Gaudeamus is a chamber choir of about 28 voices, based in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

Most of our concerts are made up of a selection of short pieces in contrasting moods and styles. These include Renaissance polyphony, Classical part-songs, madrigals, nineteenth- and twentieth-century religious music, as well as folk song arrangements, barbershop, jazz, and show songs. We aim to sing something for everyone’s tastes.

Much of what we sing is unaccompanied, but we also work with pianists, organists, and orchestras from time to time.

As a chamber choir, our membership is limited in order to achieve the small choir sound, and so normally we only recruit new members when someone leaves, which does not happen that often. When vacancies do occur, we recruit by audition and we will advertise vacancies locally. We do sometimes need extra singers to cover absences or for larger projects, so if you are an experienced choral singer who is proficient at reading music and you are interested in joining us on that basis, please contact us.