Events
Pimlico Musical Foundation - Spring Concert
PMF Choirs present a showcase of Disney classics with live band. Cole acts as In-Schools Chorus Master.
Ben Parry (conductor)
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - Spring Concert
Cole conducts Reigate & Redhill Choral Society in concert.
Holmbury Choral - Leith Hill Music Festival - Competition
Holmbury Choral competes in Leith Hill Music Festival.
Tormis Lase kiike kaia
Quartel Timid Star
Elgar Lullaby
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)
Leith Hill Music Festival - Baroque Splendour
The Leith Hill Choirs of Beare Green and Newdigate, Bookham, Buckland and Betchworth, Holmbury St Mary, Horsley and Mickleham come together for the second Festival concert of 2026 accompanied by the specialist baroque orchestra Canzona.
Zadok the Priest - Handel
Dixit Dominus - Vivaldi
Dixit Dominus - Isabella Leonarda
Concerto for two violins - Bach
The King shall Rejoice - Handel
Neil Ferris (conductor)
Cole Bendall (chorus master - Holmbury St Mary)
Chamber Choir Ireland - Workshop
Conducting Workshop with Chamber Choir Ireland as part of Cork International Choral Festival 2026.
Holmbury Choral - Tour (Durham)
Holmbury Choral tours to the historic Brancepeth Castle, Durham, for a short residency performing American choral music.
Pimlico Musical Foundation - Summer Sing!
Cole directs Pimlico schools in a fun Summer singing day themed on literacy and stories.
Holmbury Choral - An American Tapestry
An American Tapestry explores the breadth of American choral music, from spirituals and modern classics to bold experimental voices. Moving between stillness and energy, intimacy and scale, Holmbury Choral weaves together works by Bernstein, Whitacre, Shaw, Reich and others in a vivid Summer concert, tracing themes of nature, silence, and belonging.
Rosephanye Powell – The Word Was God
Eleanor Daley - Erosion
B. E. Boykin – Music of Life
Caroline Shaw – and the swallow
Undine Smith Moore – Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord
Steve Reich – Clapping Music
Nico Muhly – Warm Summer Sun
Pauline Oliveros – Tuning Meditation
John Cage – 4’33
Elaine Hagenberg - The Music of Stillness
Simon/Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (arr. Mac Huff)
Eric Whitacre – Child of Wonder (from The Sacred Veil)
Leonard Bernstein – Somewhere (arr. Mac Huff)
Stephen Paulus – The Road Home
Spiritual arr.Reginald Unterseher - Wayfarin’ Stranger
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - Summer Concert
Cole conducts Reigate & Redhill Choral Society in concert.
New Dublin Voices - Concert
Cole conducts New Dublin Voices in an end-of-masterclass concert, mentored by Yuval Weinberg (Norse Solistkor, Rundfunkchor Berlin). Repertoire TBA.
National Youth Choir - 9-15 Course
Section Coach for National Youth Choir 9-15 (Female and Non-Binary) Course.
Woking Choral - Dream of Gerontius Workshop
Workshop with Woking Choral, Reigate & Redhill Choral and guests on Elgar The Dream of Gerontius - open to public.
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Carris Jones (vocal coach/mezzo-soprano)
TBA (pianist)
Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
Cole debuts with London Mozart Players in a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius, combining the forces of nearly 200 singers in Guildford’s G Live.
Woking Choral Society
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society
Chantry Singers
Octavian Singers
London Mozart Players
Judy Louie Brown (mezzo)
Dominic Bevan (tenor)
Ross Cumming (bass)
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Holmbury Choral - Winter Singalong
Free festive singalong (by donation) for members of the public with Holmbury St Mary Choral and Cole Bendall.
Highgate Choral Society - Workshop
Visiting guest conductor for workshop on English music:
Weelkes - Hosanna to the Son of David
Purcell - Remember not Lord our offences
Stanford - Coelos ascendit hodie
Farnham Youth Choir - Changing Voices Workshop
Workshop for Changing Voices at Farnham Youth Choir, led by Cole Bendall and accompanied by Matthew Rickard.
Cover Event - Canterbury Choral Society
Britten St Nicolas
Holst Psalm 86
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Elgar Serenade for Strings
Canterbury Choral Society and Youth Choir
Members of Royal Choral Society
Richard Cooke (conductor)
Cole Bendall (cover conductor)
London Mozart Players
Centenary Concert - Holmbury St Mary Choral
Holmbury Choral’s centenary celebratory concert.
