About Us
Cowal Choral Club is an inclusive chorus of singers and musical theatre performers based in Dunoon, Argyll, Scotland. We have entertained our community since 1942, and we rehearse at 7pm, every Thursday evening. If you enjoy singing and or performing come and Join us.
A vital part of what we do is as a club is to help our members to develop and improve their singing and acting performance skills, their personal confidence, and their wellbeing. We also want to deliver positive and inclusive performance experiences for a diverse membership community.
Our members come from a variety of backgrounds and we want to foster professional performances with an integrated and inclusive chorus community. We want to entertain groups, communities, and members of the public, in Cowal and throughout Scotland, by delivering music concerts and musical theatre performances which add positivity, wellness, and improve the public’s mental health.
You can read extracts from the founding minutes from the 1940s and 50s HERE...
And you can see some great historic programme covers HERE...
Andrew Nicol - Musical Director
Andrew is one of Scotland’s most accomplished Musical Director’s and Accompanists. He spen many years working as resident Musical Director at Perth Repertory Theatre. He also works as MD with companies in Glasgow and throughout Scotland. Most recently he has worked as Artistic Director of Ayrshire Philharmonic Opera Society and SABOS Musical Theatre in Stirling where he has directed various musicals. Recent shows have included productions of Oliver!, Top Hat, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques!
Andrew works extensively on the Musical Theatre Course at the National Centre of Excellence for the performing arts at The Dance School Of Scotland in Glasgow. He teaches singing as well as his position as vocal and repertoire coach and is musical director for all their productions. Recent MD credits with the school include Legally Blonde, Made In Dagenham, Batboy and 9 To 5!
He also directs workshops with various amateur companies and is a regular tutor at summer schools throughout Britain. In his capacity as an accompanist, Andrew’s skills are in great demand and he regularly works with many of the UK’s leading artists.
Vision, Values, Aims & Objectives
Our Vision:
Cowal Choral Club is an inclusive community group of singers and performers who share a passion for delivering quality public entertainment through the power of music and musical theatre.
Cowal Choral Club shall perform regularly and we commit to make every performance better than the last.
Cowal Choral Club is committed to driving up quality, to innovate, and to challenge our members to be the best they can be.
We recognise that CCC succeeds when each member succeeds and we encourage and support the development of each member's vocal and acting performance, and we encourage our members to commit to support and mentor the development of others within CCC, for the good of CCC.
Our Values:
Our members come from a variety of backgrounds and we want to foster professional performances with an integrated and inclusive choral community. We strive for:
Excellence - delivering high-quality performances through education, learning, musicianship, music and performance.
Commitment - producing excellence through passion, preparedness, presence, and perseverance.
Social Inclusion - delivering a positive community engagement program.
Respect - a positive personal development culture empowers our members to grow through mutual trust and openness.
Fun - we want our members to benefit from positive wellbeing and mental health.
Our Aims and Objectives:
We want to entertain groups, communities, and members of the public, in Cowal, in Scotland, and in such other places as determined by the members, by delivering music concerts and musical theatre performances which add positivity, wellness, and improve the public’s mental health.
We want to deliver positive and inclusive performance experiences for a diverse membership community.
We want to help our members to develop and improve their singing and acting performance skills, their personal confidence, and their well-being.
