An evening concert of music ranging from from romantic European opera to dynamic Broadway musicals - including some Gilbert and Sullivan - will take place in July.

The Harrow Choral Society’s Summer Concert, on July 7, will take place at St Alban’s Church, North Harrow.

“There’s a strong Eastern European flavour with choruses from operas by Borodin and Tchaikovsky,” said chair Peter Miller. “But there’ll also be numbers from hit Broadway shows including West Side Story and Les Miserables. It’s particularly exciting to sing West Side Story in Leonard Bernstein’s centenary year.”

The concert will be conducted by Music Director Simon Williams. The choir’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem at the end of March in front of a capacity audience of more than 300 at Harrow Arts Centre is testament to the choir’s continuing popularity.

Earlier this year HCS ran a Singing for Improvers course led by professional soprano and singing teacher Christina Birchall-Sampson with the aim of improving vocal technique and performance skills.

“As a choir we are always striving for higher standards,” says Peter, “and the hard work seems to have paid off at our recent Concert.”

Harrow Choral Society always welcomes new members, and for those with little or no singing experience its training course Singing for Starters provides a stepping-stone into the choir through a structured year-long programme. Both the main choir and Singing for Starters meet at St Alban’s Church, Norwood Drive, North Harrow HA2 7PF on Monday evenings at 7.45pm. For more information visit harrowchoral.org.uk