About us
The group's beginnings lie at Kingsbury High School in Brent. The school's choir became very successful in the mid-1980s, winning many competitions including the Llangollen Eisteddfod. When school was over, it therefore seemed natural to carry on singing together as a choir, and achievements soon began to include reaching the semi-finals of Sainsbury's Choir of the Year and appearing on Opportunity Knocks.
In the 1990's, the choir moved to Harrow and officially became known as Jubilate. Sarah took over as Musical Director in 1999 and since then the choir has seen significant growth, doubling in size to its current membership of 43. There are still some original members of the choir, who have been singing together for more than twenty-five years!
Popular with local audiences, Jubilate is known for its high standard of performance, its varied repertoire, and its sense of fun. The choir performs regularly in venues local to Harrow and the surrounding area, as well as occasional visits further afield. Competition successes include runner-up in the 2009 Mid-Somerset Festival in Bath, winner of the ladies' choir class at Cheltenham Festival, 2008, and runner-up in the Peterborough Choir Competition, 2007.
In October last year, Jubilate was pleased to take part in Clash of the Choirs, a fundraising event for Michael Sobell House in Northwood, and were voted overwhelmingly by the audience as the competition's winners. The group has appeared many times with Barry Manilow at Wembley Arena and has recorded several CDs of hymns for Readers Digest's music division, as well as our own CD, A Quetzal Plume.