Our history
Adoramus was founded in 1996 by David Hooke, then Music Director at Christ Church, Cockfosters. It grew out of a series of successful Family Christmas Carol concerts in previous years, attracting audiences of around 1,000 at the former Lee Valley Leisure Centre.
Our first concert was at The Latymer School, Edmonton, on 29th June 1996, with a large orchestra and a choir of around 30, performing music from Opera to Gospel, and everything in between.
Since then Adoramus has performed on over 90 occasions, has recorded 5 CDs, been broadcast on air on three occasions and participated in BBC Songs of Praise. In 2017 the Orchestra played at the Royal Albert Hall with David Hooke conducting and Nicki Hooke singing.

Our concerts
Since 1996, we have provided creative, entertaining programmes that have appealed to a variety of audiences. These have included Faure’s Requiem, D-Day and Battle of Britain Concerts, Summer Love Classics from shows and operas, ‘Baroque-ing around the Christmas Tree’, ‘Bravo Beethoven’, Magnificats, the Messiah and carols to name a few! We typically perform 4-5 concerts a year, in and around London including Edmonton, Enfield, Broxbourne, Northwood, Potters Bar, Muswell Hill, Palmers Green, Barnet and Cockfosters in schools, churches and concert halls. Every other year we seek to perform at larger venues such as Watford Colosseum and the St Albans Arena, generating audiences of 500 and more. We enjoy being overseas, with tours in past years in northern Italy, Normandy in France and Turkey. Sometimes a concert or venue does not require a large choir and orchestra and for these events we have the Adoramus Singers and a small orchestral ensemble.
Our concerts have included visual media and are often compered in an informative, humorous and thought-provoking way which adds an extra dimension to our performances.
Concerts 1996 - 2009
Concerts 2009 - 2019
1996 | Make His Praise Glorious | Latymer School |
Christmas Concert | Lea Valley Leisure Centre | |
1997 | In Time of Anxiety | Castle Hall Hertford N. London Bible College |
Christmas Concert | Lea Valley Leisure Centre | |
1998 | Fireworks for the King | St Stephen’s Enfield |
BBC Radio 4 Sunday morning service | Emmanuel Centre Westminster | |
The Gospel Concert | Latymer School | |
Family Christmas Concert | Lee Valley Leisure Centre | |
1999 | The Mystery and the Majesty | St Stephen’s Enfield St Mary’s Church Ware Christ Church N. Finchley |
Love Classics | Latymer School | |
Concert of Prayer and Praise | Bishop Stortford School | |
Celebrate Christmas Dawn of 2000 | Lea Valley Leisure Centre | |
2000 | Gloria | St Andrew’s Southgate |
Celebrate 2000 | Lee Valley Leisure Centre | |
Music for Autumn Afternoon | Church in the Orchard, Grange Park | |
Celebrate Christmas | Lea Valley Leisure Centre | |
2001 | Gloria | Hitchin |
Magnificat | St James New Barnet | |
Music for a Winter’s Afternoon | Christ Church Cockfosters | |
Remember, Remember, Remembrance | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
TOUR TO ITALY | ||
Christmas Concert | Lea Valley Leisure Centre | |
2002 | Gloria | St John’s Buckhurst Hill |
Peace for Our Time | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
Dramatic Classics | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
Majestatis | Christchurch, Barnet | |
September 11th Commemoration | Central Hall Westminster | |
Up Where We Belong | Trinity Church, Enfield Town | |
Celebrate Christmas | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
2003 | TOUR TO ITALY | |
In Celebration | St Aldhelm’s Edmonton | |
Music for Spring Afternoon | Church House Cockfosters | |
2004 | Coronation Concert | Christ Church Barnet Above Bar Church Southampton |
Walk into Vivaldi | Holy Innocents High Beech | |
A Summer Schubertland | St Aldhelm’s Edmonton | |
Celebrate Christmas | Central Hall, Southampton | |
2005 | Praise Across the Generations | St Cuthbert’s Wood Green |
Love Classics | Alban Arena | |
Mellow Music for Autumn | St Mark’s Colney Heath | |
Ready 4 Christmas | St Albans Abbey | |
2006 | Bella Italia | St Aldhelm’s Edmonton |
TOUR TO ITALY | ||
Mozart 250 | Dame Alice Owen Potters Bar | |
Radio 4 Sunday Worship | Wesleyian Chapel, London | |
Messiah according to Mozart | Dame Alice Owen Potters Bar | |
2007 | Love Classics From The Shows | Alban Arena 2 performances |
Choral Contrasts | St John’s Buckhurst Hill St Andrew’s Enfield | |
2008 | Glory of Easter | Alban Arena |
Choral Contrasts | Middleton Stoney Oxon | |
Summer Glory | St Aldhelm’s Edmonton | |
God of the Empty Space Recording | Christ Church Cockfosters | |
Celebrate Christmas | Dame Alice Owen Potters Bar 2 performances |
2009 | Bella Italia | St James’ Church Muswell Hill |
TOUR TO ITALY | ||
Fit For a King | Alban Arena | |
Remember, Remember, Remembrance | Christ Church Finchley | |
Christmas prom Concert | Oasis Academy | |
2010 | Glory of Easter | Alban Arena & Watford Coliseum |
Battle of Britain | Alban Arena | |
Christmas Prom Concert | Oasis Academy | |
2011 | Light in the Darkness | Enfield Baptist Church |
TOUR TO NORMANDY | ||
Valentine Classics | Broxbourne Civic Hall | |
Music on the Strand | St Clement Danes | |
Music to Refresh the Soul | St Mary’s Cheshunt | |
Handel’s Messiah | QE Boys School Barnet | |
2012 | Glory of Easter | Alban Arena & Watford Coliseum |
Jubilee | Alban Arena and Watford Coliseum | |
Hope in Time of Anxiety | St James’ Muswell Hill | |
2013 | Glory of Easter | Enfield Baptist Church |
TOUR TO NORMANDY | ||
The Crown and the Glory | Alban Arena | |
Celebrate Christmas | St Ignatius College | |
2014 | Bravo Beethoven | Palmers Green URC |
Magnificat | Dame Alice Owen Potters Bar | |
Jubilate | Christ Church Cockfosters | |
TOUR TO TURKEY | ||
D-Day 70th Anniversary Concert | Alban Arena | |
Baroque-ing-Around-the-Christmas-Tree | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
2015 | Valentine Classics | Millfield Theatre |
New Life - New World | Alban Arena | |
2015: A Musical Odyssey | Alban Arena | |
Come and Sing Gloria | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
Celebrate Christmas | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
2016 | Tragedy to Majesty | Palmers Green United Reform Church |
Adoramus Remembers | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
Summer Love Classics | Emmanuel Church Northwood | |
Vivaldi Gloria | St Pauls Wood Green | |
Vivaldi Gloria | Christchurch Chorleywood | |
Classical Christmas Crackers | St Stephen’s Enfield | |
2017 | Glory of Easter | Spotlight Theatre Broxbourne |
Love Classics on Stage | Alban Arena | |
Vivaldi Gloria | Salvation Army Regent Hall | |
The Light that shines in the Darkness | Emmanuel Church Northwood | |
2018 | Heaven Touching Earth | Latymer School |
Faure Requiem | Latymer School | |
Music for a Summer Evening | St Luke’s Church Enfield | |
The Wonder of Christmas | Latymer School | |
2019 | Why Haydn? | St Sepulchre’s Church |
D-Day 75th Anniversary Concert | Alban Arena |