compass choir

Cranbrook's Community Choir

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Compass Choir......in brief

Compass Choir rehearses on Wednesdays in the Vestry Hall in Cranbrook from 5.30pm to 7pm.

We sing 3-part arrangements of songs such as ‘Days’ by the Kinks, ‘Africa’ by Toto, ‘Skyfall’, by Adele, ‘A Million Dreams’ from ‘The Greatest Showman’, ‘Hold Back the River’ by James Bay, ‘Fix You’ by Coldplay, ‘ Let the River Run’ by Carly Simon, ‘All You Need is Love’, ‘Here Comes the Sun’ and ‘Let it be’ by the Beatles and ‘It Must be Love’ by Labi Siffre.  

We also like to sing lots of songs in unison at our rehearsals, especially ones which are uplifting and have a good tune!

We perform a concert in St Dunstan’s Church once a year and also take part in Cranbrook community events, raising money for local charities. 

Our next event is a relaxed afternoon of singing jointly with Tempo Singers in St Dunstan’s church on Sunday 5 November from 2pm to 4pm.

We exist for the community and so anyone and everyone is very welcome to join us!

We are determined that there should be no charge made to sing with the Choir, although we welcome donations towards our running costs.

Do come along and give us a try.  There are no auditions and no commitment to come every week.

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…it felt good singing to an audience who enjoyed what we did.

My dad was a great singer and none of my siblings or myself were fortunate enough to have inherited his beautiful singing voice. This has not stopped me loving to sing, and when I heard about The Compass Choir, I thought I would give it a go. I was nervous, but knew I wouldn’t be asked to sing solo. I must admit that it took a few weeks to get used to the songs and harmonies, and I suddenly found myself singing the harmonies and unison songs and thoroughly enjoying it. The evenings are good fun and I love it when we are working on a piece for a few weeks and then it all comes together. One of the highlights of the last year has been singing in the church in Cranbrook, it was so atmospheric and it felt good singing to an audience who enjoyed what we did.

I look forward to every Wednesday…

Early 2018 I lost my soulmate of 57 years as we had been together since our late teenage years.  For months I was at a loss sitting at home thinking that there has to be much more to life that this.  Fortunately an old friend of mine, Nigel, moved back to Cranbrook just before Christmas, after being away for a number of years.  During our chats he informed me that he had been a member of a choir in Tunbridge Wells and that he enjoyed singing, plus it made him feel uplifted. It was about this time he got to hear about a new choir about to be formed in Cranbrook and suggested to me about giving the choir a go.  I told him I have never sung before, not even in the bath, he said you will enjoy it, that's when he persuaded me to go along to the opening of the choir. We duly attended the inaugural meeting of the choir in 2019 and I must admit it, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, so much so that I have been a regular at our Wednesday evenings ever since. I look forward to every Wednesday to meet up with like-minded folk who enjoy singing, and the chats and laughter before and after rehearsal before we head off home.

…really, really good fun!

I have sung with other choirs, but Compass is very different as the emphasis is more on enjoying singing, rather than getting everything 100% correct.  Frances is a brilliant accompanist and Ginger is so engaging that rehearsals are not a chore but really, really good fun!

I look forward to every Wednesday…

Early 2018 I lost my soulmate of 57 years as we had been together since our late teenage years.  For months I was at a loss sitting at home thinking that there has to be much more to life that this.  Fortunately an old friend of mine, Nigel, moved back to Cranbrook just before Christmas, after being away for a number of years.  During our chats he informed me that he had been a member of a choir in Tunbridge Wells and that he enjoyed singing, plus it made him feel uplifted. It was about this time he got to hear about a new choir about to be formed in Cranbrook and suggested to me about giving the choir a go.  I told him I have never sung before, not even in the bath, he said you will enjoy it, that's when he persuaded me to go along to the opening of the choir. We duly attended the inaugural meeting of the choir in 2019 and I must admit it, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, so much so that I have been a regular at our Wednesday evenings ever since. I look forward to every Wednesday to meet up with like-minded folk who enjoy singing, and the chats and laughter before and after rehearsal before we head off home.

…it felt good singing to an audience who enjoyed what we did.

My dad was a great singer and none of my siblings or myself were fortunate enough to have inherited his beautiful singing voice. This has not stopped me loving to sing, and when I heard about The Compass Choir, I thought I would give it a go. I was nervous, but knew I wouldn’t be asked to sing solo. I must admit that it took a few weeks to get used to the songs and harmonies, and I suddenly found myself singing the harmonies and unison songs and thoroughly enjoying it. The evenings are good fun and I love it when we are working on a piece for a few weeks and then it all comes together. One of the highlights of the last year has been singing in the church in Cranbrook, it was so atmospheric and it felt good singing to an audience who enjoyed what we did.

…really, really good fun!

I have sung with other choirs, but Compass is very different as the emphasis is more on enjoying singing, rather than getting everything 100% correct.  Frances is a brilliant accompanist and Ginger is so engaging that rehearsals are not a chore but really, really good fun!