by donation to aid the church social ministries. Scores available for hire at the door $10 refundable.

20.01.2022 About to begin our People’s Messiah, Collins Street Baptist Church. Come and sing along, scores available at the door, $10 refundable

19.01.2022 Happy 40th Birthday Essendon Choral Society! With thanks to members past and present, and all those who have contributed to the choir’s success!

18.01.2022 An enthusiastic group from ECS spreading Christmas cheer this afternoon. Special thanks to Robyn on guitar, Gail and Saundra for conducting, Susan for the yummy biscuits for afternoon tea and everyone who came and joined in. A fun warm up for our participation in the Napier Park carols this evening

16.01.2022 Sanctus from Verdi's Requeim 23rd June 2019

13.01.2022 Entering the final weeks of rehearsal before our 40th Anniversary concert - Sunday 27th October, 2:30 pm at St Johns Essendon

13.01.2022 We are delighted to announce the soloists for this year's People's Messiah are Rebecca Rashleigh, Shakira Dugan, Michael Dimovski and Stephen Marsh from the Richard Divall Emerging Artists Programme. Come along and join in at 2:30pm on Sunday 8 December at Collins Street Baptist Church, 174 Collins St, Melbourne. Entry by donation to church social ministries. Score hire available: $10 refundable at the door

12.01.2022 The Essendon Choral Society has been saddened at the loss of Graeme Burnham, our accompanist/assistant conductor from mid-2011 to mid-2019. Several members of the choir were able to join our music director, Greg Hocking, at the memorial service for Graeme earlier today. He was an extremely talented musician skilled in many genres and we appreciated his contributions on piano and organ to our choir. The service, which he planned, featured beautiful, thoughtfully chosen music.

07.01.2022 Yesterday we sang at Vera's funeral. Vera had been a soprano in the front row of the choir for nearly all of our forty years. She'd been the choir librarian, part of the Weekday Singers, an expert in pronunciation and translation, and the composer of witty words for many of our Gilbert and Sullivan performances. We miss her. Vale Vera

06.01.2022 It was fun singing in the park as the sun went down on this balmy summer evening. Here’s part of the small band of choristers who sung well known carols with musicians from the Essendon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kim Soper who is a talented member of ECS and the orchestra.

04.01.2022 There’s still time to join us for our 40th anniversary concert - 2:30pm at St Johns, Essendon

03.01.2022 Seasons greetings to all our members, friends and supporters. Thanks to all who came to the People’s Messiah, you donated $1000.30 to support people seeking asylum in Victoria through the work of Baptcare Sanctuary.

03.01.2022 Come and celebrate our anniversary concert! 40 years of glorious singing - Sunday October 27th, 2:30pm at St John's Uniting Church Essendon. Featuring choral classics from across the centuries, including Vivaldi, Handel, Mendelssohn, Barber and Bogle, conducted by Greg Hocking AM and with distinguished soloists and orchestra from the Melbourne Opera Company.