Winter concert: 12 Days
'12 Days’ Concert with Divertimento
Celebrating December's Musical Calendar
Saturday 13 December 2025 at 7.30pm in St Peter's Church, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6LT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Piano/organ Peter Adcock
EFC will mark a series of 12 events that bring the Christmas festive season into close proximity with other important dates and occasions in December. The programme weaves secular and sacred music of celebration and related beliefs into the Christmas narrative, whose message of love and peace is at its very heart.
With audience carols this is a Christmas event with a difference!
Seasonal refreshments available at the interval.
Retirement collection in aid of Eden Project charities.
Tickets £1 - £23. Group discount 10% on 10+ tickets. Other discounts available.
Choral Workshop 2026: 'Come and Sing' Walton Belshazzar's Feast
Choral Workshop: 'Come and Sing' Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Saturday 17 January 2026, 10am to 5pm, in The Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter EX4 3AT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Accompanist Peter Adcock
Price £22 (£10 for U18 and students), including coffee and cake.
Score hire £3 (with same day £10 returnable deposit).
Join EFC to sing this challenging and celebrated choral work by one of England's most famous composers.
The day ends with a cameo performance to which friends and family are invited.
Our popular annual choral workshop is an open invitation for singers from far and wide to join us in a day’s exploration and cameo performance of Walton's Belshazzar’s Feast in central Exeter.
Directed by Andrea Brown and accompanied by Peter Adcock, you will be assured of a warm and friendly welcome in a modern and comfortable venue in central Exeter.
There is a disabled ramp and easy access to all areas. Blue badge spaces can be reserved on request.
Light refreshments are included during breaks.
The day will end with an informal performance from 3.45pm to 5pm, to which family and friends are invited.
The excellent central location of the venue means easy access to nearby car parking, and park and ride stops. Nearby shops, cafés and restaurants provide a choice of lunch options and there is also a seating area at the church to relax and enjoy your own picnic lunch if desired.
Registration and coffee: 9.30am-10.00am
Session 1: 10.00am-11.20am
Break: 11.20am-11.40am
Session 2: 11.45am-1.00pm
Lunch break: 1.00pm-2.15pm (note: lunch is not included)
Session 3: 2.15pm-3.25pm
Break: 3.25pm-3.45pm
Cameo performance: 3.45pm-5.00pm.
This Season 2025-2026
'12 Days’ Concert with Divertimento
Celebrating December's Musical Calendar
Saturday 13 December 2025 at 7.30pm in St Peter's Church, Budleigh Salterton EX9 6LT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Piano/organ Peter Adcock
EFC will mark a series of 12 events that bring the Christmas festive season into close proximity with other important dates and occasions in December. The programme weaves secular and sacred music of celebration and related beliefs into the Christmas
narrative, whose message of love and peace is at its very heart.
With audience carols this is a Christmas event with a difference!
Seasonal refreshments available at the interval.
Retirement collection in aid of Eden Project charities.Tickets £1 - £23. Group discount 10% on 10+ tickets. Other discounts available.
Choral Workshop: 'Come and Sing' Walton Belshazzar’s Feast
Saturday 17 January 2026, 10am to 5pm, in The Mint Methodist Church, Fore St, Exeter EX4 3AT
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Accompanist Peter Adcock
Price £22 (£10 for U18 and students), including coffee and cake.
Score hire £3 (with same day £10 returnable deposit).
Join EFC to sing this challenging and celebrated choral work by one of England's most famous composers. The day ends with a cameo performance to which friends and family are invited.
Concert with Mount Kelly Choral Society
Save the date! A programme to open the 2026 Tavistock Festival
Saturday 25 April 2026 at 7.30pm in Tavistock Town Hall, Bedford Square PL19 0AE
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Conductors: Andrea Brown and Dan Robson
with Divertimento ensemble
Ticket details will be available here in autumn 2025.
Summer Concert: Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Devon Baroque Orchestra
Saturday 11 July 2026 at 7.00pm in Exeter Cathedral
Musical Director Andrea Brown
Contrepoint Vocal Ensemble
The Vespers is monumental in scale and requires separate choirs and seven soloists. Solo instrumental parts are written for violin and cornetto.
‘…polychoral textures, virtuoso vocal coloratura, madrigalian vocal polyphony and expressive solo monody and duets, together with some of the most ambitious instrumental music to date.’
Tickets £30/£21/£15, Half price for Universal Credit, students and children under 18 years.
Family ticket offer coming soon.
