On Friday 20 December 2024 at 20:00 GMT, join Team COTE and the rest of the Choir at our 2024 Christmas Zoom Party! After our earlier Christmas concert, join the Zoom for a welcome from the team, before splitting off into smaller groups to meet, chat and mingle with your fellow singers. A fantastic way to end a big year for COTE, we look forward to celebrating with you then!

On Friday 20 December 2024 at 19:00 GMT, join Choir of the Earth for our 2024 Christmas Concert. Between September and November 2024, our global singers united to learn and record J.S. Bach’s Magnificat. This concert, showcasing their fantastic final performance, will be conducted live by our Musical Director, Ben England BEM, and streamed on our YouTube channel. It’s free for all to enjoy, although donaions to Earth Choir Academy are very welcome.

On Wednesday 18 December 2024 at 18:00 GMT, join Choir of the Earth on YouTube for the premiere our concert video of Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, conducted live by Musical Director Ben England BEM.

On Monday 16 December 2024 at 19:00 GMT, join Choir of the Earth on YouTube for our concert performance of Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei, conducted live by Musical Director Ben England BEM.

Experience Choir of the Earth's official Quanta Qualia 3 music video, a stunning testament to global collaboration and the power of choral music. Featuring the international voices of Choir of the Earth, Laura Peribañez Artero's beautiful new cello solo, and stunning visuals, this is a rendition to enjoy time and time again.

On Thursday 12 December 2024 at 17:00 GMT, join Choir of the Earth for our Quanta Qualia 3 Concert Performance, where Musical Director, Ben England BEM, conducts singers from around the globe in this breathtaking rendition of Patrick Hawes’ iconic work. This is the first opportunity for participants and listeners to experience the final mix, featuring Laura Peribañez Artero's exquisite new cello solo.

Come and sing Joseph Haydn’s “Nelson” Mass with Choir of the Earth and Labrador Events, led by Ben England. Our London event will take place in St Gabriel’s Pimlico on Saturday 23 November 2024.

Join internationally-renowned conductor Ben England to experience the thrill of singing Carl Orff’s monumental Carmina Burana. Learn the music before you go with our world-class teaching and rehearsal resources, then enjoy a full day of enaging choral workshops to help prepare you for our electrifying early evening performance!

Experience a groundbreaking digital performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610. This special edition, created by Choir of the Earth in collaboration with Fiori Musicali, blends Fiori's 2011 live recording from Christ Church Oxford with thousands of individually recorded vocal tracks from our global online choir.

Led by Musical Director Ben England, this project marks the first time Monteverdi's iconic work has been taught and performed entirely online, with over 8,000 contributions from singers across 40 countries. This special edition concert also includes a unique a cappella rendition of Nisi Dominus by the global singers of Choir of the Earth.

On Friday 27 September 2024 at 17:00 UK time, Choir of the Earth is thrilled to invite you to enjoy our concert performance of Joseph Haydn’s “Nelson” Mass (Missa in Angustiis), recorded by international singers around the world, accompanied by Richard Gowers on organ, vocal solos by Fieri Consort, and conducted by Ben England, with video by Marc Siese.

On Friday 27 September 2024 at 16:45 UK time, current members of Choir of the Earth are invited to join Ben for pre-concert chat and warm up ahead of our premiere performance of Haydn's "Nelson" Mass! This livestream link will automatically take you to the concert afterwards.

Come and sing with Choir of the Earth’s marvellous Musical Director Ben England BEN and Tapiola Chamber Choir at the Olari Church in Espoo near Helsinki on 24 August 2024. Sing pieces from our August Summer School and learn others in workshops on the day, then perform at a special Evensong service with a Finnish twist. End the day at an informal reception and kantele workshop in central Helsinki.

Join us for a heartwarming session where Choir of the Earth's incredible Founder Mark Strachan BEM leads us on a musical trip through the memories and melodies of his time with the Choir. With support from Musical Director Ben England BEM, Mark will take us on a rollercoaster of emotions as he explains what the past 4+ years have meant to him.

Current COTE Members are warmly invited to join Ben on Tuesday 18 June 2024 at 18:30 UK Time for the unofficial unveiling of our final six choral movements of Claudio Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers, as recorded by Choir of the Earth in association with Fiori Musicali. The performance will include Lauda Jerusalem, Ave Maris Stella, Magnificat, Gloria Patri, Sicut Erat and Et Misericordia.

These previews are for COTE Members only, as further tweaks will be made to the mixes before the full concert is premiered publicly, so please do not share the link to this live stream.

Join Ben for a members-only preview of the next three choral movements of Claudio Monteverdi's magnificent Vespers, as recorded by Choir of the Earth in conjuction with Fiori Musicali! The performance will include: Laetatus Sum, Nisi Dominus, and Lauda Ierusalem.

Join Ben for the unofficial unveiled of the first three choral movements of Claudio Monteverdi's magnificent Vespers, as recorded by Choir of the Earth in conjuction with Fiori Musicali! The performance will include the "Deus in adjutorium," "Dixit Dominus," and "Laudate pueri".

We are so excited and honoured to collaborate with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir again, this time on Brahms’ Requiem in German (Ein Deutsches Requiem). Ben England BEM, will teach the Requiem, starting with our course launch on Monday 8 April 2024 at 17:00 UK time. The launch is open to all as a taste of what we offer and how it works. Please sign up to take part in the full course.

Our Members voted, we’ve counted and the Top 30 Hall of Fame pieces for 2024 are ready to be unveiled! Join Ben England BEM live or later as he counts down YOUR favourites.

Don’t forget, recordings are due for the Sing for Sub-postmasters (We Are The Champions) project on Saturday 23 March 2024 at 22:00 UK time. Please see your email for details. Thank you so much in advance for all your hard work!

On 22 March 2024 at 19:30 CET (18:30 GMT), Bergenphilive will livestream Bergen Philharmonic orchestra & chorus’ concert of Beethoven's Violin Concerto & Brahms’ Requiem, live from the Grieghallen in Bergen, Norway. The recordings captured at this performance will form the basis of the learning and recording resources for Choir of the Earth’s Brahms’ Requiem course starting on Monday 8 April 2024.

This is a watch party for Choir of the Earth Members who would like to chat during Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir’s concert of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Brahms’ Requiem, conducted by Edward Gardner on Friday 22 March 2024. The chat will begin at 18:15 UK time ahead of the concert starting at 18:30 UK time. There will be an interval of 30 minutes between the Beethoven and the Brahms but the chat will continue throughout. The concert should end around 21:00 UK time and this premiere (and therefore the chat) is due to end at 21:15 UK time.

Don’t forget, recordings are due for the Haydn “Nelson” Mass course on Sunday 17 March 2024 at 22:00 UK time. Thank you so much in advance for all your hard work!

On Monday 11 March 2024, lots of wonderful choral singers met in St Ann’s Church in Dublin, Ireland, for a Mozart Requiem ‘come and sing’ event, run by Choir of the Earth in association with Labrador Events.

Conducted by our very own Ben England BEM, a day of workshops culminated in an informal concert performance featuring fantastic local musicians, including:

• Catrina Scullion (Soprano soloist)

• Sarah Thursfield (Alto soloist)

• Mark Tilley (Tenor soloist)

• Eoin Foran (Bass soloist)

• Gareth Lewis (Piano accompaniment)

We invite you to enjoy the recording taken from this concert.