Pimlico Musical Foundation: The Girl from Aleppo
Pimlico Musical Foundation performs Cecilia McDowall’s Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo as part of their 10th anniversary concert.
James Day (conductor)
Cole Bendall (schools chorus master)
Britten St Nicolas - Woking Choral Society
Woking Choral in partnership with Farnham Youth Choir performing Britten’s St Nicolas.
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - Handel Messiah
Handel’s Messiah with Reigate & Redhill Choral Society
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - Vocal Workshop
Venue TBD.
All-day Vocal Workshop on Handel Messiah working alongside Carris Jones, Vocal Coach at BBC Symphony Chorus.
National Youth Choir (9-15) Summer Course
Cole coaches the National Youth Choir (9-15) Female and Non-Binary Voices in their Residential Course.
Epiphoni - Recording Session
Video recording session for Epiphoni Consort, promoting conducting masterclasses. Parry Songs of Farewell.
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - Reigate Proms
A rare performance of Haydn’s epic oratorio in its four hands piano reduction, conducted by Cole Bendall.
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir - Leading Voices
Cole conducts the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir as part of the closing concert of the international conductor’s masterclass at Leading Voices Festival, organised by the European Choral Association.
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Risto Joost (tutor)
Concert repertoire:
Pärt Magnificat, Dopo la vittoria, Which Was the Song Of
Debussy Trois chansons de Charles d’Orleans
Tormis Sügismaastikud
Sibelius Rakastava
Poulenc Un soir de neige
Martin ‘Credo’ from Mass for Double Choir
Rachmaninov ‘Blagosloven yesi, Gospodi’ from All-Night Vigil
Eternal Light - Woking Choral Society
A moving and passionate ending to Woking Choral’s 24-25 season, supported by Southern Pro Musica and conducted by Cole Bendall.
Summer Concert - Holmbury Choral
Handel Coronation Anthems
Parry I was glad
Parry Blest Pair of Sirens
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Suzy Ruffles (piano)
Reigate & Redhill Choral Society - French Tour
Tour of European Sacred Music in Brunoy, France, twinned with Reigate.
Sun 25 May - 11am Mass - L’Eglise de St Philippe de Roule (Lotti Missa Brevis)
7pm - Concert
Mon 26 May - Concert at L’Eglise de la Madeleine
Cole Bendall (conductor)
Charles Thompson (piano/organ)
Horizons - Woking Choral Society
Considering the edge of existence and beyond the mortal realm, this programme features a rare performance of Andrew Carter’s moving Horizons alongside Fauré’s famous Requiem mass.
Haydn The Creation - Brockham Choral
Cole Bendall concludes his tenure at Brockham Choral with Haydn’s Creation, working with the British Sinfonietta and stellar up-and-coming soloists.
Britten - Reigate & Redhill Choral Society/Surrey ProMusica
Cole Bendall makes his debut with Surrey ProMusica as part of this concert with Reigate & Redhill Choral Society.
Winter Concert - Holmbury St Mary Choral
Holmbury Choral’s annual festive concert, featuring Morten Lauridsen’s epic Mid-Winter Songs.
An Evening of Elgar - Brockham Choral
An Elgar fest, featuring the premiere of Cole Bendall’s new reduced orchestration of Elgar’s The Music Makers.
Dido & Aeneas - Woking Choral Society
A festival of early music, capped off with Purcell’s moving opera featuring Dido’s famous lament, When I am laid in Earth.
Farnham Youth Choir - Workshop
Guest workshop leader/conductor for Farnham Youth Choir residential. Repertoire by Errollyn Wallen, Suzzie Vango, Sarah Quartel, Gareth Treseder, Benjamin Britten.
Elgar Music Makers Workshop - Brockham Choral
A workshop preparing Elgar’s epic oratorio, The Music Makers.
New Dublin Voices
Cole conducts New Dublin Voices as part of the Advanced strand at the Dublin Choral Conducting Masterclasses.
New Dublin Voices Concert
Cole conducts New Dublin Voices in concert as part of the closing activities of the Dublin Choral Conducting Masterclasses.
ENO Finish This... Project
Cole vocal tutors on English National Opera education project for KS2 students in partnership with Tri-borough Music Hub.
Junior Choral Course 2024 - Rodolfus Foundation
Cole coaches at the Junior Choral Course.
Rodolfus Choir - BBC Proms
Member of staffing team for Rodolfus Choir/London Philharmonic BBC Prom Project.
National Youth Choir (9-15) Summer Course
Cole coaches the National Youth Choir (9-15).