The de Merc Chamber Choir is a Registered Charity (number 1095387) and is affiliated to Making Music (the National Federation of Music Societies) which represents and supports amateur vocal and instrumental music groups throughout the United Kingdom. Supported by Harlow Council.

The de Merc Chamber Choir tenors and basses meet from time to time to work on their ever-increasing  barbershop and men’s voices repertoire.

Inevitably, the “Songs of Yale” features prominently  but we also include pieces as varied as John Dunstable (15th century) through madrigals to Stanford’s “Songs of Old Ireland”.

Rehearsals are very informal and held intermittently in a member’s house on a Wednesday or Friday evening.  Cynics (eg sops and altos)  have observed that they are really an excuse for the men to get together for a beer and pizza or two.

Not true ! The group enables the Choir to perform in a greater number of venues with its smaller number of singers.  We frequently sing sets within the main concert programmes and are becoming  in demand for after-dinner entertainment which means we get fed and watered for free too!

For more information about the Barbershop group, please contact  Graham Savage on 01279 656065 or grs@grahamsavage.co.uk or Andy Webb on andrewwwebb@yahoo.co.uk or 07850 693495 .