Handel Society

About Us

The Handel Society of Music is an amateur, non-profit organization that produces fine choral performances for the enjoyment and benefit of audiences in the Lower Mainland. The Society also supports and stimulates musical activity in the area and promotes the artistic development of young musicians.

The Society performs choral orchestral works by Handel, and others such as Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, or Puccini’s Messa di Gloria. The Society also performs oratorios, masses and requiems by other great classical composers including Mozart, Haydn and Schubert.

The 2011-2012 season included a performance of Messiah by GF Handel. Mozart's Missa Brevis in G , Schubert's Mass in C and Pergolesi's very beautiful Magnificat were presented in April 2012.

The tentative schedule for the 2012-2013 season includes Mozart's Requiem at 7:30 on November 3 2012 at the Good Shepherd Church in South Surrey, the Handel Messiah at 7:30 on December 15 2012 at the Good Shepherd Church in South Surrey, and a spring concert tentatively featuring Puccini's Missa Gloria.

Interested singers are invited to attend rehearsals, Tuesday evenings 7:30 to 9:45 pm at Northwood United Church, 8855 - 156th Street in Surrey. The society registrar, Rita Buchy, by phone at 604-536-6818 or email at email@handelsociety.ca, can provide information about becoming a member of the choir, including auditions, annual dues, musical scores, practice tapes/CD’s, and concert dress.

The Handel Society of Music maintains membership in the BC Choral Federation, and the Surrey and Delta Arts Councils. The Society is registered under the Societies Act and operates under a Constitution and Bylaws. A Board of Directors, elected by Society members, is responsible for conducting the business of the Society, including the planning and operation of the choir.

What Choir Members like about the choir (from the 2008 evaluation): " the commitment to excellence"......."the love of singing"..... "the cohesiveness and congeniality"....."the musical ability and high standards"....."everybody is enthusiastic about the music"