Future Concerts and Events:
Thursday 24th July 2025
Summer Concert at Stamford Arts Centre ballroom.
Thursday 24th July 8pm tickets £10 via the Stamford Arts Centre
Stamford's popular community choir, Woven Chords, are back on stage with a Summer Concert to celebrate the end of another vocal year. In keeping with their motto of "Worldwide Harmonies with a Local Heart" they will be singing a wide range of a cappella songs in a variety of languages from Europe, Africa, Asia and beyond.
Lead by talented director Graham Dale, the musical delights will include: rich harmonies, folk songs, gospel songs, protest songs, original compositions, an unofficial national anthem and even some Gaelic mouth music. How is this all possible? - we hear you ask. Come along and find out!
Saturday 19th July 2025
Concert at Langham Church.
Saturday 19th July, 7:30pm tickets £15
Thursday 30th October 2025
Woven Chords 30th Birthday
Woven Chords, Stamford’s world music community choir, has been practising and performing in Stamford Arts Centre for 30 years in September.
We began in 1995, as an Arts Council initiative to get more women into singing. It was then known as Stamford Women’s Choir, under the musical directorship of Sally Brown. The next musical director, Chris Rowbury, eventually floated the idea of men joining the choir and the mixed choir that Woven Chords is now, was formed.
Our present director is Stamford’s own, Graham Dale. To celebrate our thirty years, we are planning a party based on a Georgian ‘Supra’ or feast. It will be a mix of Georgian and English traditions with lots of food, drink and song held in our home, The Ballroom at Stamford Arts Centre, on Thursday 30th October at 7:30pm. All present and past members of Woven Chords are welcome to join us for the party. We have present members of Wovies who attended the first workshop 30 years ago, so you are sure to meet up with old friends!
The evening will consist of food which will be served Georgian style in little dishes at the tables. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten free diets will be catered for. If you would like to bring a bottle (alcoholic or non) or a desert to share, that would be very welcome. Woven Chords will sing some Eastern European songs which the audience will be invited to join in with, interspersed with toasts lead by the ‘Tamada’ or Master of Ceremonies.
Please email info@wovenchords.com to reserve your place. Spread the word! We would like to see as many former members as possible.
Check our Workshops page regularly for information and dates of future workshops.
Booking the choir
We are always looking for performance opportunities (the more unusual the better!). We have already performed in a prison, and done our first wedding. For more information check out the Booking the Choir page.
"A unique experience. Such freedom of movement. A truly joyous evening. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks."