About Us

King’s Lynn Community Choir was formed in 2021 from two smaller local choirs, Simply Sing and the Woottons Community Choir. Each had an enthusiastic and loyal membership and since coming together we have grown in all ways! Due to our increase in size, we now rehearse wherever we'll comfortably fit on Thursday evenings which are filled with song and laughter, led by our talented and charismatic Musical Director Charlotte Şinassi-Hill, ably accompanied by her husband David, our highly skilled and much-loved accompanist. Since coming together, our singing has become more and more accomplished, and we now host concerts in a variety of venues, nurturing a strong relationship with St Nicholas Chapel, where we have welcomed huge audiences and performed concerts to great acclaim. We believe that the joy of singing should be available to everyone, regardless of their experience, and we offer a friendly and inclusive environment for all to learn and enjoy a huge variety of music. Our repertoire covers challenging classics, songs from the shows, folk, pop, jazz…….and much, much more – there really is something for everyone!

Responding to an accurate though disparaging recent comment that we do not audition our singers, we can say that, though the term 'community choir' tends to set some negative expectations, we put heart and soul into our singing, if not a little magic ! Our aspirations are limitless - and, by the way, we've sold out ~~two~~ three consecutive concerts with over 400 capacity !

Charlotte Şinassi-Hill – Musical Director
Charlotte is a composer, choir director and music educationalist. Born in London, she gained a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, later studying at the Royal College of Music and Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Charlotte lectured in music education at the University of Cambridge, and is much in demand as an adjudicator, enjoying a busy schedule of examining, for the ABRSM, both in the UK and overseas. As a composer, Charlotte receives regular commissions from a variety of sources, but her main interest is writing for voices. Her opera ‘The Hunting of the Snark’, was commissioned by Norfolk County Council and brought together over 200 children from local schools with instrumental players from the City of London Sinfonia. In addition to the King’s Lynn Community Choir, Charlotte directs The Guildhall Singers, a small chamber choir based in King’s Lynn.

David Hill – Choir Accompanist

David is an organist and pianist, holding the post of organist at the Church in the Woottons and teaching piano pupils in the King’s Lynn area. Born in Cardiff, David won a music scholarship to Clifton College, later studying organ with Richard Popplewell and piano with Ian Lake at the Royal College of Music where he met Charlotte. In addition to being the resident accompanist for KLCC, David regularly accompanies local soloists and groups including The Guildhall Singers, a local chamber choir directed by Charlotte.