Canterbury Cantata Choir is led by Emily Renshaw-Kidd, the artistic director of Canterbury Cantata Trust which through its ‘Sing to Beat’ and ‘Monday Music’ activities with local branches in Canterbury and Folkestone, is demonstrating the power of singing to improve wellbeing and has now sown the seeds for 35 ‘Sing to Beat’ groups around the country.

The ensemble will get your feet tapping with the jazzy rhythms and harmonies of A Little Jazz Mass and Mass in Blue, together with classic American songs and a choral version of Bernstein’s popular West Side Story.

Bob Chilcott, once a member of the King’s Singers, composed A Little Jazz Mass in 2004, in which the various movements embrace a variety of jazz styles. Will Todd's music is valued for its melodic intensity and harmonic skill, often incorporating jazz colours. Anna Gregg, the soprano soloist for this exciting work is the ‘Northern Ireland Opera Young Opera Voice of 2023’.