- The Armed Man - Tickets now on-sale
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Date Posted: Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Tickets for our performance of the Armed Man on Sunday 23rd November 2025 at 7:30pm in Helensburgh Parish Church are now available from Choir Members, Church Office or online at Trybooking.com Attachment: 
For more information, see: www.trybooking.com/uk/FIMA
- Kathryn Clark Choral Scholarships 25/26 - APPLY NOW
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Date Posted: Fri, 15 Aug 2025
Apllication process from young singers (up to age 25) for 3 Choral Scholarships starting in September 2025 is now open. Closing date is 31 August 2025. YouTube Video URL: Attachment: 
- Songs Across the World - 'AWESOME'
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Date Posted: Sat, 14 Jun 2025
What a concert we had with One World Singers from Denver, Colorado. Feedback has been amazing - particularly loved was both choirs singing Loch Lomond (Vaughan Williams setting) as the finale. One World did have a practice on the Loch when the Cruised Loch Lomond from Tarbet earlier in the day. Lomond Parish Church offered wonderful hospitality with welcome cakes and a cuppa after the concert to allow both choirs and guests to mingle. We managed to raise £900 in cash donations and there may well be more from the on-line giving through QR code in programme. Attachment:
- Congratulations to Marianne - one of our choral scholars
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Date Posted: Wed, 26 Mar 2025
We are thrilled to announce that our choral scholar Marianne Ridland (S6 Lomond School) was awarded Runner-up in the hugely impressive Independent Schools' round for the Scottish Young Musician of the Year competition.
Up against incredibly talented performers from schools right across Scotland, Marianne sang with outstanding beauty and communication.
For more information, see: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0SZxD4hSXoZnn28mY417JD6vB34xUNmdtLbkLNHbZMmKdZLuedSjQ9tpDty2BFciil&id=100063905766796
- Come and Sing Operatorio 14th September
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Date Posted: Wed, 24 Jul 2024
Come and Sing 'OPERATORIO' event will now be Saturday 14th September 2024
Visitors can book at https://www.trybooking.com/uk/DSQB - fee is £15 including music.
Choir members should register their attendance as usual in website - Fee is £10 for choir members - pay direct to bank account.
- Kathryn Clark Memorial Choral Scholarships
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Date Posted: Wed, 24 Jul 2024
Young people are invited to apply for these scholarships with the choir.
Successful candidates will receive £500 per annum, paid in 2 equal parts.
Application: Please email a personal statement / CV along with a short video recording of your chosen audition piece to Susannah Wapshott musicdirector@helensburghoratorio.co.uk
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- Herald Article 3 Feb 2024
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Date Posted: Sun, 4 Feb 2024
Copy of Advertorial in Herald Magazine on Saturday 3rd February 2024 Attachment:
- Getting in the mood for Sea Symphony on Glenlee in storm
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Date Posted: Sat, 3 Feb 2024
Taken on Sunday 21st January, HOC and RS experiencing life on The Tall Ship “Glenlee” at Glasgow in preparation for the 60th anniversary concert on 18th February of Vaughan Willliams’ The Sea Symphony.
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- Glorious visit to Sardinia
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Date Posted: Sat, 2 Sep 2023
15 choir members and our MD - Susannah Wapshott have completed a successful trip to the International Choral Festival in Sardinia. We were commended on our challenging harmonies. We had fun, friendship and fellowship, demonstrating the true benefit of choral singing. We were challenged by weather conditions in getting to Sardinia amid storms, air traffic delays and long journeys, but kept smiling. We enjoyed good food and the Sardinia scenery and beaches. We met choirs from Valencia in Spain, Calgary in Canada and local Sardinian choirs, singing in a variety of church buildings and the S Giovanni Cave. We had a police escort to our final dinner in Domusnovas - really for the mayor and local dignitaries. We want to do it all again. Pictures and video will be uploaded once edited. Attachment:
- HOC Friends Leaflet
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Date Posted: Thu, 7 Apr 2022
A new Friends of HOC leaflet for anyone who would like to subscribe to our established Friends Group. Long serving retiring members are automatically enrolled for 1 year. Attachment:
- Adopt a Music Creator blog: Coming up with the words
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Date Posted: Tue, 1 Feb 2022
Martin Raymond has written a blog for Making Music about Breathing Place For more information, see: https://www.makingmusic.org.uk/news/adopt-music-creator-blog-coming-words
- Like a Rainbow Shining
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Date Posted: Sun, 14 Feb 2021
Words and music by Will Todd Conductor and pianist: Susannah Wapshott Saxophone: Lawrence Gill Double Bass: Tom Berry Audio and video editing: Barbara Cole Walton YouTube Video URL:
- Mass in Blue: Will Todd
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Date Posted: Tue, 4 Dec 2018
The choir and the community are ready to welcome the composer Will Todd to join us on Sunday for his inspirational Mass In Blue.
Here's how the Helensburgh Advertiser describes the event:
Helensburgh Oratorio Choir ready for one of most challenging pieces yet
Picture: Andy Holdsworth, Helensburgh Advertiser
- Some of our singers went to sing in New York...
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Date Posted: Mon, 1 Oct 2018
...and performed Mass in Blue conducted by Dr Alicia Walker, Director of Choral Studies at University of South Carolina and with composer Will Todd, in the David Gethin Hall, Lincoln Centre, New York.
