Newsletters, Policies and Archives
Newsletters
Introduction
An excellent way to give support, in return for valuable benefits, is to swell the number of Friends of the Society. As such you will be part of a like-minded community of regular concert-goers, choral singers and their families.
You will receive:
- £5 discount on nave seats
- A free programme at each concert
- Pre-concert mailings and newsletters
Subscriptions are:
- Solo Friend – just £30 for a year (life membership £300)
- Duet Friend – £50 for a couple (life membership £450)
To find out more, please contact our Friends Secretary, Sarah Anderson – email: ro*************@***il.com
We would very much like to count you among our Friends!
Newsletters
The Friends Secretary produces a newsletter for the Friends of Rochester Choral Society, on an ad hoc basis. Please see below for an archive of the most recent issues, which can be viewed as PDF files.*
Newsletter 49 (12th March 2026)
Newsletter 48 (29th October 2025)
Newsletter 47 (5th February 2025)
Newsletter 46 (3rd October 2024)
Newsletter 45 (14th June 2024)
Newsletter 44 (11th October 2023)
Newsletter 43 (19th May 2023)
Newsletter 42 (5th February 2023)
Newsletter 41 (16th October 2022)
Newsletter 40 (23rd May 2022)
Newsletter 39 (23rd February 2022)
Newsletter 38 (4th November 2021)
Newsletter 37 (21st February 2020)
Newsletter 36 (20th September 2019)
Newsletter 35 (30th May 2019)
Newsletter 34 (20th February 2019)
Newsletter 33 (23rd September 2018)
Newsletter 32 (22nd May 2018)
Newsletter 31 (14th February 2018)
Newsletter 30 (16th October 2017)
Newsletter 29 (31st May 2017)
Newsletter 28 (18th February 2017)
Newsletter 27 (20th November 2016)
Newsletter 26 (14th October 2016)
Newsletter 25 (25th May 2016)
Newsletter 24 (10th February 2016)
Newsletter 23 (9th December 2015)
Newsletter 22 (27th September 2015)
Newsletter 21 (24th May 2015)
Newsletter 20 (13th February 2015
Newsletter 19 (30th September 2014)
Newsletter 18 (14th May 2014)
Newsletter 17 (26th September 2013)
Newsletter 16 (19th June 2013)
Newsletter 15 (9th January 2013)
Newsletter 14 (6th November 2012)
Newsletter 13 (6th September 2012)
Newsletter 12 (30th March 2012)
Newsletter 11 (15th February 2012)
Newsletter 10 (5th October 2011)
Newsletter 9 (5th October 2011)
Newsletter 8 (14th May 2011)
Newsletter 7 (28th January 2011)
Newsletter 6 (16th October 2010)
Newsletter 5 (16th October 2010)
Newsletter 4 (9th October 2010)
Newsletter 3 (23rd May 2010)
Newsletter 2 (7th May 2010)
Newsletter 1 (10th February 2010)
Policies
Data Protection Policy
Following the new General Data Protection regulations (GDPR), which came into effect on 25th May 2018, we have created the following Data Protection Policy:
Privacy Statement
Please take a look at our privacy policy:
New Members form
The new members form may be accessed below. Please also ensure that you read the Privacy Statement (above) before signing the form:
Safeguarding Policy
The law requires any organisation involving young people and/or vulnerable adults to take all reasonable measures to ensure that the risk of harm to their welfare are minimised, and where there are concerns, to share them with other local agencies. Our Safeguarding Policy may be accessed below:
Our Safeguarding Designated Person is Jackie Richardson (ro*************@***il.com).
Other information:
Constitution and Rules & Regulations
Rochester Choral Society (RCS) was asked by the organisation Making Music (MM), to which the RCS is affiliated, to adopt their Model Constitution in place of our existing document, which was re-written in 2003. The reason is that RCS has to be registered with the Charity Commission, and this process is made easier and quicker if our Constitution is based on the MM model. MM suggest that RCS adopt their Model Constitution, without alteration, but that a second ‘Rules & Regulations’ document is created which complements – but does not contradict – the Model and which contains the clauses specific to RCS requirements. Christine Hodgetts, Chris Clemence and Peter Ross made a comparison of the MM Model Constitution with our 2003 Constitution and drafted a separate Rules & Regulations document containing: (i) extra details, interpreting each clause of the Making Music Constitution for our own use, and, (ii) clauses from our current Constitution which are not covered by – but do not conflict with – the MM Constitution. The resulting documents were discussed and accepted by the membership at an EGM, held on Tuesday 16th May 2017. Please download the Constitution and Rules & Regulations documents below:
- Constitution (2017)
- Rules & Regulations (2017) – last updated following a committee meeting held on Wednesday 28th April 2021
Concert Archives
Concert list – from 1978 to the present
Here is a list of all our concerts from 1978 to the present, which may be viewed as a PDF file* – originally compiled by Malcolm Moulton and Paul Steinson, and now updated by Mary Burslem.
Please see the programme for our upcoming concert – Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius. Tickets are available here. We have programme notes going back to our June 2008 concert. If you would be interested in reading them, please email: ro*************@***il.com
Works by contemporary composers, performed by RCS during their lifetime
Malcolm Moulton has also compiled a list of works that were performed by Rochester Choral Society during the composers’ lifetimes, from 1873 to the present. It can be viewed as a PDF file.*