Help commission professional choral resources and help us give singers worldwide the chance to learn Handel's Messiah like never before!
Handel’s Messiah is widely considered the best-known and most-performed choral work of all time, featuring in thousands of concerts every year, so no choral resource library would be complete without it.
Messiah has been at the heart of Choir of the Earth since the beginning. In 2020, at the height of the pandemic - back when we were known as the Self-Isolation Choir - thousands of people joined us to learn and sing this iconic work together, creating a powerful, uplifting and unifying experience. Now, in 2025, we are bringing it back - bigger and better than ever!
Over the last five years, we have learned a lot about the brave new frontier of online choral singing, including just how powerful it can be. Our courses and resources don’t just teach people a piece of music - they make people better singers.
By combining professionally-recorded guide tracks, innovative on-screen score software, and expert, note-by-note tuition from internationally-renowned conductor Ben England BEM, we ensure every singer really knows and understands their part on a whole new level.
Even experienced choristers who have performed Messiah many times will gain new confidence, clarity, and precision from these new resources. Those tricky runs you’ve always skipped over? They’ll become crystal clear, and you’ll be singing with confidence in no time!
😇 Why We Need Your Support
To achieve this, we need to hire professional singers to record every vocal line of every chorus. We use these to create the teaching materials for the course, as well as the "voice part louder" rehearsal tracks that replicate the experience of standing next to the strongest singer in your section at a traditional choir.
These recordings will be created for us by the fantastic Fieri Consort, one of the world’s most experienced ensembles in recording guide tracks for choral singers. Their previous work with Choir of the Earth has received exclusively enthusiastic praise, and this new set of recordings will provide singers with the best possible learning support for Messiah.
Commissioning these professional guide tracks is a vital part of our commitment to delivering the best possible learning experience for our singers - not just for this course, but for years to come. These recordings will become part of our growing resource library, preserving Messiah as an accessible, high-quality learning tool for choral singers around the world. Whether someone is encountering Messiah for the first time or revisiting it after decades, they will have the guidance and confidence they need to master it.
By contributing, you’ll be helping us stock our library with the best possible tools to help singers develop their skills, refine their vocal technique, and perform Messiah with greater confidence and joy. Your support ensures that generations of singers - both within Choir of the Earth and beyond - will have access to professional resources that keep Messiah alive in choral communities across the globe.
How You Can Help
✅ Donate - Every contribution, big or small, makes a difference.
✅ Sing - Join us for Messiah 2025 and experience the joy of choral singing!
✅ Share - Spread the word and help us reach more singers.
✨ Rejoice Greatly With Our Exclusive Incentive! ✨
Donate £50 or more, and you’ll be invited to a special pre-course event online with Musical Director Ben England, where he will give an exclusive talk about Handel, Messiah, and this project. You’ll then enjoy a preview concert featuring the brand-new guide tracks that your generous support has made possible! Click here to go straight to the reward.