OUR COURSES
Our Upcoming Choral Programme
The Ultimate Messiah: Learn, sing and record Handel’s masterpiece in unprecedented detail
Join Choir of the Earth from 1 July 2025 for The Ultimate Messiah - Handel’s masterpiece like you’ve never learned it before!
The Wedding At Cana by Patrick Hawes
Join us from Monday 27 October 2025 to learn, sing and record Patrick Hawes’s dramatic cantata The Wedding at Cana - a powerful and moving work about Christ’s first miracle - and be part of the world premiere recording of this newly revised edition with reduced orchestration!
Our marvellous Musical Director Ben England will teach this special work with input from the composer, using our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques, so please join us for this unique choral experience you simply won’t get anywhere else.
Byrd Mass for Five Voices with The Gesualdo Six
Join Choir of the Earth and The Gesualdo Six from Monday 5 January 2026 to learn, sing and record William Byrd’s Mass For Five Voices! Learn this work line by line, part by part with our marvellous Musical Director Ben England, and specialist guidance from members of The Gesualdo Six.
Whether you’re a Renaissance music aficionado or brand new to choral singing, our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques are fun and effective. So join Choir of the Earth and The Gesualdo Six us for this unique choral experience unavailable elsewhere!
Bach Cantatas
Join us from Monday 2 March 2026 to learn, sing and record two of Bach’s most beloved cantatas: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (BWV 140) and Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (BWV 147), which features the well-known tune often called Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
Our marvellous Musical Director Ben England will teach the glorious baroque pieces using our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques, making learning both fun and effective. We do hope you’ll come and sing these wonderful pieces with us.
A Season To Sing by Joanna Forbes L’Estrange
Join us from Tuesday 7 April 2026 to learn, sing and record A Season to Sing - Joanna Forbes L’Estrange’s vibrant new choral sensation inspired by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
With exclusive coaching from Joanna herself and teaching from our marvellous Musical Director Ben England, this is a rare chance to be part of the first global online performance of the work taking the choral world by storm!
Summer School 2026: June - July (Tippett & Elgar)
Join us from Monday 1 June 2026 for the first of two Summer School courses to learn, sing and record six beautiful works: five spirituals from Tippett’s A Child of Our Time - Steal Away, Nobody Knows The Trouble I See, Go Down, Moses, O By And By, and Deep River -and Elgar’s Lux Aeterna, the choral arrangement of his famous Nimrod.
Our marvellous Musical Director Ben England will guide you through these moving and powerful pieces using our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques. Whether you are a seasoned singer or exploring choral music for the first time, we would love you to sing with us this summer.
Summer School 2026: July - August (African Arrangements)
Join us in late July/August 2026 for the second of our two Summer School courses, as we learn, sing and record Michael Barrett’s arrangement of Ndikhokhele Bawo alongside other vibrant African choral pieces. Please note the dates and final programme for this course are TBC.
Our marvellous Musical Director Ben England will guide you through these moving and powerful pieces using our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques. Whether you are a seasoned singer or exploring choral music for the first time, we would love you to sing with us this summer.
Theresienmesse by Joseph Haydn
Join us from Monday 31 August 2026 to learn, sing and record Joseph Haydn’s radiant Theresienmesse - a Classical masterpiece full of grace, drama and joyful expression. Also known as the Maria Theresa Mass, this glorious choral work forms part of Choir of the Earth’s ongoing series to record Haydn’s Six Late Masses.
Our marvellous Musical Director Ben England will guide you through the music using our exclusive, innovative tools and teaching techniques, making learning both fun and effective. We do hope you will sing this uplifting piece with us!
Summer School 2025 - June: Songs of Strength and Power
Join the global singers of Choir of the Earth from Monday 2 June 2025 for the second of this year’s two popular Summer School courses. Led by the brilliant Ben England, we will learn, sing and record two inspirational songs of strength: (Something Inside) So Strong and I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free. Both pieces are deeply connected to the fight for justice, dignity and equality. We hope you will join us in celebrating the power of music to carry truth, strength and hope.
