About Winchester City Festival Choir

Winchester City Festival Choir was founded in 1923 as a result of concern that there was no choir to represent the city at the Winchester and County Music Festival. Its inaugural concert took place on 13 February 1923 and was conducted by Mr H.W. Stubbington. In 1940 the Choir performed in combination with East Hill Choir; the two choirs were formally amalgamated in 1942, using the name Winchester City and East Hill Festival Choir until 1948. 

Since then the choir, now comprising 61 singers, takes part in concerts twice a year. We give a concert at a local venue each January, and of course, continue to take part in the Winchester and County Music Festival [now re-named the Hampshire Choral Festival] each May.  Usually we also give a carol concert in mid-December and an informal ‘Summer Sing’, open to non-members, which meets between May and July and gives a concert at a gathering of singers in the summer.. 

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