Coming next . .Spring Concert 2025From Darkness to Light
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Our friendly choir welcomes new members in all voice parts throughout the season, which runs from September to May or early June. Interested singers can come along to any Tuesday rehearsal at Augustine United Church, 41 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EL.
For more details, see the “join” page or contact membership@ercu.org.uk We are particularly keen to hear from tenors and basses! See our News section below for information on Tenor scholarships. |
Review of Handel's Messiah 2025
Reviews from The Herald, The Edinburgh Music Review and Vox Carnyx. "The choir’s diction was every bit as exemplary as that of the soloists and the dynamic control often better, with some of the finest singing the quietest, regardless of how enthusiastically this audience received the Hallelujah Chorus." Read more > > |
Tenor Scholars
A new tenor scholar this season is Harry Lempriere-Johnston, currently in his fourth year studying English literature at the University of Edinburgh, who writes: “I have been a keen singer all my life. Surprisingly, singing does not run in my family, so it was a bit of a shock to them when I made it into the school choir age nine. However, my love for singing was not held back and it blossomed over the years. Travelling the world from 13 in a choir, performing in China, South Africa, Kenya, Russia, and all over the UK, I realised singing was my calling. It wasn’t until I was 17 that I started learning proper opera repertoire. After a two-year hiatus after leaving school with no singing at all, I joined Edinburgh Studio Opera’s production of Die Fledermaus where my passion was reignited, singing alongside professionally trained opera singers. |
Joining Harry, we are delighted to introduce our second Tenor Scholar, Nathanael Fagerson, who writes:
"I started singing in choirs from age 7 when I joined the regional National Youth Choir of Scotland in Dundee until I was 12, with some years in the National Boys Choir of Scotland. After that I went south of the border on a music scholarship to Sherborne School in Dorset, where my singing really started to flourish. With weekly singing lessons and many choirs, my love for choir music grew rapidly! From 2020-24 I was at the University of St Andrews where I started in the University Chapel Choir and then joined St Andrews Madrigal Group for three years when I was given the opportunity to sing in some amazing locations from Berlin Cathedral to Westminster Abbey. I’m currently studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh. I am very excited to start the next part of my musical journey with the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union. The repertoire is exciting, and I look forward to singing with them over the year." |
Conducting Fellow
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new conducting fellow, Fraser David Macdonald. Fraser is an emerging Scottish conductor and composer. He graduated from the Reid School of Music in 2023, and is now pursuing a masters in composition at the University of Edinburgh. Fraser regularly conducts the schola cantorum of the Sacred Heart Church, as the assistant director of music. His compositions explore history and storytelling, and are set for choir and small instrumental ensembles. Alongside conducting and composing, Fraser sings with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, the National Youth Choir of Scotland, and Edinburgh University Chamber Choir. |