Cantemus has a long tradition of singing for national charities, including the National Trust, local trusts and charities and church appeals.  We always try to maximise the revenue for the charity concerned, our only expenses being the hire of the venue and royalties payable to the Performing Right Society, which are related to the programme content and audience numbers.  These expenses can be further minimised if concert sponsors are able to provide the venue for us and handle ticket sales.  Where the concert is local, we are able to help with publicity if required. 

These pictures of Charlecote Park are shown by kind permission of the National Trust.

The choir has had a recent series of bookings at Charlecote Park, near Stratford-upon-Avon, where for the past two years we have presented a sell-out Christmas concert for the National Trust.  

For many years in May or June we have supported the Solihull Borough Citizens Advice Bureaux, singing at Christ Church, Solihull.   We have helped to raise funds for a new kitchen at Balsall Common Methodist Church, primarily used for the Luncheon Club where elderly people are offered and good meal and friendly companionship each week.  We have sung regularly for the Middleton Hall Trust at their newly restored property near Tamworth and in recent years have contributed to the Heritage Weekend at Temple Balsall, near Solihull, by performing concerts in the Church of St Mary the Virgin. Cantemus also sings regularly at the Church of Our Lady of the Wayside in Shirley, Solihull, in support of the work of the Father O’Mahony Memorial Trust, whose aim is to send aid overseas to the point of need and to help projects which fall outside the scope of the larger charities. 

If you would be interested in discussing the possibility of Cantemus performing a concert for your charity, please contact the secretary here.