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TRBC’s ‘Target for Tallinn’ challenge As we write at the end of July, it’s roughly ten weeks until we take off for our all-Beethoven programme in Tallinn. As ever, we could do with more tenors and basses. Can we find ten more men in just ten weeks? It’s certainly a challenge! Gentlemen: we know you […]

Book now for our Singing & Tulips choral cruise in April 2027.  Join us either to be lazy or to enjoy exploring; it’s your holiday and your choice. If you’re in need of rest and recuperation, we have the perfect answer. Sail calmly along Dutch and Belgian waterways, singing lovely music every day. The attentive […]

New events for 2027 are now flagged on the front page of our website, and on our Facebook page.  Here are some more details. TRBC Choral Summer School (9–14 August 2027) When we announced that the 2024 TRBC Choral Summer School would be our last, there was widespread disappointment. You overwhelmed us with letters and […]

Messiah 2026 is showing on the RAH bookings page as sold out for both singers and audience. However, if you are still hoping to join us on 8th November, there are a few options: please see below. Seats returned by Debenture Holders (Members). If RAH Members do not want their seats, they can return them […]

Having worked closely with the Royal Albert Hall over many months to create a largely successful online booking system for last year’s Messiah from Scratch, we have been dismayed by the problems experienced this year by many of our regular singers. As far as we were concerned it was simply repeat business: the seating plan […]

The Messiah booking launch date has changed! Booking will now open on Thursday 9th April (not Friday 10th as previously announced). The change is at the request of the Royal Albert Hall, which wants to ensure that a full complement of Box Office staff is available behind the scenes to ensure that the process runs […]

Messiah from Scratch booking 2026 will, as last year, be online. Booking opens 10 am, Thursday 9th April 2026 (please note change of date!) for the performance on Sunday 8 November at the Royal Albert Hall. If you have not booked tickets for Messiah from Scratch® since 2024, please be aware that we have done […]

Funds for The Royal Society of Musicians were boosted to the tune of £8,883.99 at last November’s performance of Messiah from Scratch®. Performances by The Really Big Chorus raise funds for charities wherever we sing. In 1978, we established a partnership between TRBC and the British Heart Foundation which continued until Messiah from Scratch® 2024. […]