About

The Practice Choir is a friendly, informal, adult four part choir based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The singers are mainly amateurs and no auditions are required to join the choir. However, it is necessary to be able to sing in tune and in the case of lower voices, to be able to hold a harmony line. We work with our choirmaster, Graham D Maclagan, and pianist/organist Jeremy Cull and we aim to provide high quality concerts two or three times each year.

History of The Practice Choir

The Practice Choir was formed about 30 years ago under the auspices of Geoffrey Ditcham, a teacher of music at Edinburgh Academy, for unpretentious singers who simply enjoyed making Music. Geoffrey’s successor, Nicholas Jones, further developed the Choir and led it into the standard choral repertoire which it continued to perform under  Choirmaster Bruce Davis. In September 2010, Graham D. Maclagan was appointed Choirmaster and the Choir will continue to enjoy making Music with Graham at the helm.

Rehearsals

During term time, we rehearse regularly on a Thursday night from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. There is usually a tea/coffee break from around 8:30pm to 8:40pm each evening. Our current venue for rehearsals is the Reid Memorial Church, West Savile Terrace. We pay a termly subscription to cover the costs of venue hire and for paying our conductor and pianist. More details can be found below:

Term Dates: New term starts Thursday 19th April 2012

Venue Map: Courtesy of Streetmap Website (look for the arrow)

Term Subscription: £40