Summer School 2025 - May: Pieces by Eric Wetherell
Join the global singers of Choir of the Earth from Tuesday 6 May 2025 for the first of this year’s two popular Summer School courses. We will learn, sing and record two very special pieces by Eric Wetherell with our marvellous Musical Director, Ben England, using our top teaching resources.
Learn, sing and record a Quartet of Kyries
Join the global singers of Choir of the Earth from Monday 24 March 2025 to learn, sing, and record a Quartet of Kyries by Schubert, Mozart, Palestrina and Rheinberger with our marvellous Musical Director, Ben England, and our innovative teaching resources!
Learn, sing and record Haydn’s Harmoniemesse (Harmony Mass)
Join the global singers of Choir of the Earth from Monday 20 January 2025 to learn, sing, and record Haydn's Harmoniemesse (Harmony Mass) with our marvellous Musical Director, Ben England and our top teaching resources.
Learn, sing and record Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the Bergen Philharmonic
Join Choir of the Earth any time between 4 November and mid-January to learn, sing, and record Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ with the incredible Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Edward Gardner OBE and taught by Ben England BEM.
Around Sound: The Evolution of Classical Music
Choir Of The Earth Events is delight to present a unique six-part online lecture series written and delivered via YouTube by award-winning educator Ben England BEM, exploring and explaining the fascinating musical styles and varied genres of Classical Music. Book now via Eventbrite.
J S Bach's Magnificat | From 9 September 2024
Join our marvellous Musical Director Ben England from 9 September 2024 for our highly-anticipated course to learn and record J.S. Bach’s Magnificat! Learn every note of this stunning choral work in live YouTube rehearsals, using world-class resources that make taking part fun and easy. Record your voice at home to be part of the full choir’s performance - our Christmas 2024 concert!
Summer School 2024: Grieg, Chilcott and Evensong in Finland | June/July/August 2024
Our Summer School in 2024 was one of our most diverse ever, with our Marvellous Musical Director Ben England leading us through a variety of treats including stunning music from Edvard Grieg and others in June; Bob Chilcott in July; and a grand Finnish in August with our Evensong collaboration live from Espoo near Helsinki.
Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with the Bergen Philharmonic | teaching from 8 April to 14 May 2024
Choir of the Earth was excited and honoured to collaborate with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir again, this time performing alongside their Grieghallen perfomance of Johannes Brahms’ Requiem in German (Ein Deutsches Requiem). Our singers learned the work and recorded alongside the Bergen recordings to create a new, enhanced rendition of the performance.
Samuel Barber’s Agnus Dei | launched Monday 26 February 2024
Join Choir of the Earth's marvellous Musical Director Ben England BEM from Monday 26 February 2024 at 17:00 UK time for our latest digital choir course to learn, sing and record Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei - Barber's own choral arrangement of his famous Adagio For Strings.
Joseph Haydn's 'Nelson' Mass | From Monday 8 January 2024
Those who have been lucky enough to sing Joseph Haydn's 'Nelson' Mass often describe it as a highlight of their choral journey. Join Choir of the Earth to learn every note of this triumphant work with our marvellous Musical Director Ben England and take part in an international recording using our world-class resources.
It all begins on Monday 8 January 2024 at 17:00 UK time - join us at our public course launch stream here and then sign up as the latest member of our choral family here.
Christmas 2023 | Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols & Chilcott's Mid-Winter
Join Choir of the Earth for marvellous music and festive fun, as we celebrate Christmas 2023! From 6 November, learn Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Bob Chilcott’s Mid-Winter in live YouTube rehearsals with the brilliant Ben England, then use our world-leading resources to record at home.
We have lots of more fun planned for our global choral family over the holiday season, suitable for music-lovers of all faiths and none, so do come to our ‘little house’ for Christmas 2023.
While we make every effort to deliver our courses as listed, occasionally, unforeseen circumstances may require changes to the programme.
We will communicate any such updates as soon as possible.