UEA Chamber Choir

UEA Chamber Choir is a small choir, frequently singing unaccompanied and requiring members to be able to read music more fluently. It is open to all by audition.

Rehearsals and performances

UEA Chamber Choir enjoys membership from students, staff, and members of the local community. The choir rehearse on campus every Monday (17:00 - 18:30), during semester time, and perform either on campus or in the surrounding region, at least three times a year.

The 2025-26 UEA Chamber Choir concert season has now finished. Details about the 2026-27 season will be announced in due course.

You can find details of forthcoming UEA Chamber Choir performances in our Upcoming Events Calendar. 

You can find details of past UEA Chamber Choir performances in our Events Archive.

Auditions

UEA Chamber Choir is open to singers with some vocal training and/or choral experience, and the ability to read and sight sing music with some fluency. The Chamber Choir are small and work to a high standard of music, in a wide range of periods, including a substantial amount of unaccompanied repertoire.

All singers are auditioned, however the auditions are short and very informal.

Auditions for the 2026-27 season will take place on Friday 18 September 2026 (11am - 5.30pm) and Monday 21 September 2026 (12 noon - 6pm). We have vacancies in all voice types but are particularly keen to hear from tenors and basses. If you would like to audition, please complete an online audition form, or email musicevents@uea.ac.uk, stating your voice type, experience and availability for audition. Auditions are ten minutes long. For the audition, candidates will be asked to do some vocal exercises to test range, quality and intonation and to sing a short piece of sight reading. Candidates should also prepare a song or other short piece to sing. They will be asked to sing without accompaniment, but the piece they choose does not have to be unaccompanied. The purpose of this is to encourage them to show the qualities of their voice in something they know.

Subscriptions

There is no subscription fee for the UEA Chamber Choir.