Information for members
Rehearsals
Rehearsals take place every Monday from September to July except during Christmas, Easter and half-term breaks. Holiday dates are announced at the start of each term.
Rehearsals run from 7.30 to 9.30 pm with a 15 minute break half way through.
Rehearsals take place at All Saints Church, Lovelace Road, West Dulwich, SE21 8JY. The church is about 5-8 minutes' walk from West Dulwich and Tulse Hill stations and also from bus routes 2, 3,68, 196, 201, 315, 322, 432, 468 and P13.
Concert Dress
A reminder that normal concert dress is as follows:
Ladies: Long sleeved black top, long black skirt or smart black trousers, black tights. Please, no bare legs/feet, no three-quarter length sleeves, no calf length skirts.
Men: Black tie i.e. black dinner jacket, black trousers, white shirt, black bowtie.
Music folders
Choir members will need a music folder for most concerts. If you do not have one, please contact Jo Merry.
Vocal Scores
Music for all concerts is available to hire or purchase at rehearsals.
Please treat all hired music with great care. If marking, please use pencil only.
Tickets
Tickets for concerts are available at rehearsals a month or two before the date.
Tickets are also available from:
The Art Stationers, Dulwich Village SE22 8DY
South London Music, Grove Vale, East Dulwich SE22 8DY
Learning aids
ChoraLine
ChoraLine offers specially recorded tracks with your own voice part picked out clearly. You can buy a CD to use in a CD player or download the tracks in MP3 format to use in iPhones and MP3 players.
A special 10% discount for Dulwich Choral Society members has been set up with ChoraLine.
To obtain your discount when purchasing on their website, please type DULWICH in the discount code box on the shopping basket page and then click the green arrows on the right hand side of the discount code box. You will then see the amount saved due to your discount.
You can also order over the phone on 0845 304 5070 and by quoting our discount code DULWICH also receive your 10% discount.
ChoraLine also stock an enormous range of vocal scores, choir folders, unique singing sets, and other items of interest to choral singers all of which will receive the 10% saving by using the DULWICH discount code and they are happy to take orders over the phone (0845 304 5070) and still give the 10% saving.
Cyberbass
Cyberbass also offers specially recorded tracks with your own voice part picked out clearly. These are free to listen to on your computer on the internet.
Spotify
Spotify has literally millions tracks, which can be searched for and played at any time online. You cannot transfer the tracks to iPhones or MP3 players or burn CDs from them. Essentially, it's a way to listen to recordings of music without buying Cds.
You must subscribe on a monthly basis, but can cancel your subscription on a month's notice. There is a free edition, but it's limited, and you have to listen to adverts.
For £4.99 per month you can listen to Spotify on any computer. For £9.99 per month you can also listen on your iPhone or other smartphone.
YouTube
YouTube also has millions of tracks, which can be searched for and played free at any time online.