Did you miss it?

Or

Did you watch it live and want to watch it again?

Don’t worry our popular Celebrate COS concert is now available on YouTube!

…And there’s still time to DONATE!

Enjoy some musical entertainment from the comfort of your own home.

Join us for a viewing party on Friday 18th December 7.30pm on Facebook for our first ever virtual concert #CelebrateCOS.

We have put together a collection of songs from shows & concerts that COS/CO2 have performed over the years, performed and recorded by some of our talented members during the second lockdown.

Interact with other viewers through a live watch party and if you drop us a Facebook message on the night we will send you a Zoom link to join the virtual after party straight afterwards.

If you enjoy the evening you can make a donation to show your support. Donations will be split between Colchester Operatic Society and Colchester Foodbank.  Colchester Foodbank is seeded by The Trussell Trust who support a nationwide network of food banks to help provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, whilst also campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK .

We can’t wait to see you!

Colchester Operatic Society wants to know what you think about our membership.

Whilst we are unable to put on our usual productions during this pandemic, we want to use the time to improve your Society for the future. Your views can help us improve our membership to reflect the needs of our members and even encourage new members to join. If you can spare 5 minutes to share your views by completing our Membership Survey 2020, we will enter you into a draw to win a year’s free membership for COS/CO2 as a thank you.

The survey will remain open until 18-12-2020, after which we will randomly select a winner from all the survey responses. We will contact the winner by the email address provided on their survey.

The more people we hear from, the better picture we get of our members, prospective members and supporters views so please feel free to share this survey.

Dear Members,

We hope you are all keeping well and staying safe at home as much as possible.  As with the rest of the country, Colchester Operatic Society has had to adapt its usual way of working to align with the current National crisis.

The CO2 workshop for Fame was held just before the Government advised for all clubs and groups to stop meeting.  This was quickly followed by the announcement that Schools were to close, so we instantly postponed all rehearsals and the auditions for Fame.  As things continue to move quickly, the Executive Committee have had to make the difficult decision to postpone all our planned productions for the next year. This includes Fame (CO2) and Shrek (COS).

As we cannot be sure when this crisis will pass and for the security of the Society we have made the decision not to put down any further deposits for services for any productions that may not be able to go ahead.  At this point in time we cannot give any exact dates for when these postponed productions will be able to go ahead but we will be aiming for Fame in September 2021 and Shrek in Jan/Feb 2022. We understand how disappointing this decision is, but it is the right decision to make to safeguard our society financially, and to safeguard our members’ health during this pandemic.

This will be the first gap in productions since wartime in the Society’s history, highlighting just how extraordinary this situation is.

Once the crisis has passed, we will of course look to organising some workshops, as well as potentially organising a smaller scale production, depending on the timing and when it is safe to do so.

We will be keeping in touch with our members regularly through email, social media and this website.

Information and Support

You can find all the current Government advice regarding the coronavirus and forms of support they are currently offering here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for your continued participation and support of Colchester Operatic Society.

Katie Cutmore, Chair of Colchester Operatic Society and Colchester Operatic Society Executive Committee