Welcome to the Kaleidoscope Singers Website
Our Musical Director
Our MD Zoë Peate trained as a singer at Trinity College of Music where she was awarded the Lady Maud Warrender Prize for outstanding achievements in singing and musicianship. Her extensive concert and recital engagements include appearances at the Wigmore Hall, the South Bank, Fairfield Hall - Croydon, St John's Smith Square, Jubilee Hall – Aldeburgh, and The Dome – Brighton. Zoë's life now revolves around directing and training choirs. She is currently also MD of the Cantatrice ladies choirs and Vocal Fusion a male voice acapella chorus.
Our current repertoire
A Boy and a Girl - Eric Whitacre's sublime musical setting on Octavio Paz's text
I'm gonna sing till the spirit arr M Hogan
I will lift mine eyes - Jake Runestad
Nyon nyon - Jake Runestad
The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim arranged by Gwyn Arch
Tears in Heaven arr K Shaw
When you wish Upon a Star - arranged by Nancy Wertsch
I wanna be like you - arranged by P Lawson
I'm gonna sing till the spirit arr M Hogan
I will lift mine eyes - Jake Runestad
Nyon nyon - Jake Runestad
The Girl from Ipanema - Antonio Carlos Jobim arranged by Gwyn Arch
Tears in Heaven arr K Shaw
When you wish Upon a Star - arranged by Nancy Wertsch
I wanna be like you - arranged by P Lawson
Latest news
Our concert on the theme of 'Nature' proved to be one of our best yet in Steyning but even more so because we were raising money for Rare Dementia Support - and 'wow' we really did' - over £1000! A staggering amount considering the venue was small.
Our programme included 'All creatures now', Colors of the Wind, Nature Boy, Earth Song plus some beautiful, humorous and thought provoking poems.
In October we travelled to Bolton to perform on Saturday 21 October in the lovely Bolton Parish Church sharing the concert with The BMS Singers & Tonge in the Haugh Community choir . One of our members has family here and Jane Hampson conductor of these choirs, set it up for us. It was a fantastic weekend, not only because of the singing but also due to the wonderful welcome, the socialising and the food and drink!
A capacity audience guaranteed a great atmosphere and all choirs were on top of their game.
One important factor to mention is that it was also a fund-raising event for Cystic Fibrosis as both Jane & Zoe have family members who suffer from this life threatening decease. The raffle prizes were incredible and the evening raised over £2000.00 - a staggering amount! The organization was superb and we would like to thank Jane, her team and both choirs for making it a weekend to remember.
Our programme included 'All creatures now', Colors of the Wind, Nature Boy, Earth Song plus some beautiful, humorous and thought provoking poems.
In October we travelled to Bolton to perform on Saturday 21 October in the lovely Bolton Parish Church sharing the concert with The BMS Singers & Tonge in the Haugh Community choir . One of our members has family here and Jane Hampson conductor of these choirs, set it up for us. It was a fantastic weekend, not only because of the singing but also due to the wonderful welcome, the socialising and the food and drink!
A capacity audience guaranteed a great atmosphere and all choirs were on top of their game.
One important factor to mention is that it was also a fund-raising event for Cystic Fibrosis as both Jane & Zoe have family members who suffer from this life threatening decease. The raffle prizes were incredible and the evening raised over £2000.00 - a staggering amount! The organization was superb and we would like to thank Jane, her team and both choirs for making it a weekend to remember.
Recent concerts
KALEIDOSCOPE SINGERS celebrated our 20th Anniversary in October 2022 with a wonderful concert involving past members joining us to sing in a Legacy Choir and afterwards celebrating with bubbly and cake.
Our Christmas concert in December with Cantatrice and Vocal Fusion Acapella at the Steyning Centre was a great success, and the weather played a part producing a lovely fall of snow, making everything feel very Christmassy. Thank you to all our wonderful audience who braved the cold icy weather to be at the concert, we really appreciated it.
The joint concerts in Horsham and Steyning performing Karl Jenkins' 'Adiemus' with the ladies of Cantatrice were a great success and we had great fun, the orchestra were wonderful and percussion section were amazing too.
KALEIDOSCOPE SINGERS celebrated our 20th Anniversary in October 2022 with a wonderful concert involving past members joining us to sing in a Legacy Choir and afterwards celebrating with bubbly and cake.
Our Christmas concert in December with Cantatrice and Vocal Fusion Acapella at the Steyning Centre was a great success, and the weather played a part producing a lovely fall of snow, making everything feel very Christmassy. Thank you to all our wonderful audience who braved the cold icy weather to be at the concert, we really appreciated it.
The joint concerts in Horsham and Steyning performing Karl Jenkins' 'Adiemus' with the ladies of Cantatrice were a great success and we had great fun, the orchestra were wonderful and percussion section were amazing too.
Join us
We rehearse in the Steyning Methodist Church in the High Street on a Thursday evening at 7.30pm.
Looking for a challenge - come along and try out for FREE.
Looking for a challenge - come along and try out for FREE.
Come and hear us
See our Events page for more details.
For more information or to obtain tickets contact us using the form on our contact page.
For more information or to obtain tickets contact us using the form on our contact page.
